The rosters are finalized, and the uniforms are out for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game, which is able to function a new format with three groups in a round-robin event: Two will consist of players from the United States and a third will be comprised of players from the rest of the world.
The midseason exhibition can be performed in Inglewood, California, at the Los Angeles Clippers’ Intuit Dome on Sunday.
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The NBA moved New York Knicks heart Karl-Anthony Towns to Team World final week, opening a sixteenth and remaining spot in the Team USA pool for this yr’s All-Star Game.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver filled that vacancy with Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, now a seven-time All-Star who’s having fun with certainly one of the greatest seasons of his profession and previously headlined a list of snubs for the event.
Silver additionally picked Houston Rockets center Alperen Şengün and Toronto Raptors forward Brandon Ingram to interchange Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, each of whom are coping with accidents.
Here’s the roster breakdown:
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USA Stars
Head coach: J.B. Bickerstaff (Detroit Pistons)
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Scottie Barnes, Toronto Raptors
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Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns
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Cade Cunningham, Detroit Pistons
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Jalen Duren, Detroit Pistons
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Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves
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Chet Holmgren, Oklahoma City Thunder
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Jalen Johnson, Atlanta Hawks
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Tyrese Maxey, Philadelphia 76ers
USA Stripes
Head coach: Mitch Johnson (San Antonio Spurs)
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Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
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Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks
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Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors*
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Brandon Ingram, Toronto Raptors
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Kevin Durant, Houston Rockets
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LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
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Kawhi Leonard, Los Angeles Clippers
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Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers
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Norman Powell, Miami Heat
World
Head coach: Darko Rajaković
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Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
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Deni Avdija, Portland Trail Blazers
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Luka Dončić, Los Angeles Lakers
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder*
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Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
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Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets
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Pascal Siakam, Indiana Pacers
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Alperen Şengün, Houston Rockets
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Karl-Anthony Towns, New York Knicks
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Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
“*” denotes unable to play due to harm
How this yr’s All-Stars have been chosen
Fans have been answerable for 50% of the vote that picked each conference’s five starters. NBA gamers (25%) and a media panel (25%) accounted for the different slices of the vote.
NBA head coaches selected 14 reserves, particularly James, who’s on an All-Star group for the twenty second consecutive season.
There have been no positional necessities for this yr’s All-Star lineups. That’s a primary for the exhibition, which is able to quickly be performed in its seventy fifth iteration.
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Why are there 9 taking part gamers on Team World?
Towns, who’s Dominican via his late mom, was shifted over to Team World. As a outcome, there have been solely 15 gamers in the Team USA pool. A minimal of 16 was required, therefore the addition of Leonard.
When the format was rolled out, it was introduced that Silver would have the skill to pick further All-Stars so that every group hit its quantity.
So that is how Team World ended up with 9 gamers initially, whereas USA Stars and USA Stripes each began with eight gamers. The addition of Şengün provides Team World 10 gamers, however solely 9 of them can be taking part. Likewise, whereas USA Stripes will technically have 9 All-Stars, solely eight of them will play, together with Ingram.
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How this yr’s All-Star Game can be performed
In phrases of the recreation itself, there’ll nonetheless technically be 4 12-minute quarters — though every can be its personal recreation. Each of the three groups will play twice throughout round-robin motion. The fourth “quarter” will pit the two groups with the greatest information to resolve a champion.
Point differential can be the post-round-robin tiebreaker if all three groups have 1-1 information.
A take a look at this yr’s All-Star Game uniforms, court docket
The Clippers are internet hosting this yr’s All-Star Game, so it is becoming the hardwood honors their colorway, in addition to the architectural design of the Intuit Dome, which opened forward of the 2024-25 season and can be used throughout the 2028 L.A. Olympics.
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The All-Star Game jerseys sport an L.A.-inspired script, and there are seven stars orbiting the wordmarks, representing the seven earlier All-Star video games the metropolis has hosted.