In recent years, the NBA All-Star Game has tended to be formalized, and the stars are reluctant to seriously let the league think hard about how to restructure, after the failure of this year's All-Star Game overhaul, League President Silva admitted that he is indeed considering changing to a new model of the United States team against the international team next year.
League President Silva admitted that there is indeed a discussion of changing the All-Star Game to a "Team USA vs. International Team" format
Silva admitted frankly in an interview a few days ago that the NBA is indeed discussing learning the NHL, changing the All-Star Game to the United States team vs. the international team, and he said that in fact, in the summer Olympics last year, he saw the interest of various countries in basketball, and the league's top management had such an idea.
Combining the NBA All-Star Game, which will be held next season's Intuit Dome, the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers and the main venue for basketball at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, does give them a better chance of changing the All-Star Game to an "international" game instead of the traditional confrontation model of the past.
NBC Sports veteran reporter Herin pointed out that when asked in the past about the change of the star game to the "international game", international players have given positive responses, and Antetokounmpo from Greece said that this will be the "most interesting and exciting" format, and Spurs French champion Wembanyama also said that such a format will be more meaningful.
It is worth mentioning that next season's NBA All-Star Game just coincides with the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics, and NBA veteran reporter Stan pointed out that in order to make the schedule in line with the Winter Olympics, the league may advance the All-Star Game to the afternoon on the West Coast of the United States.