NBA All-Star Weekend is a yearly event that celebrates the accomplishments of the NBA's most impressive players through the first phase of the regular season. Fans and bettors will get to enjoy the classic Rising Stars Challenge, Skills Challenge, All-Star Game, and more! This time out we'll be enjoying the league's 72nd NBA All-Star weekend in the 76th season!
Date | Time | Event | Channel |
Fri, Feb 17 | 12:30 PM EST | Jordan Rising Stars Practice | NBA TV |
5:30 PM EST | Basketball Hall of Fame News Conference | NBA TV & NBA App | |
7:00 PM EST | Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game | ESPN | |
9:00 PM EST | Jordan Rising Stars | TNT | |
Sat, Feb 18 | 1:00 PM EST | NBA All-Star Practice Presented by AT&T | NBA TV |
1:00 PM EST | NBA All-Star Media Day Presented by AT&T | NBA App | |
4:00 PM EST | NBA x HBCU Classic Presented by AT&T (Southern vs. Grambling State) | NBA TV, TNT, ESPN2 | |
7:00 PM EST | Commissioner Adam Silver News Conference | NBA TV & NBA App | |
8:00 PM EST | State Farm All-Star Saturday Night
| TNT | |
Sun, Feb 19 | 1:00 PM EST | NBA Legends Awards | NBA TV & NBA App |
3:00 PM EST | NBA G League Next Up Game | NBA TV | |
6:00 PM EST | All-Game Tip-Off Pregame Show | TNT | |
7:30 PM EST | All-Star Draft Presented by Jordan Brand | TNT | |
8:30 PM EST | 72nd NBA All-Star Game | TNT |
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NBA All-Star Weekend presents a variety of events that celebrate the NBA and its players. Whether they be ceremonial or competitive, all events are crucial to the All-Star festivities.
We'll be focusing on the showcase events for the weekend: The Rising Stars Challenge, All-Star Saturday Night, and the NBA All-Star Game!
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The NBA Rising Stars Challenge celebrates the league's best youth, talent, and diversity! The league's best rookies and sophomores have competed since the competition's debut as The Rookie Challenge in 1994. The 2023 Jordan Rising Stars Challenge will continue the new format implemented in 2022!
28 players have been selected with 21 representing the league's rookies and sophomores while seven G-League players will also participate. Those 28 players have been distributed amongst four teams of seven players. The teams will compete against each other in a tournament format. Rather than being played on a time limit, the teams will compete to reach a target score. Each team will be coached by an NBA legend.
Let's take a look at the teams that will compete in this year's Rising Stars Challenge!
Honorary Coach: Pau Gasol
Pos. | Player | Team | R/S/P |
G | Jose Alvarado | New Orleans Pelicans | Sophomore |
F | Paolo Banchero | Orlando Magic | Rookie |
F | Scottie Barnes | Toronto Raptors | Sophomore |
G | Jaden Ivey | Detroit Pistons | Rookie |
G | Benedict Mathurin | Indiana Pacers | Rookie |
F | Keegan Murray | Sacramento Kings | Rookie |
G | Andrew Nembhard | Indiana Pacers | Rookie |
Honorary Coach: Deron Williams
Pos. | Player | Team | R/S/P |
G | Jalen Green | Houston Rockets | Sophomore |
G | AJ Griffin | Atlanta Hawks | Rookie |
G | Bones Hyland | LA Clippers | Sophomore |
C | Walker Kessler | Utah Jazz | Rookie |
F | Trey Murphy III | New Orleans Pelicans | Sophomore |
C | Alperen Sengun | Houston Rockets | Sophomore |
F | Franz Wagner | Orlando Magic | Sophomore |
Honorary Coach: Joakim Noah
Pos. | Player | Team | R/S/P |
C | Jalen Duren | Detroit Pistons | Rookie |
G | Josh Giddey | Oklahoma City Thunder | Sophomore |
G | Quentin Grimes | New York Knicks | Sophomore |
F | Evan Mobley | Cleveland Cavaliers | Sophomore |
F | Jabari Smith Jr. | Houston Rockets | Rookie |
F | Jeremy Sochan | San Antonio Spurs | Rookie |
G | Jalen Williams | Oklahoma City Thunder | Rookie |
Honorary Coach: Jason Terry
Pos. | Player | Team | R/S/P |
G | Sidy Cissoko | G League Ignite | Prospect |
G | Scoot Henderson | G League Ignite | Prospect |
F | Mojave King | G League Ignite | Prospect |
F | Kenneth Lofton Jr. | Memphis Hustle | Prospect |
G | Mac McClung | Philadelphia 76ers | Prospect |
F | Leonard Miller | G League Ignite | Prospect |
G | Scotty Pippen Jr. | South Bay Lakers | Prospect |
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We're taking Team Pau to win this year's Jordan Rising Stars Challenge. Led by last year's Rookie of the Year Scottie Barnes and this year's leader for the award Paolo Banchero, Team Pau is stacked with talent. Surrounding them with able rookie shooters and a savvy sophomore point guard in Jose Alvarado gives Team Pau the all-around look that should serve them in this exciting pick-up tournament!
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The All-Star Skills Challenge is a competition that tests players' shooting, passing, and dribbling ability. While we have seen formats that include relays, head-to-heads, and positional competition, NBA fans will enjoy the new format implemented in 2022!
Under the new format for the Taco Bell Skills Challenge, three teams of three players will compete in a four-round competition that tests their overall basketball skill. The teams are as follows:
Pos. | Player | Team |
F | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
F | Thanasis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
F | Alex Antetokounmpo | Wisconsin Herd |
Pos. | Player | Team |
F | Paolo Banchero | Orlando Magic |
G | Jaden Ivey | Detroit Pistons |
F | Jabari Smith Jr. | Houston Rockets |
Pos. | Player | Team |
G | Jordan Clarkson | Utah Jazz |
C | Walker Kessler | Utah Jazz |
G | Collin Sexton | Utah Jazz |
Here is a round-by-round explanation of the Skills Challenge and Points system.
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The Kia Skills Challenge is all about overall skill and we're going to take the most diversified team in this matchup. Team Jazz may have an interesting piece in Walker Kessler, but guards Jordan Clarkson and Collin Sexton are rapid point guards who can also step in to make a jumper from anywhere on the court. The host team looks to have the balance to win this event!
The Three-Point Contest is an event that tests the NBA's best shooters to see who will be the three-point king! Participants will shoot from five racks, beginning in either corner of the three-point arc. Made three-point shots are awarded one or two points based on the ball sunk - one point for a normal ball, two points for the colored ball.
The reigning champion of the Three-Point Competition is Karl-Anthony Towns.
Odds taken from DraftKings Sportsbook, 17 February 2023.
Pos. | Player | Team | 3P% | Odds |
G | Tyrese Haliburton | Indiana Pacers | 39.9% | +600 |
G | Tyler Herro | Miami Heat | 36.9% | +550 |
G | Buddy Hield | Indiana Pacers | 42.6% | +425 |
G | Kevin Huerter | Sacramento Kings | 39.2% | +550 |
G | Damian Lillard | Portland Trail Blazers | 37.2% | +425 |
F | Lauri Markkanen | Utah Jazz | 41.2% | +650 |
F | Julius Randle | New York Knicks | 33.8% | +700 |
F | Jayson Tatum | Boston Celtics | 35.7% | +500 |
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Buddy Hield to Win (+425)
It's not the easiest competition to predict, but guards have dominated the three-point competition in All-Star Weekend history. That's why we're taking Indiana Pacers guard Buddy Hield to win his second three-point contest title in Salt Lake City. A pure three-point shooter who has already hit 230 threes on 42.6% this season, Hield looks set to take down the field.
Odds taken from DraftKings Sportsbook, 17 February 2023.
The marquee event of All-Star Saturday Night, the NBA Slam Dunk Contest brings together some of the league's best high fliers into competition.
This year's Slam Dunk Contest will be a two-round competition. Five judges will score each dunk on a scale of 6 to 10 for a total of up to 50 points combined.
All competitors will get two dunks in the first round, while the two players with the highest combined score will get two dunks in the final round. The dunker with the highest combined final round score will be named the champion!
Pos. | Player | Team | Height | Weight | Odds |
G | McMcClung | Philadelphia 76ers | 6-2 | 185lb | +160 |
C | Jericho Sims | New York Knicks | 6-10 | 245lb | +200 |
F | Kenyon Martin Jr. | Houston Rockets | 6-6 | 215lb | +250 |
F | Trey Murphy III | New Orleans Pelicans | 6-9 | 206lb | +320 |
Mac McClung (+160)
While this year's NBA Dunk Contest may not have the name recognition to get people excited, this may be one of the most exciting batches of high fliers gathered in recent memory. For the 2023 Dunk Contest we're taking the unheralded Mac McClung - who was recently signed by the Philadelphia 76ers. McClung's dunks are incredible, creative, and at his size his vertical is always impressive.
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The NBA All-Star Game is an annual celebration that sees the best players from the Eastern and Western Conferences compete in an exhibition match.
Coaches and staff for the event are representatives of the top-ranked team in each conference. This year's coaches will be Joe Mazzulla of the Boston Celtics and Michael Malone of the Denver Nuggets.
The starting lineups of each team are selected based on a combination of fan, player, and media vote. The league's coaches select the remainder of the roster.
The leading vote-getters captain their respective teams and select players via a draft format. This year's captains are Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James.
Pos. | Player | Team | # of ASG Selections |
G | Kyrie Irving | Dallas Mavericks^ | 8 |
G | Donovan Mitchell | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4 |
F | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks | 7 |
F | Kevin Durant* | Phoenix Suns^ | 13 |
F | Jayson Tatum | Boston Celtics | 4 |
G | Jaylen Brown | Boston Celtics | 2 |
G | DeMar DeRozan | Chicago Bulls | 6 |
G | Tyrese Haliburton | Indiana Pacers | 1 |
G | Jrue Holiday | Milwaukee Bucks | 2 |
F | Julius Randle | New York Knicks | 2 |
C | Bam Adebayo | Miami Heat | 2 |
C | Joel Embiid | Philadelphia 76ers | 6 |
F | Pascal Siakam | Toronto Raptors | 2 |
* Kevin Durant will not participate due to injury, Pascal Siakam was selected as his replacement.
^ Denotes a player who was selected to the All-Star game prior to being traded to the Western Conference.
Pos. | Player | Team | # of ASG Selections |
G | Stephen Curry* | Golden State Warriors | 9 |
G | Luka Doncic | Dallas Mavericks | 4 |
C | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets | 5 |
F | LeBron James | Los Angeles Lakers | 19 |
F | Zion Williamson* | New Orleans Pelicans | 2 |
G | Shai Gligeous-Alexander | Oklahoma City Thunder | 1 |
G | Damian Lillard | Portland Trail Blazers | 7 |
G | Ja Morant | Memphis Grizzlies | 2 |
F | Paul George | LA Clippers | 8 |
F | Jaren Jackson Jr. | Memphis Grizzlies | 1 |
F | Lauri Markkanen | Utah Jazz | 1 |
C | Domantas Sabonis | Sacramento Kings | 3 |
G | Anthony Edwards | Minnesota Timberwolves | 1 |
G | De'Aaron Fox | Sacramento Kings | 1 |
* Stephen Curry and Zion Williamson will not participate due to injury, Anthony Edwards and De'Aaron Fox were chosen as their replacements.
It's difficult to say which team will win due to the fact that the entirety of each team's roster won't be decided until right before the match itself. That said, we're expecting Team LeBron to win its sixth straight All-Star Game. Even with Stephen Curry and Zion Williamson unavailable, don't be surprised to see the likes of Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic to take over.
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