Leaning into the quality and fame of the league’s international talent, the NBA unveiled a new All-Star Game format on Tuesday that will incorporate U.S. and World teams.

For the midseason exhibition at Inglewood, Calif., on Feb. 15, one squad of international players and two teams of U.S. players will compete in a round-robin format. Each game will last 12 minutes. The top two teams after the round robin will meet in the finale.

For the selection of five designated starting All-Stars from each NBA conference, a formula will be used that consists of 50% fan vote, 25% player vote and 25% media vote. NBA coaches will then select seven reserves from each conference, with all 24 players being chosen regardless of position.

The NBA will determine which players get assigned to which U.S. squa

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