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Stay Tuned to SVG for Live Coverage From NBA All-Star 2025 in San Francisco This Weekend

14/02/2025

Stay Tuned to SVG for Live Coverage From NBA All-Star 2025 in San Francisco This Weekend TNT Sports will present NBA All-Star Saturday Night and the newly formatted NBA All-Star Game Mini-Tournament, as well as a plethora of other on-site studio programming By SVG Staff

Friday, February 14, 2025 - 11:53 am

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SVG will be delivering live reports over the weekend from the NBA All-Star festivities in and around the Chase Center in San Francisco. Stay tuned to Sportsvideo.org for our in-depth coverage of the monumental production efforts by TNT Sports and others in the Bay Area. In the meantime, here's a preview of the NBA All-Star coverage by TNT Sports, NBA TV, and ESPN throughout the weekend.

TNT Sports to Showcase NBA All-Star 2025 Across TNT, TBS, truTV, Bleacher Report & Max TNT Sports will be the home for NBA All-Star 2025 with the league's top stars and biggest moments showcased across TNT, TBS, truTV, Bleacher Report and Max, culminating with the 74th NBA All-Star Game presented by Kia on Sunday, Feb. 16.

The 2025 NBA All-Star Game - TNT's 23rd consecutive year airing the event - will feature a new mini-tournament format, with the 24 NBA All-Star selections divided evenly into three teams and the fourth team composed of the Castrol NBA Rising Stars champions. TNT's Inside the NBA commentators Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Smith, who drafted their respective teams on Thursday, Feb. 6, will serve as general managers. Candace Parker will serve as GM of the winning Rising Stars team. All four general managers will be mic'd up throughout the night.

Brian Anderson will return as the play-by-play voice, alongside Reggie Miller (his 18th time providing NBA All-Star Game analysis). Additionally, comedy superstar Kevin Hart and Ernie Johnson will add commentary throughout the night.

The evening's coverage will begin at 6 p.m. with a special two-hour NBA All-Star Tip-Off presented by CarMax on TNT, TBS, truTV and Max. Pregame coverage will feature four-time NBA Champion and Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green, Vince Carter, Jalen Rose and Adam Lefkoe.

On Saturday, a one-hour NBA Tip-Off presented by CarMax will start at 7 p.m. with Johnson, Barkley, O'Neal and Smith, followed by State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at 8 p.m. Kevin Harlan and Miller will provide commentary with Allie LaForce conducting on-court player interviews during the Kia All-Star Skills Challenge and Starry 3-Point Contest. Hall of Famer and iconic NBA Slam Dunk contest winner Carter, along with Smith, will join Harlan, Miller and LaForce for the AT&T Slam Dunk.

TNT's NBA All-Star coverage will begin Friday, Feb. 14, with the 2025 Castrol NBA Rising Stars games at 9 p.m. The basketball showcase will feature four teams comprised of 28 of the NBA's and NBA G League's best young talent, with Warriors legends Tim Hardaway, Sr., Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond plus Jeremy Lin (G League) serving as honorary head coaches. Lefkoe, Carter, Parker and Taylor Rooks will cover the games.

TNT will lead into its 40th year of live NBA All-Star coverage with the NBA on TNT American Express Road Show on Thursday, Feb. 13. The fan-focused event at San Francisco's Pier 48 will include a live production featuring the iconic Inside the NBA studio team, NBA on TNT attractions and concessions, and musical performances by GRAMMY Award-winning Chance The Rapper.

Bleacher Report's on-site coverage will include episodes of The Trophy Room with Candace Parker presented by AT&T and Taylor Rooks X on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 5 p.m. ET.

NBA TV's Coverage to Include Live & Original Programming From Bay Area NBA TV will be the destination for extensive coverage of NBA All-Star 2025, with live and original programming starting Friday, Feb. 14. Wall-to-wall live programming from San Francisco and Oakland will include NBA All-Star practices and media availabilities throughout the weekend, plus the latest news and analysis from a premier roster of commentators via the network's signature studio show, NBA GameTime.

With the 74th NBA All-Star game taking place in the San Francisco Bay Area, NBA TV will air a new special - Basketball Stories: Bay Area Hoops - on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 1 p.m. Highlights from the hour-long piece will include Golden State's superstar Stephen Curry and how his revolutionary impact on the game perfectly reflects the Bay Area's culture of innovation and resilience, along with voices from other NBA stars such as Damian Lillard, Jason Kidd, Rick Barry and Gary Payton.

The 4th NBA HBCU Classic presented by AT&T will tip off on Saturday, Feb. 15 with a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matchup between the Morehouse College and Tuskegee University men's basketball teams at Oakland Arena. Simulcast coverage on NBA TV, truTV, Max and ESPN will begin at 5 p.m. with Brian Custer (play-by-play), Grant Hill (analyst) and Dennis Scott (reporter) calling the action. Courtney Hollman, a senior at the University of South Carolina, will be a special contributor as part of the TNT Sports Oscar Pope Lift Every Voice Fellowship throughout the weekend, including the NBA HBCU Classic.

Additional programming highlights include:

Studio Shows: NBA TV's signature studio show, NBA GameTime, will be live on-site to provide the latest news and leading storylines daily throughout NBA All-Star 2025. On-site studio coverage will tip off Friday, Feb. 14 at 5:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., followed by Saturday, Feb. 15, at 10:30 p.m. The network's coverage will feature basketball hall of famer Hill, Steve Smith and Jared Greenberg. Studio programming will continue with NBABet All-Star Sunday leading up to the game at 5 p.m. Chris Miles will host alongside Vince Goodwill, Tim Doyle and Sean Little.

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