Sources – NBA All-Star game for 2 American teams, 1 world team

The 2026 NBA All-Star games format will probably be a round robin tournament consisting of three teams of eight players of two teams and one world team, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.

The NBA and Player Union presented the format to the League Competition Committee on Wednesday, the sources said. Governors, team managers and players talked about the format in the competition committee and the answer was positive, sources said.

Two American teams and one world would like them in 12-minute quarters, Rider Cup in style, sources said.

The All-Star All-Star will play in Los Angeles on Intuit Dome, new home Sliders15. February. The game that will be broadcast on the NBC will switch from Sunday night until the moment you start on Sunday.

Last year’s format for the NBA All-Star – four-team, a one-time elimination tournament, with target result 40 points for each circle – Drev Mixed CriticismWith several players who issued breaks during and between games.

Earlier this year, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said, “It’s not lost on us” That will play in All-Star play in the middle of the Winter Olympics – as well as a Location for Summer Games 2028. Years receptive to the idea of ​​a game that has an international turn.

NBA says about 70% of the American players are American, which means that it will be easier for international players to facilitate the list in the United States in the world.

“It represents a huge opportunity to do something with an international competition instead of traditional formats of all the stars we used,” Silver said in April.

ESPN’s Michael C. Vright and Associated Press have contributed to this report.