NBA Development League All-Star Game

The NBA Development League All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game held by the National Basketball Association Development League (NBA D-League). The D-League was founded in 2001 as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL). The league adopted its current name at the start of the 2005–06 season. The league serves as the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization. The game was first held during the 2006–07 season as part of the NBA All-Star Weekend. The D-League All-Star Game is played on Saturday in the same host city as the NBA All-Star Game. However, the game is not held in the same arena as all the other All-Star Saturday events. Instead, it is held on the NBA Jam Session's practice court.

In addition to the All-Star Game, the D-League also holds the D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, an event that is modeled after the NBA All-Star Saturday Night. The event includes some popular competition from the All-Star Saturday Night such as the slam dunk contest and the three-point shootout. The D-League Dream Factory Friday Night was first held during the second D-League All-Star Game in 2008.

In the D-League All-Star Game, twenty of the league's top players were selected to the All-Star roster by a combination of fan balloting on the official D-League website and voting by the head coaches of D-League teams. The NBA players who are assigned to the D-League teams are eligible to be selected. Players who have been selected by coaches and fans must be on an active roster of a D-League team during the All-Star Weekend. If a player cannot participate whether because of injury, a recall by his NBA team, or a call-up by an NBA team, a replacement player will be named. The starting lineups were picked by the head coaches. The coaches for the All-Star game are the head coaches who currently lead the teams with the best winning percentage in the league through the three weeks before the All-Star game. The first two games were played in four quarters of 12 minutes, similar to a regular NBA or a D-League game and the NBA All-Star Game. However, the next two games were played in two 20-minute halves, similar to a college basketball game and the NBA All-Star Rookie Challenge.

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