US EditionNBA won’t keep All-Star mini-tourney for 2026; ‘back to the drawing board’
- The NBA All-Star Game on February 15, 2026, will be broadcast on NBC's family of networks from the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers in Inglewood, California, shifting from a Sunday evening to a Sunday afternoon broadcast.
- The league decided to change the All-Star Game format after years of lacking competitiveness, leading to a new four-team tournament format last month that Commissioner Adam Silver deemed 'a miss'.
- The previous four-team tournament format consisted of 24 NBA All-Stars and a team of rookies and sophomores playing to a target score of 40 points.
- Commissioner Adam Silver stated, 'We're back to the drawing board,' acknowledging the need to create an All-Star experience that both the league and its players can be proud of.
- As the game shifts to NBC as part of a new broadcast deal, the league and the network are discussing potential formats, possibly capitalizing on the concurrent Milan-Cortina Olympics, while also considering a U.S. Vs. International format.
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Adam Silver on All-Star Format: "It Was A Miss"
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver admitted the 2025 NBA All-Star game was a miss. In a league press conference, Silver talked about the new format introduced to the All-Star game spin and the complaints around it. The recent format featured the 24 all stars split into 3 teams, and the winner of the NBA’s Rising Stars challenge being added to the game, and the four teams play a tournament to win All-Star Weekend. Though different, it was met with a …
It’s ‘back to the drawing board’ for NBA, who won’t keep All-Star mini-tournament for 2026
NEW YORK — The NBA will not bring back its All-Star Game mini-tournament next season. Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday that the format used last month — a four-team tournament made up of 24 NBA All-Stars and another team of rookies and sophomores, all playing to a target score of 40 points — “was a miss.” The game is shifting to NBC next season as part of the league’s new broadcast deal, and Silver said the league and the network are talki…
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