Who are the participants of the 2024 NBA All-Star Skills Challenge? Players, format and rules
The All-Star Saturday will kick off with the Skills Challenge, with Victor Wembanyama as the main attraction
Between this Friday, February 14th and Sunday, February 16th, one of the most anticipated sporting events of the year will be held at the Chase Center in San Francisco: the 2025 NBA All-Star. For three days, the NBA star show will capture the attention of the entire world with various games and contests.
The Rising Stars game will take place in the early hours of Friday the 14th. The following night, on the second day of the All-Star Weekend, it will be time to enjoy one of the highlights: the 2025 NBA All-Star dunk, three-point and skills contests. The event will begin with the Skills Challenge, which will start at 8:00 PM ET.
How the Skills Challenge works
The NBA All-Star Skills Challenge is a competition that tests ball handling. It is primarily dedicated to the fastest and most skilled point guards in the league, although an increasing number of taller players are participating lately.
This year, eight players will be participating in pairs. Three of the duos represent three NBA teams, the Golden State Warriors, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the San Antonio Spurs, while the other two participants do so as a rookie duo.
Skills Challenge rules and scoring sistem
The event is played out in three separate rounds, starting with a team relay round that includes passing to a moving target, dribbling around different obstacles, a short shot, a three-pointer from the corner and a layup or dunk.Once the first member of the team finishes, the other starts. The team that completes it the fastest scores 100 points.
The pairs then move on to the team passing round, where they have 30 seconds to make passes to three moving targets. The team that manages to connect the most passes will have the best result in this stage, and get 100 points.
In the third round, participants must shoot from five positions on for 60 seconds. The team that hits the most shots in this phase gains the ultimate advantage in the competition, and can score up to 200 points.
NBA 2025 Skills Challenge participants
| Players | Teams |
|---|---|
| Draymond Green and Moses Moody | Golden State Warriors |
| Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul | San Antonio Spurs |
| Zaccharie Risacher and Alex Sarr | Rookies |
*This article was written in Spanish and translated with the help of AI.
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