2025 All Star Weekend Predictions Thread.

[nuraman00]

1) Celebrity Game winner and MVP:

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Team Barry Bonds, MVP Dylan Wang

Almost picked Jerry Rice to win MVP.

2) Rising Stars and MVP:

2025 Castrol Rising Stars: Roster, draft results, date and how it works | NBA.com

The official event page for Castrol Rising Stars to be played during NBA All-Star 2025 on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Team M, MVP Amen Thompson

3) Skills Challenge:

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Team Spurs

4) 3 Point Contest:

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Norman Powell

5) Dunk Contest:

2025 AT&T Slam Dunk Contest | Event Page | NBA.com

2025 AT&T Slam Dunk Contest | Event Page

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Stephon Castle

6) All-Star Game:

2025 NBA All-Star Game rosters: LeBron James, Nikola Jokic, Anthony Edwards lead three squads in new format

The rosters are set ahead of the 2025 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night in San Francisco

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Team Chuck, MVP Victor Wembanyama

Siakam would have been my 2nd choice, as rare as it is for a bench player to win MVP.

Oh, no bench player has ever on All-Star MVP.

In the MLB All-Star game, the relief pitcher is the least likely to win MVP, having won it only 4 times.

 

[nuraman00]

Go Keyonte George.

 

[MHSL82]

5) Dunk Contest:

2025 AT&T Slam Dunk Contest | Event Page | NBA.com

2025 AT&T Slam Dunk Contest | Event Page

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Stephon Castle

www.twitter.com/statmuse/status/1890968476577046578

 

[MHSL82]

The first team to 40 but then show four quarters? Do they re-pick or just replay the next quarter or how does it work?

 

[MHSL82]

www.twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1891279013487755568

 

[nuraman00]

The first team to 40 but then show four quarters? Do they re-pick or just replay the next quarter or how does it work?

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I think it gets fixed later to only show one quarter. Because when I check now, I only see one.

Does it only show one for you too, since you use the mobile version most of the time, while I use the web version?

 

[nuraman00]

Do they re-pick or just replay the next quarter or how does it work?

Each game was really only one quarter, since it was first to 40 points.

 

[nuraman00]

Ok the clock is messed up in the play by play.

People weren't scoring every single second, like this says they did.

Team Chuck 41-32 Team Kenny (Feb 16, 2025) Play-by-Play - ESPN

Play-by-play action for the Team Chuck vs. Team Kenny NBA game from February 16, 2025 on ESPN.

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[nuraman00]

www.twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1891279013487755568

I heard one radio host say something that I thought was reasonable. They're bringing in rising stars because Draymond and his peers screwed around during the All-Star game in years past, too much.

I thought the competitiveness of the mini games was good.

However, there wasn't much actual basketball. Allegedly only 42 minutes of actual basketball.

The rest was filled with comedy from Kevin Hart, and game break segments from Inside The NBA.

I get that they have to show commercials and stuff, but they could have put those same commercials, with more basketball, and less comedy and game breaks.

I think there were only 4 FTs, so it was a running clock the rest of the way, across the games.

 

[nuraman00]

Jokic was really fun to watch, especially the first game. He assisted on the first 3 initial baskets, I think.

 

[nuraman00]

The halfcourt contest between Lillard and a fan was cool. The fan had to make one before Lillard made 3.

However, they kept stalling between each contestant's attempts. The on court emcee kept asking questions like how do you feel, or what do you think. I guess it was to drag it out.

But then near the end, they said they only had 30 seconds left, because a commercial was coming up.

Lillard had gotten to two made ones.

The fan ended up making it at the buzzer, well technically as the buzzer was going off. But they counted it.

I wish they would have just let both contestants fire away for as many attempts as possible.

Maybe that would have made Lillard win, because if you give him more attempts, he'll probably get his 3.

But I didn't like the slow format.

Oh, and the fan won $100,000. They then had him sit in the money bin, like Scrooge McDuck.

He said before the contest, he was saving it for college.

 

[nuraman00]

I hope McClung dunks in the contest every year.

Also, come back, Donovan Mitchell.