The NBA officially announced Thursday that it will be holding the All-Star Game on March 7 in Atlanta and will partner with the National Basketball Players Association to give more than $2.5 million to HBCUs as well as to support awareness around equity and access to COVID-19 care, relief and vaccines.
Due to COVID-19, what typically is an entire weekend's worth of festivities will be compressed into a single night. Rather than holding the skills challenge, 3-point contest and slam dunk contest on Saturday night, as it typically does, the NBA will instead have the skills challenge and 3-point contest take place before the game starts at 8 p.