The five players honored as starters from the Eastern Conference and five players from the Western Conference for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game will be announced during TNT’s pregame show on Thursday (7 ET). Following the All-Star announcement, TNT will air a doubleheader featuring Heat vs. Bucks ( 7:30 ET) and Celtics vs. Lakers ( 10 ET ).

The NBA will announce on Thursday the players voted to start next month’s All-Star-Game tournament. The ones selected aren’t always the most deserving.

For the first time, the “game” will consist of a mini-tournament, with four teams (three featuring 24 All-Star selections and the fourth being the winner of the Rising Stars competition) and three games.

Mike Tirico has been selected as NBC’s lead play-by-play announcer when it begins its coverage of the NBA next season.

NBC announced on Wednesday that Mike Tirico will work as the lead play-by-play announcer for the network's NBA coverage, which begins next season.

Mike Tirico is quickly becoming a sportscaster for all seasons at NBC. The veteran, who currently leads play by play for "Sunday Night Football" and hosts primetime coverage of th