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The Rising Stars Challenge is a basketball exhibition game held by the National Basketball Association (NBA) on the Friday before the annual All-Star Game as part of the All-Star Weekend and is intended to showcase young and rising players in the league (mainly rookies from the games inception in 1994, second-year players since 2000 and NBA G League players since 2022).
The new format largely mirrors the one used for the Rising Stars games since 2022. For Rising Stars, the NBA brings the best rookies and sophomores to All-Star weekend and splits them into four teams.
This season's format is a four-team, three-game, one-night tournament, three teams of eight All-Stars apiece and the fourth team being the winner of the Rising Stars challenge for first- and ...
The fourth team will be the winner of the Rising Stars Challenge that will be held on Friday, Feb. 14. ... The Rising Stars format that's been used in previous years serves as a model for the new ...
The 2012 game debuted a new name, the "Rising Stars Challenge", and a new format. While the game continued to feature first- and second-year players, the participants were assigned to teams in a "fantasy draft" by two honorary captains ( Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal in 2012 and 2013, Grant Hill and Chris Webber in 2014).
2.3 Rising Stars Challenge. 2.4 Skills Challenge. ... (Rising Stars Tournament) ... The 2023 All-Star Game used the same format as the 2020 edition; the team that ...
The fourth team will be the winner of Feb. 14's Rising Stars Challenge, featuring first- and second-year NBA players with G League standouts. (The All-Star tournament will follow the format used ...
On October 25, 2023, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced that the 2024 All-Star Game would return to the Eastern Conference versus Western Conference format that was last used in the 2017 NBA All-Star Game, alongside the removal of the 24-point Elam Ending that was first used in 2020. The charity aspect would be retained, with the team that ...