NBA All-Star Weekend has witnessed its interest steadily decline over time, and that trend culminated last year when the Western Conference defeated them with an unprecedented scoring margin. To remedy that situation, this year the NBA is testing out a new format involving four eight-player teams with single elimination mini tournament. Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley will pick two teams each and the winner will go head-to-head to earn a place in Sunday night's championship game.
Kenny's Young Stars will face Charles Barkley's Global Stars at NBA All-Star 2025 and it should be an entertaining contest to follow. Charles has assembled an international cast on his Global Stars squad; even without Giannis Antetokounmpo on board, their roster looks like the strongest on paper; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander should provide plenty of backcourt bite while Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama should bolster its frontcourt strength.
Kenny Smith boasts a much younger squad with numerous up-and-comer players on its team, which would prove interesting should these youngsters surprise everyone and defeat established veterans. However, this team likely won't make much progress as its roster lacks star power or depth - check out our basketball betting odds and predictions for this matchup scheduled to take place at Chase Center in San Francisco on 2-16-2025 for our predictions of this matchup!
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