MVP announcement for the 2025 NBA All-Star Tournament as reported by major sports news outlets

NBA Unveils $1.8M Prize Pool for 2025 All-Star Tournament at Chase Center

Dec 17, 2024, 07:44 PM

The NBA has announced a new format for the 2025 All-Star Game, set to take place on February 16 at the Chase Center in San Francisco. The event will feature a mini-tournament with four teams and three games. The format includes three teams of eight NBA All-Stars each, with the fourth team consisting of the winner of the Castrol Rising Stars challenge. The teams will be drafted by TNT analysts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kenny Smith, with the Rising Stars champion team managed by Candace Parker. Each game in the tournament will be won by the first team to reach 40 points. The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have introduced a prize pool of $1.8 million for the All-Star Game, with players on the championship-winning team receiving $125,000 each, the second-place team receiving $50,000 per player, and the third- and fourth-place teams receiving $25,000 per player. The voting process for selecting the 24 NBA All-Stars remains unchanged, with fans, players, and a media panel determining the starters, and NBA head coaches selecting the reserves.