ESPN and the NBA announced the participant rosters for the 2026 Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, set for Friday, Feb. 13, at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif.
The game will air exclusively on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET.
The rosters feature personalities from sports, music and entertainment, including actor Keegan-Michael Key, rappers Badshah and GloRilla, producer Mustard and former Knicks star Jeremy Lin. NFL players Amon-Ra St. Brown and Keenan Allen will participate alongside Brazilian soccer legend Cafu and former NBA player Tacko Fall.
Television personalities Taylor Frankie Paul and Nicolas Vansteenberghe will join ESPN insider Shams Charania, social media creators Cody Jones and Jenna Bandy, singer Adrien Nuñez, and NBA governors Mat Ishbia and Rick Schnall.
Several participants are returning to the celebrity game. Reigning MVP Rome Flynn, actor Simu Liu and Olympic sprinter Andre De Grasse will make their second appearances. Chinese actor Dylan Wang and NBA legend Jason “White Chocolate” Williams will play in their third celebrity games.
Two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo will coach one team, joined by his brothers Thanasis and Alex Antetokounmpo. Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts, actor Anthony Anderson, NBA shooting coach Lethal Shooter and player development trainer Chris Brickley round out the coaching staff.
The five-member K-pop group CORTIS will perform at halftime, marking the first time a K-pop artist has performed during the celebrity game’s halftime.
Play-by-play announcer Mark Jones and analyst Richard Jefferson will call ESPN’s broadcast, with Knicks radio announcer Monica McNutt reporting from the sidelines. A pregame show, “Hoop Streams presented by Google,” will air at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN’s YouTube channel, Facebook page and the ESPN App.