The NBA All-Star Weekend is not only an opportunity for the league to showcase its biggest and brightest stars but also its future. Here's the latest.

The trade deadline was Thursday, February 5th, and many players made the move to new destinations. Certain teams tried to solidify their rosters for the playoffs, while others did complete teardowns in return for future draft assets.

Barbara Bush, the NBA's vice president of social impact, discusses the programs and events that you might not see broadcast on TV but that will leave an imprint on lives.

Yes, Damian Lillard, out for the season with a torn Achilles, is moving well enough and pushed to compete in this event.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — For the first time since 2015, the NBA’s Shooting Stars event is returning to All-Star weekend. The league made that announcement Saturday, revealing the lineups for two of the three events that’ll take place at next weekend’s All-Star Saturday Night at the Los Angeles Clippers’ home in Inglewood, California.

“For me, he is a perennial guy who should be there every year,” Ime Udoka says. “He is motivated to do that and become that, and leave no doubt.”

In this era, Eastern and Western Conference All-Stars wore their team uniforms (East in home white, West in road dark). A commemorative patch was placed opposite the NBA logo. In 2000, a commemorative jocktag was added.