Team Candace will be the winning team from the Castrol Rising Stars 4-team mini-tournament which features the best NBA rookies, NBA sophomores and G League talent. The rosters for those teams were recently drafted.

The NBA’s All-Star Weekend officially kicks off on Friday, and the Houston Rockets will have at least one player in the marquee event for the first time in five seasons. Center Alperen Şengün was selected as an All-Star reserve on Jan.

The NBA made a major change to format of the All-Star Game, which will be played this Sunday at Chase Center in the Bay area. Here's why and what changed.