SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The 2025 NBA All-Star Recreation is bringing out all the celebs to the Bay Space, together with sports activities commentator and former basketball participant Kenny “The Jet” Smith.
Metropolis leaders excited to welcome guests as NBA All-Star weekend set to be Bay Space-wide occasion
Smith stopped by the KRON4 studio to speak with sports activities reporter Erin Wilson, who didn’t hesitate to deal with the elephant within the room — Smith’s Contained in the NBA colleague Charles Barkley’s ongoing disdain for San Francisco. Smith’s first NBA workforce was the Sacramento Kings, the place he performed from 1987 to 1990.
Over time, Barkley has typically joked about not liking San Francisco. Throughout a latest recap of an Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons recreation, he went on a rant concerning the metropolis. “If [Cade Cunningham] don’t make the All-Star team, I’m not going,” stated Barkley. “I’m not going to that rat-infested place out in San Francisco. San Francisco just isn’t an exquisite metropolis. You aren’t going to make me like San Francisco.”
Wilson requested Smith, “How do we win over Charles Barkley?”
“First of all, don’t try to win over Charles Barkley,” Smith stated. “I played for the Sacramento Kings, I got drafted. I’ve been to the Bay Area, I have multiple friends here. My event’s going to be crowded because I know so many people here. But more importantly, the guy’s from Leeds, Alabama. No one’s even heard of Leeds! How can you evaluate a city when no one’s heard of your city? Have you ever been to Leeds, Alabama? How can he have the criteria of evaluation?”
The 2-time NBA champion is internet hosting his annual superstar charity poker event occasion throughout All-Star weekend and its objective is to lift greater than $1 million for training reform.
The 2025 All-Star Recreation will happen Sunday at Chase Middle, that includes 4 groups. Three had been drafted by Contained in the NBA analysts Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Shaquille O’Neal on Thursday night time. The fourth workforce would be the champion of Friday night time’s Rising Stars Recreation.
Group ChuckTeam KennyTeam ShaqNikola Jokic (DEN)Jalen Brunson (NYK)LeBron James (LAL)Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL)Anthony Edwards (MIN)Stephen Curry (GSW)Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC)Darius Garland (CLE)Kevin Durant (PHX)Donovan Mitchell (CLE)Cade Cunningham (DET)James Harden (LAC)Pascal Siakam (IND)Jaren Jackson Jr. (MEM)Anthony Davis (DAL)Karl-Anthony Cities (NYK)Tyler Herro (MIA)Damian Lillard (MIL)Victor Wembanyama (SAS)Evan Mobley (CLE)Jayson Tatum (BOS)Alperen Sengun (HOU)Jalen Williams (OKC)Jaylen Brown (BOS)
The All-Star Recreation suggestions off at 5 p.m. PT on TNT. Occasions can be happening all through the Bay Space all weekend.
