The NBA decided to change the All-Star game format this year with a four-team mini-tournament in which TNT’s Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Shaquille O'Neal will have a draft and select three eight ...

West, captains drafting teams, different jerseys — in an effort to make the All-Star Game a premium television product that they can use to get more money from a television network fun for the fans.

One by one, the names of the NBA All-Star reserves were announced Thursday in a made-for-TV spectacle on TNT. Thirteen came and went, with nary a mention of a certain 7-foot-3 Frenchman from San ...