The game will tip off Feb. 13 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON \u2014 The rosters are set for the 2026 Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, bringing together athletes, entertainers and internet stars for one of All-Star Weekend\u2019s most popular events.<\/p>\n
The game will take place Friday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. ET at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, and will air exclusively on ESPN.<\/p>\n
According to the NBA, this year\u2019s celebrity lineup spans music, film, television, sports and social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n2026 All-Star Celebrity Game: Who is on the roster? <\/p>\n
Among those scheduled to play are Keegan-Michael Key, GloRilla, Mustard, Jeremy Lin, Shams Charania, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Keenan Allen, Brazilian soccer legend Cafu, Dude Perfect co-founder Cody Jones, basketball creator Jenna Bandy, former NBA center Tacko Fall and Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia.<\/p>\n
Returning to the Celebrity Game are reigning MVP Rome Flynn, actor Simu Liu, Olympic sprinter Andre De Grasse, Chinese actor and singer Dylan Wang, and former NBA guard Jason \u201cWhite Chocolate\u201d Williams.<\/p>\n
The teams will be coached by a mix of sports stars and entertainers, including Giannis Antetokounmpo and his brothers Thanasis and Alex Antetokounmpo, Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts, actor and comedian Anthony Anderson, and well-known basketball trainers Lethal Shooter and Chris Brickley.<\/p>\n
ESPN\u2019s broadcast will feature play-by-play announcer Mark Jones alongside analyst Richard Jefferson, with Monica McNutt reporting from the sidelines.<\/p>\n
The Celebrity Game will also include a special halftime performance by K-pop group CORTIS, marking the first time a K-pop act has performed during a Celebrity Game halftime. The group is part of the NBA\u2019s \u201cFriends of the NBA\u201d program, which highlights global celebrities and influencers connected to the league.<\/p>\n
Fans can also tune in early for Hoop Streams, ESPN\u2019s digital NBA pregame show, beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN\u2019s YouTube channel and Facebook page. The show will be hosted by Vanessa Richardson with analyst Iman Shumpert and feature celebrity guests ahead of tipoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The game will tip off Feb. 13 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. WASHINGTON \u2014 The rosters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-447365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}