Overview
- Eastern Conference starters are Jalen Brunson, Tyrese Maxey, Cade Cunningham, Jaylen Brown and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
- Western Conference starters are Stephen Curry, Luka Dončić, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić and Victor Wembanyama.
- Starters were chosen by a weighted vote of fans (50%), players (25%) and media (25%), and the league released totals showing Curry with 2,817,562 votes to LeBron James’s 1,819,776.
- The new format features three teams—two U.S. and one World—playing 12‑minute mini-games in a round-robin, with the top two records advancing to a final and point differential as the tiebreaker.
- LeBron James was not named a starter for the first time in over two decades but remains eligible as a coaches’ reserve or potential injury replacement, with the event set for Feb. 15 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.