Next year’s NBA All-Star game will feature “some form” of a USA team against the rest of the world.

The game will take place on 16 February during the 2026 Winter Olympics, which are being broadcast in the United States by NBC.

NBC has regained the rights to show the NBA All-Star game in the US, which will be switched to an afternoon start, with Winter Olympic events being broadcast before and after.

“So what better time to feature some form of USA against the world?” said NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday.

Speaking to Fox Sports, Silver said he “paid a lot of attention to what the NHL did” in February, hosting the 4 Nations Face-Off instead of an All-Star game.

The seven-game tournament featured only NHL players representing the USA, Canada, Finland and Sweden, and Silver noted it was “a huge success”.