NBA All-Star Game were announced on Thursday night, and there will be a lot of familiar faces taking place in this year's event.

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, who have accounted for five of the past six NBA Most Valuable Player awards, continue to lead the 2025

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WKOW) -- Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been selected as a starter for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. This is Antetokounmpo's ninth consecutive All-Star Game selection and start.

The 76ers reached the halfway point of their 2024-25 season, facing the team they began their season against, the Bucks.

LeBron James is extending his All-Star records. The NBA revealed the starters — some of them, anyway — for the revamped All-Star Game on Thursday night, and there wasn’t much in the way of surprises.

James — a pick for 21 straight years — now has two more selections than anyone else in NBA history (Abdul-Jabbar was a 19-time pick) and is three years clear of anyone else for the longest streak of consecutive selections. Kobe Bryant was picked for 18 consecutive games, the second-longest such streak.

In mid-December, Denver’s Nikola Jokic had a healthy lead on Gilgeous-Alexander in ESPN’s MVP straw poll, conducted several times over the course of each season by Tim Bontemps.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić maintain their leads in the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively, as the third fan returns of NBA All-Star Voting 2025 presented by AT&T are announced.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been selected as a starter for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. This is Antetokounmpo’s ninth consecutive All-Star Game selection and start. In his 12th NBA season,

MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been selected as a starter for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. According to a press release from the Bucks, this is Antetokounmpo’s ninth consecutive All-Star Game selection and start.

Antetokounmpo closed Saturday's 127-117 loss to the Clippers with 36 points (12-22 FG, 0-1 3Pt, 12-15 FT), 13 rebounds, one assist and one block over 35 minutes. Antetokounmpo posted a stellar total despite a lingering knee injury that has kept him on the injury report.