The star-power will be out in full force in the Bay Area on Friday night. After a captivating first half of the NBA season — bursting with strong individual performances, momentous milestones and tries galore — All-Star weekend is finally upon us.
There are a host of captivating events slated to capture interest in the coming 72 hours. Sunday’s All-Star Game tends to inspire more discussion than most events, while the skills challenge, three-point shootout and slam dunk contest have proven vital spectacles across the past few decades.
But on Friday, supernovas take the floor, some of whom are amateur, others who have career accolades worthy of adulation.
Oakland Arena plays host to the 2025 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, a matchup teeming with Bay Area flavor. The spectacle is headlined by a pair of San Francisco sporting icons returning home: Barry Bonds and Jerry Rice.
They’ll lead squads marked by their high-profile nature. Be it streamers Kai Cenat and Druski, musicians Noah Kahan and Shaboozey, Olympians Masai Russell and Shelby McEwen or WNBA standouts Allisha Gray and Kayla Thornton, there seems to be something for everyone in this year’s iteration of competition. As far as preludes go, this year’s Celebrity Game should offer a strong…
