Since the NBA can’t figure it out, I fixed the All-Star Game

Any Boston Celtics player who is named an All-Star this season will be amongst the first to play in the league’s new pick-up game format.

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the NBA will introduce a four-team All-Star tournament in San Francisco this February. Three teams of eight All-Stars and one Rising Stars team will compete in two semifinal games up to 40 points. Then, the two winners will play a game up to 25 to decide the tournament champion.

How the four-team tournament-style 2025 NBA All-Star Game is expected to work, sources tell ESPN:

- Two semifinal games up to 40 points, winners advance

- Finals game up to 25 points

Quick-burst competition, pickup ball-esque. https://t.co/VOyPvioj78

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