Rumors

Shams Charania: It's expected Knicks' Karl-Anthony Towns will play for the World team in the 2026 NBA All-Star game.

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Shams Charania: Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard has been selected to the 2026 NBA All-Star Game. After the selection of the initial 24 All-Stars, Leonard was added to bring the total number of U.S. All-Stars to 16, the minimum required.

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Memphis rapper GloRilla will play in the Celebrity Game during the 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend. Rosters for the two teams were unveiled Monday. GloRilla will be on the team coached by Giannis Antetokounmpo, his two brothers and Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts.

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Marc Stein: NBA commissioner Adam Silver has named Toronto’s Darko Rajaković as head coach for Team World in next weekend’s All-Star Game. Detroit’s J.B. Bickerstaff and San Antonio’s Mitch Johnson will coach the two USA teams. The full roster breakdown will be announced later today.

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Varun Shankar: Amen Thompson’s IG story

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Oh No He Didn't: Windy: "The reaction within the league has been kind of universal between the executives that I've talked to which is Kawhi Leonard doesn't make the team. The game is obviously at Intuit Dome. And the wonder is did he not make this team because the coaches didn't vote for him because of the accusations of the improper contract?"

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Sidelined Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro has bypassed an invitation to attempt to defend his 2025 championship in the 3-point contest during NBA All-Star Weekend, to instead focus on getting back on the court. Herro won last year’s contest in San Francisco, defeating Golden State Warriors guard Buddy Hield in the final round.

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Jorge Sierra: NBA players who had to play at least 11 seasons to make their All-Star debut: Mike Conley Vlade Divac Tyson Chandler Kyle Korver Anthony Mason Sam Cassell NORMAN POWELL

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‪Law Murray 📘‬: Asked Luka Doncic about LeBron James' All-Star selection ("He deserved it") and competing against former Mavericks teammate Jalen Brunson in a tentpole game ("He deserves this")

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Jorge Sierra: Per HoopsHype's Global Rating, LeBron James is the worst 2025-26 performer at the All-Star Game. James Harden would be the biggest snub.

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Below, we statistically break down which NBA players are the most popular among their peers when it comes to All-Star voting based on the share of player ballots in which they have appeared during their time in the league. Notably absent from this list are the likes of Devin Booker, Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler and Jaylen Brown, which just goes to show that peer voting doesn't always align with on-court performance. Giannis Antetokounmpo: 55.70 percent of player All-Star ballots. An extremely popular player among his peers, two-time league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo holds a sizable lead over the No. 2 finisher in this exercise. He is also the only one to ever crack 70 percent of the player All-Star vote, a feat he pulled off in 2018-19 when he earned an astounding 73.9 percent. That's the single-highest mark in our entire database.

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Brendan Vogt: Jamal Murray on learning he was on All-Star: “I was asleep. I was taking my pregame nap, and then a couple of my best friends FaceTimed me on a group call and broke the news to me.”

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DNVR Nuggets: Murray plans to play hard in the All-Star Game: “I really kind of lost interest in All-Star just watching whatever they’re doing out there. I’d rather go on vacation if that’s the basketball we’re going to be playing...I would like to play (hard). full answer👇

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Bennett Durando: "I'm just a competitor, right? So I would like to play (hard). I know Wembanyama will play. I know Giannis will play, if he were to (be able to). So I just want to be one of those guys that's known as somebody who's gonna play hard every time he steps on the court."

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