Greater Los Angeles will be the host of 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend, and the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, will be the site of this year’s NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.<\/p>\n
Two star-studded rosters packed with some of the biggest names in sports, music, film and television will go head-to-head on the hardwood Friday night ahead of Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game.<\/p>\n
Reigning NBA All-Star Celebrity GameMVP Rome Flynn returns to defend his crown as he leads the team coached by two-time NBA MVP and 10-time NBA All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> and 2018 AL MVP and four-time World Series champion Mookie Betts<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here are key facts about the Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game:<\/p>\n When is the game?<\/p>\n The NBA All-Star Celebrity Game tips off at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 13.<\/p>\n How can fans watch?<\/p>\n Fans can catch all of the action on ESPN, in the ESPN App<\/a> and in the NBA streaming hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n What are the rosters?<\/p>\n Keegan-Michael Key (actor, writer and producer)<\/p>\n Rome Flynn (actor, model and musician)<\/p>\n Dylan Wang (actor and singer)<\/p>\n Shams Charania (ESPN senior NBA insider)<\/p>\n Jenna Bandy (social media creator and basketball personality)<\/p>\n Rick Schnall (Charlotte Hornets<\/a> co-chairman and governor)<\/p>\n Tacko Fall (former NBA player)<\/p>\n Jeremy Lin (2019 NBA champion)<\/p>\n GloRilla (rapper)<\/p>\n Cafu (two-time FIFA World Cup champion)<\/p>\n Amon-Ra St. Brown<\/a> (Detroit Lions<\/a> wide receiver)<\/p>\n Coaches<\/p>\n Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/p>\n Alex Antetokounmpo<\/a><\/p>\n Thanasis Antetokounmpo<\/a><\/p>\n Mookie Betts<\/p>\n vs.<\/p>\n Simu Liu (actor)<\/p>\n Cody Jones (Dude Perfect co-founder)<\/p>\n Badshah (rapper)<\/p>\n Andre De Grasse (seven-time Olympic medal-winning sprinter)<\/p>\n Taylor Frankie Paul (“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star)<\/p>\n Mat Ishbia (Phoenix Suns<\/a> chairman and governor)<\/p>\n Jason “White Chocolate” Williams (2006 NBA champion)<\/p>\n Nicolas Vansteenberghe (“Love Island USA” star)<\/p>\n Mustard (music producer)<\/p>\n Adrien Nu\u00f1ez (singer-songwriter)<\/p>\n Keenan Allen<\/a> (Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> wide receiver)<\/p>\n Coaches<\/p>\n Anthony Anderson (actor and comedian)<\/p>\n Lethal Shooter (NBA shooting coach)<\/p>\n Chris Brickley (NBA player development trainer)<\/p>\n How can fans access more NBA coverage from ESPN?<\/p>\n Check out the ESPN NBA hub page<\/a> for the latest news<\/a>, analysis<\/a>, scores<\/a>, stats<\/a>, schedules<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greater Los Angeles will be the host of 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend, and the Kia Forum in Inglewood,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[215606,215602,215605,118741,215604,215600,1810,352,6337,360,355,95444,6415,215601,99,215603],"class_list":{"0":"post-462429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-215606","9":"tag-allen-keenan","10":"tag-antetokounmpo-alex","11":"tag-antetokounmpo-giannis","12":"tag-antetokounmpo-thanasis","13":"tag-betts-mookie","14":"tag-detroit-lions","15":"tag-espn","16":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","17":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-nba-all-star-game","20":"tag-phoenix-suns","21":"tag-seo-h2w","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-st-brown-amon-ra"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462429","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=462429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}