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Gilbert Arenas on All-Star Game: Nikola Jokic probably would never go hard because the game how it's played goes out of his hand. He can't control it the way he play. So for him, he's probably not gonna go as hard as he does for Denver. But the issue is this: Until the game venue starts taking a hit from the fan base, there's nothing going to change. See, if 25,000 people that know no one's going to play hard is showing up, them kids. It's a kid thing. It's a festival. This is a festival. The kids, they're here having fun seeing all the stars at one place. That's what it really It's a festival. Yeah. Taking pictures, getting That's all. Right. What you can do is you have a choice to watch it or not. That's your choice, right? Just like it's their choice for me to spend $10,000 for a seat knowing that they're not going to play hard. That hasn't changed yet. It's still sold out every city. People are driving from city to city every time, right? Only people who's complaining is the people who's watching on TV. Don't turn it on.

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Scott Agness: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, intrigued by NHL’s Four Nations scores, says “we are looking at something that brings international flavor into competition” at the All-Star game. He does not believe USA vs World All-Stars makes sense. 2026 will be in afternoon due to Olympics.

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The NBA is working on a plan to turn next season’s All-Star Game into a U.S.-vs.-world competition, a person with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday. It remains unclear how the format will work, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the league has not made any final determinations.

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Next season's game will feature a USA vs. the world format. Adam Silver announced the decision while speaking on FS1's "Breakfast Ball." The format will debut on NBC in the first season of the network's return to covering the NBA under the league's new media rights deal. It will take place during the Winter Olympics that will also air on NBC. "What better time to feature some form of USA against the world?" Silver said.

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Silver said that he's "not exactly sure what the format will be yet." He noted that he "paid a lot of attention to what the NHL did" during its All-Star break this season.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo: This should be next year All Star Game format!! Must see basketball💯🔥

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The NBA could be open to playing its All-Star Game earlier in the season as perhaps another way to coerce players to take the event more seriously, Commissioner Adam Silver said in an interview this week. Speaking on Sirius XM Radio Monday night, Silver admitted the game has “creeped later and later over the years” -- largely because the NFL’s Super Bowl has been pushed into early February -- and that players could be coasting more through All-Star because “that’s valuable rest as you’re competing and getting ready to go into the home stretch [of the season].” As a result, Silver said, “Maybe there’s an opportunity to move that around to create interest at a different point in the season” where players would conceivably be fresher.

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The NBA could be open to playing its All-Star Game earlier in the season as perhaps another way to coerce players to take the event more seriously, Commissioner Adam Silver said in an interview this week. Speaking on Sirius XM Radio Monday night, Silver admitted the game has “creeped later and later over the years” -- largely because the NFL’s Super Bowl has been pushed into early February -- and that players could be coasting more through All-Star because “that’s valuable rest as you’re competing and getting ready to go into the home stretch [of the season].”

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As a result, Silver said, “Maybe there’s an opportunity to move that around to create interest at a different point in the season” where players would conceivably be fresher.

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SiriusXM NBA Radio: “We're looking at potentially US against the world type formats." @NBA Commissioner Adam Silver tells @TermineRadio , @Jumpshot8 , & Ryan McDonough about how the league is looking at fixing the All Star Game

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Law Murray: Lawrence Frank has said multiple times in this presser that he hopes that James Harden will be selected to All-NBA team Adds that he believes that Ivica Zubac should be an All-Star next season. Related: 2026 All-Star Weekend is at Intuit Dome.

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On Monday in New York, NBA commissioner Adam Silver and president of league operations Byron Spruell said discussions were being held with new broadcast partner NBC for an “international competition” as the league’s All-Star Game, which is set for Feb. 15, 2026, at the LA Clippers’ Intuit Dome. Silver told The Athletic on Monday night: “Our All-Star Game will return to NBC next season in the middle of their coverage of the Winter Olympics. Given the strong interest we’ve seen in international basketball competitions, most recently in last summer’s Olympics in Paris, we’re discussing concepts with the players association that focus on NBA players representing their countries or regions instead of the more traditional formats that we’ve used in the past.”

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Spruell said the league was considering “formats that lean into this idea of international play, to some extent leaning a little bit on this idea of U.S. versus rest of the world, and then also going all the way from the mini-tournaments we experimented with in San Francisco, maybe that has some application, more on a nations or regions based.” “NBC is very much leaning into it, given their role — we are, as well,” Spruell continued. “Looking to do something new and different yet again, but excited about the possibility.” Silver then added: “It’s not lost on us … we’ll be in L.A., the home of the ’28 Summer Olympics, and we’ll be competing in the arena at Intuit, where the basketball competition will take place in the 2028 Olympics. So I think all of those factors, when they come together, it presents an enormous opportunity for us to do something with an international competition instead of the traditional All-Star formats that we’ve used.”

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Duane Rankin: "I think it says a lot that you can say something didn't work and then make a switch." Devin Booker on Adam Silver saying NBA is "back to the drawing board" on All-Star game format. #Suns #NBAAllStar pic.x.com/VjN06ZIBqK

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