A breakdown of the NBA’s new format

The NBA All-Stars have been chosen. Subsequent up: Assigning them to groups.

The ten gamers designated as starters had been introduced on Jan. 23, the remaining 14 gamers designated as reserves had been revealed Thursday — and now, these 24 gamers will probably be drafted onto eight-player groups for the video games that will probably be performed on Feb. 16 in San Francisco.

TNT analysts and basketball greats Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith will draft the groups on Feb. 6. The eight-player groups will bear their names — Crew Shaq, Crew Charles and Crew Kenny.

They’ll choose from this pool of gamers:

— LeBron James and Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers

— Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley and Darius Garland of the Cleveland Cavaliers

— Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics

— Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder

— Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Cities of the Minnesota Timberwolves

— Cade Cunningham of the Detroit Pistons

— Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves

— James Harden of the Los Angeles Clippers

— Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns

— Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets

— Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors

— Pascal Siakam of the Indiana Pacers

— Tyler Herro of the Miami Warmth

— Alperen Sengun of the Houston Rockets

— Jaren Jackson Jr. of the Memphis Grizzlies

— Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs

How the match works

The video games will probably be quick. Video games are to 40 factors; first one to achieve that whole wins. The 2 semifinal winners will meet within the All-Star last, that recreation additionally goes solely to 40 factors.

Voting format

There was a weighted system to select the ten gamers designated as “starters.” It was 50% fan vote, 25% media panel vote, 25% present participant vote. NBA head coaches picked the 14 gamers designated as “reserves.”

However the starter and reserve columns gained’t imply a lot on recreation night time, since there will probably be 15 totally different gamers beginning — 5 from every of the three groups — and solely 9 gamers coming off the bench in these semifinal video games.

How the match works

The Rising Stars occasion winner — that match will probably be held Feb. 14, one other four-team occasion made up of first- and second-year gamers — would be the fourth group within the All-Star video games on Feb. 16. That group will probably be known as Crew Candace, for Candace Parker.

Why the change

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has wished a extra aggressive All-Star occasion for a while, and this modification comes after the groups mixed to attain a file 397 factors — 211-186 was the ultimate — in final season’s recreation at Indianapolis.

The groups mixed to take 289 shot makes an attempt in final 12 months’s recreation, 94% of these being both contained in the paint or past the 3-point line.

Teaching staffs

Kenny Atkinson of the Cleveland Cavaliers will coach one All-Star group, Mark Daigneault of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder will coach one other, and two of their assistants — one from every group — could have the opposite groups below their path.

Cleveland and Oklahoma Metropolis are sending their staffs to the sport as a result of these are the groups with the perfect information within the Jap and Western Conferences.

Prize cash

There’s a prize pool of $1.8 million for the All-Star Recreation.

Every participant on the All-Star champion group will get $125,000, every participant on the runner-up group will get $50,000 and the gamers on the groups eradicated within the semifinals will every get $25,000.

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