2025 NBA All-Star Game team rosters were drafted by the NBA on TNT crew of Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley.
The team rosters for the three squads competing in the 2025 NBA All-Star Game were announced today. After the draft, Inside the NBA analysts Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley each selected eight players from a pool of 24 All-Stars to form their own teams.
Team Chuck, Team Shaq and Team Kenny will be joined in the mini-tournament by the Castrol Rising Stars champion, known as Team Candace for its honorary general manager, WNBA legend and TNT analyst Candace Parker.
Shaquille O'Neal had the first pick, were he selected LeBron James. Kenny Smith selected Anthony Edwards with the second pick, while Charles Barkley went with Nikola Jokic with the third pick.
Full team rosters:
Team Shaq
Position | Player | Team |
Frontcourt | LeBron James | Los Angeles Lakers |
Guard | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors |
Frontcourt | Anthony Davis | Dallas Mavericks |
Frontcourt | Jayson Tatum | Boston Celtics |
Frontcourt | Kevin Durant | Phoenix Suns |
Guard | Damian Lillard | Milwaukee Bucks |
Guard | James Harden | Los Angeles Clippers |
Guard | Jaylen Brown | Boston Celtics |
Team Kenny
Position | Player | Team |
Guard | Anthony Edwards | Minnesota Timberwolves |
Guard | Jalen Brunson | New York Knicks |
Frontcourt | Jaren Jackson Jr. | Memphis Grizzlies |
Guard | Jalen Williams | Oklahoma City Thunder |
Guard | Darius Garland | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Frontcourt | Evan Mobley | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Guard | Cade Cunningham | Detroit Pistons |
Guard | Tyler Herro | Miami Heat |
Team Chuck
Position | Player | Team |
Frontcourt | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets |
Frontcourt | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
Guard | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Oklahoma City Thunder |
Frontcourt | Victor Wembanyama | San Antonio Spurs |
Frontcourt | Pascal Siakam | Indiana Pacers |
Frontcourt | Alperen Sengun | Houston Rockets |
Frontcourt | Karl-Anthony Towns | New York Knicks |
Guard | Donovan Mitchell | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Team Candace will be the winning team from the Castrol Rising Stars 4-team mini-tournament which features the best NBA rookies, NBA sophomores and G League talent. The rosters for those teams were recently drafted.
For the first time, the NBA All-Star Game will feature a mini-tournament with four teams and three games. Two teams will meet in one semifinal (Game 1), and the remaining two teams will meet in the other semifinal (Game 2). The winning teams from Game 1 and Game 2 will advance to face each other in the championship (Game 3). For each game, the winner will be the first team to reach or surpass 40 points.
The four teams participating in the NBA All-Star Game will compete for a prize pool of $1.8 million. Each player on the championship-winning team will receive $125,000, each player on the second-place team will receive $50,000 and each player on the third- and fourth-place teams will receive $25,000.
