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 was part of ESPN and ABC’s coverage of the NBA until moving to NBC in July 2016. (AP) — Mike Tirico has been officially named as NBC’s lead play-by-play announcer when it begins its coverage of the NBA 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