{"id":547329,"date":"2026-01-19T19:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/547329\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:46:14","slug":"jaylen-brown-selected-to-start-in-nbas-new-all-star-tournament-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/547329\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaylen Brown selected to start in NBA’s new All-Star tournament format"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaylen Brown selected to start in NBA’s new All-Star tournament format<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 2:40 PM EST Jan 19, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBoston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown was honored Monday among 10 NBA stars picked to be starters for the league’s 2026 All-Star Game, which is being replaced with a new format this season. This is Brown’s fifth All-Star selection and his first as a starter. Brown will start for the Eastern Conference team alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo, of the Bucks; Jalen Brown, of the Knicks; Cade Cunningham, of the Pistons; and Tyrese Maxey of the 76ers. The Western Conference team starters will be Stephen Curry, of the Warriors; Luka Don\u010di\u0107, of the Lakers; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, of the Thunder; Nikola Joki\u0107, of the Nuggets; and Victor Wembanyama, of the Spurs.This year, the All-Star Game will feature a new format in which two teams of U.S. players and one team of international players will compete in a round-robin tournament featuring four 12-minute games.The starters were selected by a formula considering fan votes, input from current NBA players and results of a media panel. Reserve players, to be named at a later date, will be selected by NBA head coaches. The All-Star Game, really a tournament of small games, will be played on Feb. 15.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown was honored Monday among 10 NBA stars picked to be starters for the league’s 2026 All-Star Game, which is being replaced with a new format this season. <\/p>\n

This is Brown’s fifth All-Star selection and his first as a starter. <\/p>\n

Brown will start for the Eastern Conference team alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo, of the Bucks; Jalen Brown, of the Knicks; Cade Cunningham, of the Pistons; and Tyrese Maxey of the 76ers. The Western Conference team starters will be Stephen Curry, of the Warriors; Luka Don\u010di\u0107, of the Lakers; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, of the Thunder; Nikola Joki\u0107, of the Nuggets; and Victor Wembanyama, of the Spurs.<\/p>\n

This year, the All-Star Game will feature a new format<\/a> in which two teams of U.S. players and one team of international players will compete in a round-robin tournament featuring four 12-minute games.<\/p>\n

The starters were selected by a formula considering fan votes, input from current NBA players and results of a media panel. Reserve players, to be named at a later date, will be selected by NBA head coaches. <\/p>\n

The All-Star Game, really a tournament of small games, will be played on Feb. 15. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaylen Brown selected to start in NBA’s new All-Star tournament format Updated: 2:40 PM EST Jan 19, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11375,2516,7,75,909,75165,1409,71009,75166,78,368,6,75163,75164,209,1198,1367,396,75167,2235],"class_list":["post-547329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-all-star","tag-all-star-game","tag-basketball","tag-boston-celtics","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-current-nba-player","tag-eastern-conference","tag-fan-vote","tag-input","tag-jaylen-brown","tag-luka-doncic","tag-nba","tag-new-all-star-tournament-format","tag-round-robin-tournament","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","tag-starter","tag-starting","tag-team","tag-u-s-player","tag-warrior"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115923491276814339","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}