The NBA will reportedly change
the 2025 All-Star Game format in an attempt to improve the overall
game product, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.

The annual traditional game
featuring the game’s biggest stars will reportedly have a
pickup-style format where teams would compose of 8 players each.
The new four-team format is expected to have two semifinal games in
a race to 40 points while the final would require 25 points to
win.

This format is similar to how
the Rising Stars game has been played over the past few
years. 

According to Charania, the
first-of-its-kind event is expected to serve as a quick-burst
competition that resembles pickup games where the winner moves to
the championship round in single-elimination play.

The NBA All-Star game has lost
its steam over the past few years due to the lack of
competitiveness that the stars show on the court, leading to more
points scored and just lackadaisical effort overall. The NBA, Adam
Silver, and along with Warriors’ superstar Stephen Curry hope this
change can give the game a fresh start and an overall different
feel. 

The NBA is planning to have 3
teams of 8 all-stars each with the 4th team being the champions of
the Rising Stars games. 

The 2025 NBA All-Star Game is
set to be at the Chase Center in San Francisco, home to the Golden
State Warriors.

Another event being planned is a
3-point shootout featuring Warriors superstar Stephen Curry and
WNBA’s New York Liberty champ Sabrina Ionescu compete against WNBA
rookie sensation Caitlin Clark and Klay Thompson in a three-point
showdown.

Curry and Ionescu successfully
pulled off their inaugural Steph vs Sabrina shootout last year and
now the NBA is adding Clark and Thompson to the mix.

REPORT: A 2025 All-Star Weekend three-point
shootout featuring Steph & Sabrina vs. Klay & Caitlin is being
planned, per @ShamsCharania.
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— BasketballNews.com (@basketbllnews)
November 22, 2024