These are the 2025 NBA All-Star Rising Stars mini-tournament coaches: What do the 4 HCs have in common?

The NBA All-Star Weekend has officially begun! Friday’s events kicked off with the Hall of Fame press conference, followed by the NBA Celebrity All-Star Game. Now, we await the start of the Rising Stars mini-tournament.

As we wait, let’s take a look at the coaches of the young stars and what they share in common.

NBA Rising Stars - the coaches

The NBA All-Star Rising Stars game features the league’s top youth talent, with the best rookies and sophomores selected. The player pool consists of 10 NBA rookies, 11 NBA sophomores, and seven G League players.

The mini-tournament is made up of four teams of seven players. All the G League players make up one team, and the remaining 21 are split into three different teams.

This year, the All-Star Weekend takes place in the Bay Area of San Francisco with the Rising Stars game held at the Golden State Warriors' stadium, Chase Center. The NBA announced the honorary coaches of each Rising Stars team - Tim Hardaway Sr., Chris Mullin, Mitch Richmond, and Jeremy Lin (who will coach the G League team). You may notice that all these coaches have something in common. All four are former Golden State Warriors players, a nice homage to the Bay Area’s Run TMC heroes.

While Lin will coach the G League players, Hardaway, Richmond, and Mullin held a draft to choose theirs. Richmond had the first-round pick and went with Houston Rockets guard Amen Thompson.

Rising Stars Rosters:

*Those players with an asterisk were chosen as replacements. (Rookie Jared McCain (76ers) and sophomores Victor Wembanyama (Spurs), Brandon Miller (Hornets), Dereck Lively II (Mavericks), Cason Wallace (Thunder) and Scott Henderson (Trail Blazers) will not play.

Team M - Coach: Mitch Richmond

• Amen Thompson (Houston Rockets)
• Ausar Thompson (Detroit Pistons)*
• Bilal Coulibaly (Washington Wizards)
• Scoot Henderson (Portland Trail Blazers)*
• Toumani Camara (Portland Trail Blazers)*
• Yves Missi (New Orleans Pelicans)
• Bub Carrington (Washington Wizards)
• Julian Strawther (Denver Nuggets)

Team T - Coach: Tim Hardaway

• Brandin Podziemski (Golden State Warriors)*
• Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Miami Heat)
• Gradey Dick (Toronto Raptors)
• Anthony Black (Orlando Magic)*
• Zaccharie Risacher (Atlanta Hawks)
• Alex Sarr (Washington Wizards)
• Tristan da Silva (Orlando Magic)

Team C - Coach: Chris Mullin

• Stephon Castle (San Antonio Spurs)
• Dalton Knecht (L.A. Lakers)
• Jaylen Wells (Memphis Grizzlies)
• Keyonte George (Utah Jazz)
• Zach Edey (Memphis Grizzlies)
• Trayce Jackson-Davis (Golden State Warriors)
• Ryan Dunn (Phoenix Suns)*

Team G League - Coach: Jeremy Lin

• JD Davison (Maine Celtics)
• Mac McClung (Osceola Magic)
• Bryce McGowens (Rip City Remix)
• Leonard Miller (Iowa Wolves)
• Dink Pate (Mexico City Capitanes)
• Reed Sheppard (Rio Grande Valley Vipers)
• Pat Spencer (Santa Cruz Warriors)

For the first time this year, the winning Rising Stars team will play against the NBA All-Stars in a mini-tournament on Sunday, February 16. The team will be coached by TNT analyst and WNBA legend Candace Parker and will be called Team Candace.

In the mini-tournament, Kenny’s Young Stars will face Chuck’s Global Stars in the first semifinal (Game 1), and Shaq’s OG’s will play Candace’s Rising Stars in the second semifinal (Game 2). Then, the winner of Game 1 will play the winner of Game 2 in the championship (Game 3).

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