{"id":605949,"date":"2026-02-16T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/605949\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T08:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:00:13","slug":"john-tesh-performs-roundball-rock-live-at-nba-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/605949\/","title":{"rendered":"John Tesh performs &#8216;Roundball Rock&#8217; live at NBA All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an appropriate way to celebrate the NBA returning to NBC after a 24-year layoff, John Tesh performed his iconic \u201cRoundball Rock\u201d ahead of the 2026 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, CA. It\u2019s the first time Tesh has performed <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/nba\/roundball-rock-makes-return.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the beloved NBA on NBC theme<\/a> in a sports arena.<\/p>\n<p>Tesh performed \u201cRoundball Rock\u201d during All-Star Game lineup introductions, with Bob Costas setting up the scene on the NBC broadcast. And <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/nbc\/bob-costas-sunday-night-basketball-open-nba-return.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fittingly so with Costas<\/a>, who narrated many NBA on NBC opens ahead of \u201cRoundball Rock\u201d and followed the theme with monologues ahead of big NBA games on NBC in the 1990s and early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, for the first time in 24 years, the All-Star Game is back on NBC,\u201d Costas said. \u201cAnd to come to think of it, so am I, although for me it hasn\u2019t been quite that long. And with the return of the NBA on NBC, we welcome back its soundtrack, \u2018Roundball Rock\u2019. So, to get the festivities started, he\u2019s the man who composed that iconic track, John Tesh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here was Bob Costas introducing John Tesh and the \u201cRoundball Rock\u201d performance on NBC. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NBC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EGxBmiDJvv\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/EGxBmiDJvv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uHPYDlyAmE\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/uHPYDlyAmE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/2023166265708453893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">John Tesh performs \u2018Roundball Rock\u2019 during the NBA All-Star Game intros. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NBC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XHtjzwDEUc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XHtjzwDEUc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/2023160233380442392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the NBA and its All-Star Game events have been under heavy criticism, John Tesh performing \u201cRoundball Rock\u201d live is something everyone can get behind and will serve as the highlight of the weekend for many NBA fans.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an appropriate way to celebrate the NBA returning to NBC after a 24-year layoff, John Tesh performed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[2645,7,13915,3660,697,3665],"class_list":{"0":"post-605949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-2026-nba-all-star-game","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-bob-costas","11":"tag-john-tesh","12":"tag-nba-on-nbc","13":"tag-roundball-rock"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116079259420154782","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605949","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=605949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}