Team Shaq Leads; All-Star Night Draws Near

The NBA All-Star Game is moving to a four-game tournament for the 2025 event in San Francisco, marking the first time for this to happen.
All-Stars from the Eastern Conference and Western Conference were drafted into three teams by NBA on TNT analysts Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley on Feb. 6, along with the winner of the Rising Stars Challenge. Heading into the All-Star Game, Team Shaq seems to have a clear edge, featuring some of the NBA’s biggest names including LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Jayson Tatum and Kevin Durant, and with all that star power, the betting public is all-in. Team Shaq, which currently has +170 odds to win the tournament according to BetMGM, accounts for 38.5 percent of all bets placed and a whopping 66.1 percent of all money wagered.
Team Kenny, which is headlined by Anthony Edwards and Jalen Brunson and Team Candace are have so far received less credit, accounting for less than 10 percent of the money wagered. Team Chuck, which features Nikola Jokić, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Victor Wembanyama, is the clear No. 2 choice with +185 odds compared to Team Kenny (+450) and Team Candace (+900).
As is stands, Barkley’s squad(Team Chuck) is the team to give O’Neal's (Team Shaq)a run for its money, but anyone other than Team Shaq winning would come as a pretty big surprise.