Overview
- Kawhi Leonard was added shortly before the announcement, a move that pushed Karl-Anthony Towns onto the World roster.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo appears on the World team but is likely to miss the weekend because of injury.
- USA rosters are split by age into Stars (younger) and Stripes (veterans), placing LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant together on USA Stripes.
- The event opens with USA Stars vs. World, followed by two USA Stripes games to complete the round-robin, then a final between the top two teams with point differential as the tiebreaker.
- Mitch Johnson coaches USA Stripes, J. B. Bickerstaff leads USA Stars, and Darko Rajakovic guides the World squad.