The starters for the Eastern and Western Conference All-Star Game teams were announced Thursday night. Some big names didn't make the list.

The Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo and Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic will headline the starting lineups for next month’s NBA All-Star Game, which will debut a new tournament format. Antetokounmpo,

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been selected as a starter for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. This is Antetokounmpo's ninth consecutive All-Star Game selection and start. The two-time league MVP is averaging a career-high 31.

The Bucks had been stuck in New Orleans, where they had arrived Monday to prepare to face the Pelicans on Wednesday. That game got postponed after a historic winter storm Tuesday dumped about a foot of snow there, with many of the city’s roads remaining coated in ice a day later.

The Milwaukee Bucks will have a participant in the all-star slam dunk competition this year on Feb. 15 at the Chase Center in San Francisco, as second-year guard Andre Jackson Jr. has committed to participate.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Andre Jackson Jr. has committed to the Slam Dunk Contest at NBA All-Star Weekend, sources tell ESPN.

The NBA’s Slam Dunk contest may not have a lot of All-Stars competing this year, but it sure will have a lot of Huskies. Two former UConn men’s basketball stars have now committed to the dunk contest,