Shaq, Barkley, Kenny Pick Teams For 2025 NBA All-Star Game

[RealGM Wiretap]

Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith picked three of the four All-Star teams on Thursday ahead of the game on Feb. 16 at Chase Center in San Francisco. 

Team Shaq is largely comprised of American-born veterans, Team Kenny has younger American-born players, while Team Chuck is comprised of international players plus Karl-Anthony Towns who represents the Dominican Republic internationally. 

Team Shaq:
• LeBron James
• Stephen Curry
• Anthony Davis
• Jayson Tatum
• Kevin Durant
• Damian Lillard
• James Harden
• Jaylen Brown

Team Chuck: 
• Nikola Jokic
• Giannis Antetokounmpo
• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
• Victor Wembanyama
• Pascal Siakam
• Alperen Sengun
• Karl-Anthony Towns

Team Kenny:
• Anthony Edwards
• Jalen Brunson
• Jaren Jackson Jr.
• Cade Cunningham
• Darius Garland
• Tyler Herro
• Evan Mobley
• Jalen Williams

Via RealGM Staff Report

[ontnut]

Team Old Heads vs. Team Foreigners vs. Team Youth.

Interesting.

[Alex_84]

Shaq picks are like 11 yo kid who's just discovering the nba by Google "best nba players of all time that are still active".

[tigerae]

Shaq picks are like 11 yo kid who's just discovering the nba by Google "best nba players of all time that are still active".

Finals is gonna be Team Shaq vs Team Kenny. Chuck picked a bunch of big men and Shai. That team is getting cooked.

Also, unless someone from Team Kenny gets hot or Team Shaq just doesn't try, I see Shaq's team winning pretty easily.

[pushfloater]

Feel like it was rigged, but I like it.

[Pickled Prunes]

Shaq picks are like 11 yo kid who's just discovering the nba by Google "best nba players of all time that are still active".

Finals is gonna be Team Shaq vs Team Kenny. Chuck picked a bunch of big men and Shai. That team is getting cooked.

Also, unless someone from Team Kenny gets hot or Team Shaq just doesn't try, I see Shaq's team winning pretty easily.

It doesn't seem like they "picked". The teams represent three unique groups of players. International players. Players under 26, Players over 28. The only exceptions are Brunson 28) and Tatum(26). I'm sure they went by number of ASG's.