NBA All-Star Weekend officially gets underway on Friday night with one of its most entertaining traditions, the 2026 Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, as stars from sports, music, film, and social media take the court at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.

This would be the NBA star's 2025-26 season debut, after being off the court for almost ten months following an achilles tendon rupture

While most of the world celebrates the month of March for the coming of spring and the impending summer, college basketball fans know better: The real reason to celebrate is March Madness, the NCAA Division I tournament to determine the college basketball national champion.