The skills event is made up of two-player teams. They are Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley representing the Cleveland Cavaliers, Washington’s Alex Sarr and Atlanta’s Zaccharie Risacher representing the NBA rookie class, Wembanyama and Chris Paul representing the Spurs and Draymond Green and Moses Moody representing the host Golden State Warriors.

Milwaukee's Damian Lillard will try to complete a three-peat in next week's NBA All-Star Game 3-point Contest, the league announced Friday, while two French stars seek a Skills Challenge title.Lillard won the 3-point showdown in 2023 while with Portland and last year after joining the Bucks and will try to equal the record three consecutive titles set by Larry Bird in 1986-1988 and matched by Craig Hodges in 1990-92.