Get Ready for All-Star Saturday Night: Complete Participant List for the 2025 NBA Slam Dunk Contest and 3-Point Shootout!

The busy trade deadline is over, and now the spotlight shifts to the 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend. This year, it’s happening in San Francisco, where the Golden State Warriors will host the festivities for the first time since 2000.

The league has changed up the All-Star Game format. Instead of the usual showdown, it now features a mini-tournament with four teams. Three of these teams consist of pre-selected All-Stars, while the fourth is Team Chris Mullin, the winner of the Rising Stars Challenge.

While the All-Star Game gets a makeover, All-Star Saturday Night sticks to its classic events: the Skills Challenge, 3-Point Contest, and Slam Dunk Contest. However, fans won’t see a rematch between Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu this year.

Skills Challenge

This year’s Skills Challenge has some new changes. The number of teams has increased from three to four, but each team now has only two players instead of three. The specific rules haven’t been released yet, but it should add some excitement.

3-Point Contest

The 3-Point Contest stays largely the same, featuring five shooting racks placed around the arc. Each rack, except for one, holds four regular balls worth one point and one “money ball” worth two points. One rack will contain only money balls, with all five worth two points. Additionally, two long-range spots will offer shots worth three points.

Competitors have 70 seconds to shoot. The three highest scores from the first round will move on to the final round, where the top scorer takes home the trophy. Damian Lillard aims to win for the third consecutive year, joining legends like Larry Bird and Craig Hodges. Here are the eight players competing:

Slam Dunk Contest

The Slam Dunk Contest is back as the highlight of the night. The format hasn’t changed, with four competitors each taking two dunks in the first round. The two with the highest scores will advance to the finals, where they’ll perform two more dunks.

This year, Mac McClung will try to make history by winning his third title in a row. The judges will include Baron Davis, Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady, Jason Richardson, and Jesser, a popular basketball creator representing the fans. For the first time, fan scores will count as part of the judging, adding a unique twist.