According to reports, 2026 NBA All-Star Game to present a three-team format, USA VS. World Round-Robin

We already knew the NBA All-Star game next February-Trasmesso on NBC e Peacock – It would have been a USA format vs. World, Commissioner NBA Adam Silver confirmed it.

Now we have some more details. The NBA competition committee was presented with the idea of ​​three teams of 8 US men-two, a world-play team play in Round-Robin formatShams Charania reports by Espn. These would have left 12 minutes, three of which, with the unbeaten team (if there is one) that takes the title. The idea was presented by the NBA and the union of the players to the Committee (made of owners, GM and players) and received positive feedback, according to the report.

Some quick thoughts about this:

• The USA format VS. World adapts perfectly to the NBC e Peacock In 2026 because the NBA All-Star game falls in the middle of the Milan Winter Olympics. While the silver was vague on the details, this should be a Ryder Cup style format, with USA VS. The World.

• The 2026 All-Star game in southern California (at the new Intuit Dome of the Clippers) will be played in the Pacific afternoon, allowing an Olympic Winter Olympic Lead-in and more Olympic content on NBC e Peacock After the NBA exhibition.

• Make it a three -team round eliminates the need for a fourth team to fill in a parenthesis -style tournament, as was done last year in San Francisco. The fourth team of that tournament was the winner of the Rising Stars (Rookies and Sophomores) and those young people who went to the Sunday all-star phase were not popular among the veterans and other all-stars players who were voted on the team by fans or selected by the coaches for their game.

• A list of a worldwide team of eight men would be stacked: the last seven MVP winners have been international players. The world team could be a list of eight men by Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Victor Wembanyama, Joel Embiid, Pascal Siakam and Jamal Murray-and this does not include Franz Wagner, Lauri Markkanen, Kristaps, Rudy Gowy.

• When asked about a potential USA format VS. World at the foreign weekend last February, international players were much more enthusiastic than the Americans.

“I’d like to. Oh, I would like,” Antetokounmpo said. “I think it would be the most interesting and exciting format. I would like to. Surely, I would be proud to do it.”