Nikola Jokic will spend the last days of his 20s in the Bay Area.

Jokic is going to his seventh consecutive NBA All-Star Game in February, the league announced Thursday. Denver’s star center was voted in as one of three Western Conference frontcourt starters.

The 2025 game will take place Feb. 16 at Chase Center in San Francisco, capping off a weekend of festivities including the usual slam dunk and 3-point contests. Only this time, the “game” itself will have a new format as the league continues its efforts to drum up anticipation and competitiveness.

As usual, 12 players from each conference will make the cut, with five from each conference honored as starters (the reserves have not been revealed yet). The 24 All-Stars will then be split into three teams of eight. Those three teams, joined by the winning squad of the Rising Stars event (Feb. 14), will compete in a tournament of first-to-40 pickup games, instead of a single regulation-length game.

The rosters for the three All-Star teams will be drafted by TNT analysts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith on Feb. 6.

Jokic, who turns 30 on Feb. 19, is averaging career-highs in points (30.1), rebounds (12.2), assists (9.9) and steals (1.9). He’s also shooting 47.5% from the 3-point line, ranking second in the league.

The three-time MVP is now one of 13 active players to reach the All-Star Game seven or more times. His Western Conference teammate LeBron James holds the record after receiving an All-Star nod Thursday for a 21st consecutive season.

“The stats will tell you it’s the best we’ve ever seen him,” coach Michael Malone said this month when asked if this is the best Jokic has ever played. “The numbers he’s putting up, some of his career-best numbers. … The 3-point shooting obviously is a big one this year, how well he’s shot it, how much more frequent he’s shooting the 3-point shot. And that adds just a completely different dimension. And you go back to the commercials between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson back in the ‘80s, and you’d hear stories that both those guys, every summer, would (say): ‘I’m gonna come back with something new in my game.’

“And for Nikola to be shooting 48 from three, and being a volume 3-point shooter, well now you’re adding the most efficient post-up player in the game, one of the greatest play-makers in the game and a guy that is lethal from the 3-point line. But the numbers don’t define greatness for me. It’s a way to describe him, but I think his impact, his intelligence and his ability to make everyone around him better is the same as it’s always been. It’s elite.”