Game Thread 2025 NBA ALL STAR WEEKEND - FEB 14-16 (FRI-SUN) - TNT, TRU TV, NBATV

[Chris Craig]

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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14th, 2025

11:30 AM PST | Castrol Rising Stars Practice |Oakland Arena |NBA TV, NBA APP

12:00 PM PST | Basketball Hall of Fame News Conference| NBA TV, NBA APP

4:00 PM PST | Ruffles NBA All-star Celebrity Game |Oakland Arena |ESPN



6:00 PM PST |Castrol Rising Stars Game| Chase Center |TNT, TruTV



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SATURDAY FEB 15, 2025

11:00 AM PST | NBA All-star Practice|Oakland Arena |NBA TV, NBA APP

2:00 PM PST |NBA HBCU Classic - Morehouse College vs Tuskegee University |Oakland Arena | NBA TV

4:00 PM PST | Commissioner Adam Silver News Conference| NBA TV

5:00 PM PST |State Farm All-star Saturday Night |Chase Center | TNT |TrueTV







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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2025

11:00 AM PST | NBA Legends Brunch | NBA TV, NBA App

12:30 PM PST | G League Up Next Game | Moscone Center | Tubi, NBA APP





5:00 PM PST | 2025 NBA All Star Game | Chase Center | TNT, TruTV



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[Chris Craig]

Oh boy

 

[MickZagger]

UghA. I’m already bored

 

[THE HCP]

Is this where all the old guys cry about how horrible this is? Instead of just tuning out, they actually watch and take the time to come here and complain? Just want to make sure. I see there have already been two visits.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Is this where all the old guys cry about how horrible this is? Instead of just tuning out, they actually watch and take the time to come here and complain? Just want to make sure. I see there have already been two visits.

What do you like about the festivities?

 

[SharpesTriumph]

3pt shootout is probably my favorite of the Saturday events.

I'm interested to see how the new tournament format for the game works. I like the idea that one team is young players who will try, they'll be able to beat the allstars if those stars play like they have the last dozen years with zero effort.

Haven't paid much attention to allstar games in years but open to watch more with the new format.

If the new format doesn't make the game better I'd be in favor of somehow possibly replacing allstar weekend with a second in season tournament. The in season tournament is 10x better than allstar weekend, at least since the 80s-90s. Tournaments should grant something for the playoffs like automatic playin spots.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Norman Powell gets invited to the 3pt contest? Makes sense - he's averaging 23.8ppg with 43% 3pt which is actually down from last season.

Crazy that we traded this guy for Erick Bledsoe and Didi who are still on our salary cap today. Bledsoe played 0 minutes for the Blazers and Didi played 122 in 7 games. Both were out of the NBA months after the Blazers acquired them.

 

[THE HCP]

What do you like about the festivities?

All star game itself is fun. Just an open gym run with the best of the best. If you realize it’s a glorified scrimmage before you go in, what can you complain about? Dunk contest has sucked since the early 90s, but the 3 point contest is always fun.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

All star game itself is fun. Just an open gym run with the best of the best. If you realize it’s a glorified scrimmage before you go in, what can you complain about? Dunk contest has sucked since the early 90s, but the 3 point contest is always fun.

I dunno, man. I’d be upset if I went to Fogo de Chao and they served me a Big Mac.

 

[crandc]

San Francisco is going to be crazy with All Star game and Chinese New Year parade. Normally I would stay away but have ballet tickets for Saturday.

And to top it all off we just had an earthquake. Only 3.2 but epicenter 2 kilometers from me. Felt like a truck hit my house and scared hell out of Lashanna.

President Musk hasn't yet eliminated US Geological Service.

 

[Phatguysrule]

San Francisco is going to be crazy with All Star game and Chinese New Year parade. Normally I would stay away but have ballet tickets for Saturday.

And to top it all off we just had an earthquake. Only 3.2 but epicenter 2 kilometers from me. Felt like a truck hit my house and scared hell out of Lashanna.

President Musk hasn't yet eliminated US Geological Service.

yet

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Team Chuck and Team Mitch gonna be hard to deal with.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Hoopguru]

Portland never hosting or scheduled to host an all star game is BS.
Of course Portland in mid feb isn't exactley enticing. Not like Oakland

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[kjironman1]

Usually I watch the dunk contest but yes I agree it has not been as good lately. the McClung guy has kind of taken the luster out of it for me.
3 point shoot out has usually been good. I like that they added the lady from the WNBA last year. Forgot her name?
Yes I watch the All Star game and I have usually been rooting for any Blazer but obviously that has just become Dame recently. I like the money for charity incentive. It’s pretty cool.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Portland never hosting or scheduled to host an all star game is BS.
Of course Portland in mid feb isn't exactley enticing. Not like Oakland

Need about 20 more hotels.

Glad I saw team USA in PDX as a kid because it'll be at least decades until we see something similar again.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

now that’s impressive

 

[Mediocre Man]

If the NBA is unwatchable, the NBA all star game is ………..

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If the NBA is unwatchable, the NBA all star game is ………..

Are we having a whose fault is it thread for the entire NBA weekend or just the all-star game?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Serious question: does anyone actually give a shit about All Star weekend? It's pretty much unwatchable. I guess if I had to pick one event it would be the rookie game, except it's not called that any more and it's not a single game?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

now that’s impressive

That's not the word that sprang to MY mind

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Wow. I guess we know which NBA players only ever exercised because their coaches made them

 

[THE HCP]

This is truly breathtaking! Love it!

 

[THE HCP]

Are we having a whose fault is it thread for the entire NBA weekend or just the all-star game?

#FuckingBlazersBroadcasting

 

[THE HCP]

My little one is a production assistant this weekend down there at multiple events. They call them runners in our industry. Go make copies, pick up coffee and get lunch for the crew. Well this morning a guy walks up to her and says,”Hey are you Olivia?”
It was a childhood friend of mine and and local hip hop legend Cool Nutz…..and just so happen to be with Bay Area hip hop legend E-40. Lead singer of Tony Toni Tone had just walked off as they took this picture. Love she is getting this cool kind of experience at this young of an age. Not many still love the all star game weekend, but she’ll never forget it. Like me in ‘88 standing out in the parking lot in the rain at the Kingdome all star weekend trying to get autographs. Hip hop heads might find this kinda cool.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

#FuckingBlazersBroadcasting

#BlazersBroadcastingIsFineExceptForThatOneFuckingReplayGuy

 

[THE HCP]

#BlazersBroadcastingIsFineExceptForThatOneFuckingReplayGuy

#BAM

 

[KingSpeed]

How does changing the format make the players care on defense? I loved All Star weekend when I was a teenager. They used to have a mascot dunk contest in the morning and that was fun. Real dunk contest had a lot of creativity too, They tried in the All Star Game. You got to see who was the best of the best. I thought McGrady looked great when matched up with the top players in the league. And then the 2001 All Star game was awesome. Last year was the worst ever.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Will Camara's Team Mitch play tonight? When?