NBA All-Star Weekend is going to look a little bit different in 2025 than it has in previous years. The Rising Stars Challenge is back in the same format, but this time, the winners of the four-team tournament will get to play in the actual NBA All-Star Game. That will have a four-team, tournament style format as well for the first time.
The Lakers had one representative in rookie Dalton Knecht, although he has since been traded to the Charlotte Hornets in a deal to acquire center Mark Williams. Regardless, Knecht was selected to the Rising Stars player pool and was one of the 21 players drafted to three teams coached by Chris Mullin, Mitch Richmond and Tim Hardaway Sr.