Just when it might have appeared the NBA sunk to another low with another uneventful All-Star weekend filled with gimmicks, apathy and forgetful play, the league staged an unexpected comeback. The NBA All-Stars provided excitement.

The NBA's ploy to inject intensity into this weekend's All-Star Game with a new US-versus-the-world format has divided basketball's biggest superstars before a single slam dunk has been scored. Once a highlight of the calendar,

If you still didn’t like the NBA’s newest All-Star Game format, you probably just don’t like All-Star games. That seemed to be the sports sphere's consensus after the U.S.-against-the-world, round-robin tournament Sunday produced three thrilling mini-games and several impressive individual performances.

The 2026 NBA All-Star Game was a wild success — up until it wasn’t. The NBA’s new World vs USA vs USA format gave birth to one of the most competitive All-Star Games in the last decade, right up until the undefeated,

The 2026 NBA All-Star Game will be held on Sunday at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., and the NBA is debuting another new NBA ASG format in hopes of sprucing up the competition. This year's 24 NBA all-stars have been split into three teams of eight,

The NBA has for years been seeking a fix for its broken All-Star Game. Through one iteration of the new USA vs. World format, it appears that it's found one.

The NBA has revamped the format for the annual All-Star Game again. The league has tried to drum up some more interest from fans and players alike to create a more intriguing event. Last year, that plan fell flat with a mini tournament that featured three All-Star teams and one Rising Stars team.

The future stars of the NBA showed on Sunday night that the league is in good hands. New format or not, the 2026 All-Star Game was a win for the NBA.