2026 NBA Rising Stars
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Let’s just hope everyone on Sunday plays as hard as the rookies and sophomores did on Friday
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HLs: Edgecombe puts on a show in Rising Stars
Watch VJ Edgecombe's best plays from the Castrol Rising Stars Challenge, a night that included a series of 10-straight points and two game-winning buckets.
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NBA All-Star Weekend
This year, the NBA All-Star Game will have a new USA vs. World format.
Numbers on the Board preview this year’s NBA All-Star Game rosters and debate the top contenders to win the game’s MVP award.
Watch highlights from the first semifinal match of the Castrol Rising Stars Challenge between Team Melo and Team Austin.
Watch highlights from the fifth HBCU Classic featuring the Hampton Pirates vs. the North Carolina A&T Aggies, part of NBA All-Star Weekend.
Watch highlights from the championship match of the Castrol Rising Stars Challenge between Team Vince and Team Melo.
Numbers on the Board review this year’s NBA Slam Dunk contest participants and reflect on the event’s storied history before discussing who has the best chance to win it on Saturday.
Watch highlights from the first semifinal match of the Castrol Rising Stars Challenge between Team Vince and Team T-Mac.
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Sarr out around two weeks with hamstring strain
Eric Samulski reacts to Alex Sarr, a top-80 player in fantasy basketball, suffering a hamstring strain that will keep him out for around two weeks, debating if Tristan Vukcevic will be able to step up in Sarr's absence.
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Numbers on the Board reveal their predictions for this weekend’s 3-point contest, sharing why it’s the “right setting” for Kon Knueppel to shine and why Tyrese Maxey looms as a contender.
Ahead of this year’s festivities, Numbers on the Board debate several event ideas for NBA All-Star Weekend moving forward.
Numbers on the Board review this year’s NBA Slam Dunk contest participants and reflect on the event’s storied history before discussing who has the best chance to win it on Saturday.
Numbers on the Board preview this year’s NBA All-Star Game rosters and debate the top contenders to win the game’s MVP award.
Numbers on the Board shares what a number of teams need to work on after the All-Star break to get ready for the NBA playoffs.
The NOTB crew reacts to the Orlando Magic losing to the Milwaukee Bucks and the big picture outlook for them with a middling record in the Eastern Conference standings.
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Oklahoma City slips to third while playing without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but they added Jared McCain.
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Thomas was waived by the Nets after the trade deadline, he could give the Bucks scoring off the bench.
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Dodgers owner Mark Walters purchased the Lakers and wants to follow a similar playbook with the front office.
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Yes, Damian Lillard, out for the season with a torn Achilles, is moving well enough and pushed to compete in this event.
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