Now that an incredibly busy trade deadline period has come to a close, it's time to turn our attention to the next big item on the basketball calendar: 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend. This year's edition is set to run from Feb.

The biggest weekend of the NBA regular season will soon tip off. And there's chances for this year's All-Star Game.

After years of waiting and battling renal failure, former NBA star Nate Robinson got a life-saving assist. The three-time Slam Dunk champion announced that he has received a kidney transplant. The 40-year-old, who played 11 seasons in the NBA, posted on Instagram that he was getting a new kidney last Friday.

Another contest with a back-to-back winner, the 2025 Slam Dunk is will feature, Matas Buzelis, Stephon Castle, and Andre Jackson Jr. Mac McClung. McClung, currently of the G League's Osceola Magic, is looking to become the first player in NBA history to three-peat at the Slam Dunk contest.

NBA All-Star Weekend is nearly upon us, and with the big weekend almost here, the league announced changes to the Slam Dunk Contest.

Matas Buzelis will join two-time defending champion Mac McClung, Spurs rookie Stephon Castle, and Milwaukee Bucks' guard Andre Jackson Jr.

The NBA is making a fairly significant change to the Slam Dunk Contest for the upcoming All-Star Weekend.

All-Star Alperen Şengün and Rising Stars Amen Thompson and Reed Sheppard won’t be the only Houston Rockets participating in the NBA All-Star festivities next weekend. Tracy McGrady, a Hall of Famer who played six seasons in Houston,