LeBron James got drafted No. 1 — again.

James, the player with the most All-Star appearances in NBA history, was selected No. 1 overall for the Feb. 16 competition in San Francisco. The Warriors’ Steph Curry will be one of his teammates.

The All-Star draft was held on TNT, with analysts Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley picking the teams.

And for this All-Star Game — or games, as will be the case — the NBA made up a new format. Determined to try to make the event more competitive, the NBA turned the All-Star Game into a tournament: The 24 All-Stars were drafted onto one of three eight-man rosters.

This year’s All-Star will be a four-team tournament: the winner of the Rising Stars competition for first- and second-year players on Feb. 14 will be the fourth team in the All-Star event. There will be two semifinal games, then the winners will play for the All-Star championship — and the first team to 40 points in those games win.

The winning Rising Stars team that advances to the All-Star Game will be called Team Candace, for Candace Parker. The others will be Team Shaq, Team Kenny and Team Charles.

The following is a breakdown of the rosters, with the player’s overall pick spot in parentheses:

Team Shaq

LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers (1); Stephen Curry, Warriors (5); Anthony Davis, Dallas (9); Jayson Tatum, Boston (10); Kevin Durant, Phoenix (14); Damian Lillard, Milwaukee (18); James Harden, Los Angeles Clippers (19); Jaylen Brown, Boston (24).

Team Kenny

Anthony Edwards, Minnesota (2); Jalen Brunson, New York (6); Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis (7); Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City (11); Darius Garland, Cleveland (15); Evan Mobley, Cleveland (16); Cade Cunningham, Detroit (20); Tyler Herro, Miami (23).

Team Charles

Nikola Jokic, Denver (3); Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee (4); Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City (8); Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio (12); Pascal Siakam, Indiana (13); Alperen Sengun, Houston (17); Karl-Anthony Towns, New York (21); Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland (22).

mavericks win at boston >> Klay Thompson scored 25 points, Daniel Gafford gave the Mavericks 15 rebounds in what could be his last start at center for a while and Dallas beat the Celtics 127-120 in their NBA Finals rematch at Boston.

With recently acquired big man Anthony Davis out with an abdominal strain and cheering on his new teammates from the bench, the Mavericks led by 27 points in the second half. Spencer Dinwiddie added 22 points off the bench

Cleveland lands Hunter from Hawks >> Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland has agreed to acquire forward De’Andre Hunter from Atlanta, a person with knowledge of the talks said.

The Cavaliers struck the deal in the final hours before the 3 p.m. Eastern trade deadline, sending Caris LeVert and Georges Niang to the Hawks along with future second-round picks and pick swaps.

Hunter was averaging 19 points per game this season. LeVert averaged 10.1 points and Niang 8.6 points for the Cavs.

Other deals before the deadline included Charlotte acquiring center Jusuf Nurkic and a 2026 first-round pick from the Suns for guards Cody Martin and Vasilije Micic and a 2026 second-round pick.