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The best NBA players in the world converge in Chicago for the 2020 All-Star Game on February 16, but this year’s event is unlike what you’re used to. The league has announced a slew of changes to the format, along with a tribute to the late NBA icon Kobe Bryant. This isn’t the first time in recent years the league has made tweaks to the All-Star showcase: In the past, the teams were split by Eastern and Western Conference players; but in 2018, the NBA changed the format to captains. Instead of the conference split, the captains selected from the pool of starters and reserves for each team. That roster set up remains the same for 2020.
The 2020 NBA All-Star Game airs on TNT on Sunday, February 16 at 8 p.m. ET. For access to exclusive gear videos, celebrity interviews, and more, subscribe on YouTube! Home>Sports>Basketball>NBA Basketball  The NBA All Star game is an exhibition game played once a year that features the best NBA players from that season. The game is played about half way through the season each year. All star players are selected through a combination of fan, player, coach, and media voting. The teams and game format have changed dramatically in the last few years. Currently, two captains (the two best players) are selected and use a draft process to pick their respective teams with the players voted into the game. In the past, until 2018, the players would play on teams based off of their conference. It was an East vs West game, with the best players from each conference teamed up together. However, in 2018, the NBA made a huge change. In the 2018 NBA All Star game, the leading vote getter from each conference was elected as a captain. The team captains then choose their respective teams. Players are voted in through a somewhat complicated process and the captains have the ability to choose from those selected players. Voting has changed dramatically in recent years as well. Prior to 2017, starting players were voted into the game strictly off of fans' votes. Zaza Pachulia, a non-All Star caliber player, was nearly voted in as a starter after many people teamed up on social media to pull a prank. As a result, rather than having starters voted in based off of 100% fan votes, they are now voted in by 50% fan vote, 25% current players’ votes, and 25% media votes. Reserves are chosen in a much easier way. NBA head coaches are given a ballot and they must each choose 2 backcourt players (guards) and 3 frontcourt players (forwards or centers). The team captains go back and forth selecting their teams. The captain with the most votes gets the first overall pick. They first pick from the other 8 starters. Each player needs to fill the team with 2 backcourt members and 3 frontcourt players, including themselves. After all starters are off the board, they move to the reserves. They follow the same process in selecting reserves. The player who chose second in the starters round picks first in the reserves round. The captains go back and forth selecting from the available players until all of the players are off the board. Two weeks before the All Star Weekend, the coaches are selected. The coach of the team that has the best record at the time in each conference is chosen to coach the team. The All Star game itself has remained consistent until 2020. The game had followed a normal NBA game format; four 12-minute quarters were played. The score added up throughout the game and the team with the most points at the end of the fourth quarter won the game. In the 2020 NBA All Star game the format changed drastically. Following the tragic death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, the format of the game was changed to honor him. The new game format featured a style never before seen in the NBA. The first three quarters are still 12 minutes each. After the first 12 minute quarter, the team with the most points earns $100,000 to donate to their charity of choice. The score then resets to 0-0 before the second quarter. The second and third quarters are played in the same format as the first with the score resetting before each and the winner earning $100,000 to donate to their selected charity. The game gets very interesting heading into the fourth quarter. The points from the previous three quarters are added up. Rather than playing a timed quarter, the teams play to a desired score limit. The score is decided by adding 24 (the number worn by the late Kobe Bryant) to the score of the team in the lead. In the 2020 NBA Allstar game, after 3 quarters, the score was 133-124, so the target score was set to 157. The team to reach this score first won the game. In future years it is unclear what format the game will follow because of the rapid changes in recent years. However, the 2020 new format was widely liked by players and fans. The charity donation factor definitely encouraged players to try hard than they had in past years, and therefore made the game much more entertaining for fans. Hopefully the NBA can continue to improve the game to encourage competitive and entertaining play. How are the players selected to be an NBA All Star?Players are voted into the NBA All Star Game. Starters are voted in by fans, fellow players, and media representatives. Fans have 50% of the vote, players have 25%, and the media has 25%. Reserve players are voted in strictly by head coaches. Each coach gets a ballot and writes down 2 backcourt players and 3 frontcourt players. Combining the starters and reserves gives the full All Star list. They then must be divided into their respective teams. How are NBA All Star players divided into teams?The two players with the most votes are selected as captains. The two players then participate in a draft and go back and forth picking their teams. The player with more votes picks first. They must fill their starting lineups with the starters voted into the game. After filling their starting lineups, they move to reserves. The player who selected second in the first round gets the first pick in the second round. The two captains then take turns selecting players front the reserves voted into the game. How is the NBA All Star game formatted?The newest format features a complicated format. The score resets after each of the first 3 quarters. So starting each quarter the score is 0-0. The team leading at the end of each quarter earns $100,000 to donate to a charity of their choice. These are 12 minute quarters just like a normal NBA game. Beginning the fourth quarter, the scores from the first three quarters are added up. A target score is selected by adding 24 points to the team with a higher point total. Whichever team reaches the target score first wins the game. The National Basketball Association All-Star Game is a basketball exhibition game hosted every February by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and showcases 24 of the league's star players. It is the featured event of NBA All-Star Weekend, a three-day event which goes from Friday to Sunday. The All-Star Game was first played at the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951.
The starting lineup for each squad is selected by a combination of fan, player, and media voting,[1] while head coaches choose the reserves,[2] seven players from their respective conferences, so each side has a 12-man roster. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players. If a selected player cannot participate because of injury, the NBA commissioner selects a replacement.
Since 2018, the leading vote-getters for each conference are designated as team captains and can choose from the pool of All-Star reserves to form their teams regardless of conference. LeBron James and Stephen Curry became the first players to choose teams through the new format, selecting players for the 2018 NBA All-Star Game in a non-televised draft on January 25.[3] Likely due to fan interest in the draft process, captains for the 2019 All-Star Game, James and Giannis Antetokounmpo, drafted their teams live on TNT.[4] The teams also play for a charity of their choice to help the games remain competitive.[5] The head coach of the team with the best record in each conference is chosen to lead their respective conference in the All-Star Game, with a prohibition against consecutive appearances.[2] Known as the "Riley Rule", it was created after perennially successful Los Angeles Lakers head coach Pat Riley earned the right to coach the Western Conference team eight times in nine seasons between 1982 and 1990. The coach of the team with the next best record gets to coach instead.
The idea of holding an All-Star Game was conceived during a meeting between NBA President Maurice Podoloff, NBA publicity director Haskell Cohen and Boston Celtics owner Walter A. Brown. At that time, the basketball world had just been rocked by the college basketball point-shaving scandal. To regain public attention to the league, Cohen suggested the league to host an exhibition game featuring the league's best players, similar to Major League Baseball's All-Star Game.[6] Although most people, including Podoloff, were pessimistic about the idea, Brown remained confident that it would be a success, and he offered to host the game and to cover all the expenses or potential losses incurred from the game.[7] The first All-Star Game was hosted at the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951, where the Eastern All-Stars team defeated the Western All-Stars team, 111–94. Boston Celtics' Ed Macauley was named as the first NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, and the All-Star Game became a success, drawing an attendance of 10,094, much higher than that season's average attendance of 3,500.[8] In 2010, the NBA All-Star Game set the attendance record for a basketball game with 108,713 people attending at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This shattered the existing attendance record previously held at Ford Field on December 13, 2003, when 78,129 attendees watched Michigan State play Kentucky.[9] The 2017 All-Star Weekend was originally awarded to Charlotte, North Carolina. On March 23, 2016, North Carolina passed House Bill 2, also known as a "bathroom bill," which was seen as discriminatory against transgender persons. As a result, the NBA announced that it would move the game to another city if the bill was not repealed or revised. After North Carolina took no action, on July 21, 2016, the NBA announced that the 2017 game would be moved to New Orleans. In March 2017, after several provisions of the bill were partially repealed, the NBA awarded the 2019 All-Star Weekend to Charlotte. On October 3, 2017, the NBA and NBPA announced changes to the game format, starting in 2018. Instead of being divided by conference, the top vote leaders for each conference would be team captains and hold a draft to choose among the rest of the starters and reserves, regardless of conference.[5] The starting five from each conference consists of three frontcourt players and two guards, selected by a combination of fan, player, and media voting. In 2017, the NBA moved from a pure fan vote to a weighted process wherein fan voting accounts for 50%, with player and media voting account for 25% each.[1][10] Prior to 2013, fans selected two forwards and one center instead of generic frontcourt players.[11] The NBA in 2003 began offering All-Star ballots in three languages—English, Spanish and Chinese—for fan voting of the starters.[12] NBA coaches vote for the reserves for their respective conferences, but they cannot choose players from their own team. Each coach selects two guards, three frontcourt players and two wild cards, with each selected player ranked in order of preference within each category. If a multi-position player is to be selected, coaches are encouraged to vote for the player at the position that is "most advantageous for the All-Star team", regardless of where the player is listed on the All-Star ballot or the position he is listed in box scores.[13] If a player is unavailable for the game due to injury, the NBA commissioner selects a replacement for the roster. If the replacement is for a fan-selected starter, the All-Star Game coach chooses the replacement in the starting lineup, and is not limited to the commissioner's addition to the roster.[14] Multiple All-Star players can be chosen from one team, with the record being four. This has occurred nine times, the first such instance being in 1962, when four players each from the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers were chosen. The most recent game with four All-Star players from one team was the Golden State Warriors in the 2018 game.[15][16] The game is played under normal NBA rules, but there are notable differences from an average game. Since the starting All-Stars are selected by fans, players, and media, players sometimes start the game at atypical positions. For instance, in the 2007 game, Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady were chosen as the starting Western Conference guards. As both players normally play shooting guard, Bryant started the game as a point guard. Gameplay usually involves players attempting spectacular slam dunks and alley oops and defensive effort is usually limited. The final score is generally much higher than a competitive NBA game. If the score is close, the fourth quarter is more competitive. This format was changed in 2020 to use the Elam Ending. In normal Elam Ending rules, the game clock is turned off with four minutes remaining and a target score is set; whoever reaches the target wins the game. In 2020, the NBA took the score at the end of three quarters and added 24 points (in honor of Kobe Bryant, who had been killed in a helicopter crash a month prior). With Team Giannis leading Team LeBron 133–124 at the end of the third quarter, the target score was 157 points, and Team LeBron won the contest. The player introductions are usually accompanied by a significant amount of fanfare, including lighting effects, dance music, DJ's, elaborate portable stages, and pyrotechnics. Special uniforms are designed for the game each year, usually red for the Western Conference and blue for the Eastern Conference. From 1997 to 2002, players could wear their normal team uniforms. The "host conference" also traditionally has light uniforms, except from 2010 to 2014. In the past, players who wore the same number were given the option to pick a different numeral. For example, Patrick Ewing, who normally wore #33, ended up wearing #3 early in his career as Larry Bird also had that number. Since 1997, players can keep their uniform numbers. A major recording artist typically sings "O Canada" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" prior to tipoff. Halftime is also longer than a typical NBA game due to musical performances by popular artists. The first such halftime show happened in the 2000 game, with Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Mary J. Blige, and LL Cool J performing. This is a list of each All-Star Game, the venue at which it was played, and the Game MVP. Parenthesized numbers indicate multiple times that venue, city, or player has occurred as of that instance (e.g. "Michael Jordan (2)" in 1996 indicates that was his second All-Star MVP award). As of the 2017 All-Star Game (the 2016–17 NBA season)[update], the Eastern Conference leads with a record of 37 wins and 29 losses.
Note: Stadium names are named based on the name at the day of the All-Star Game.
The All-Star Game is the featured event of All-Star Weekend, and it is held on a Sunday night. All-Star Weekend also includes a number of popular exhibition games and competitions featuring NBA players and alumni as well as players from the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and NBA G League (G League).
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