On Sunday, before the 2025 NBA All-Star game, Green was on set with TNT's pregame show and tore into the fact that the new format of the game included a Rising Stars team of young players who had ...

Three of those teams were made up of NBA All-Stars. The fourth was not. Instead, it was the winner of Friday's Rising Stars tournament that featured first- and second-year players who were not ...

For the 2025 game, the 24 All-Stars were drafted into three teams of eight players each by Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith. Team Candace, who was the Rising Stars Challenge ...

According to longtime NBA reporter Marc J. Spears, Green reportedly doesn’t like that the NBA’s Rising Stars this season — bright first and second-year players like Amen Thompson and Stephon ...

The Spurs' Stephon Castle takes home MVP honors to help Team C win the title and advance to Sunday's All-Star Game mini-tournament. From NBA.com News Services San Antonio Spurs rookie and Rising ...

Festivities tip off on Friday with the Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game (7 p.m. ET, ESPN), followed by the reimagined Castrol Rising Stars mini-tournament (9 p.m. ET, TNT/TruTV). The 2025 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The first test run of the new, truncated All-Star weekend format produced mixed results. One of the three Rising Stars games, each played to a target score, was competitive.

The league has a tournament scheduled for Sunday evening, which places the All-Stars against the Rising Stars in a tournament format. The new format doesn’t sit well with a number of stars ...

The NBA All-Star Rising Stars Game will take place on Friday, February 14th, as part of NBA All-Star Weekend at the Chase Center, featuring the league's next up-and-coming players. This is always ...

Rookie Stephon Castle will take place in the Rising Stars tournament and the Dunk Contest, facing off against Mac McClung, Matas Buzelis, and Andre Jackson Jr. The winner of the Rising Stars ...

Instead of one big game, the All-Stars have been divided up into three teams. Additionally, the winner of the Rising Stars Challenge will be playing in this tournament. Two All-Star teams will ...