The 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend begins with the 2025 Kia Skills Challenge, as four teams of two get set to compete for the title. The hometown Golden State Warriors have one of the teams in the contest, as Draymond Green and Moses Moody are teaming up to face the other three teams. They will face Team Rooks (Zaccharie Risacher, Alex Sarr), Team Spurs (Chris Paul, Victory Wembanyama) and Team Cavs (Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley). This is the fifth Skills Challenge for Paul, who first appeared in 2006. 

Saturday's NBA Skills Challenge is set to begin at 8 p.m. ET at the Chase Center. Team Cavs are the betting favorites at +200 in the latest Kia Skills Challenge 2025 odds, followed by Team Spurs (+220), Team Warriors (+230) and Team Rooks (+430). Before making any 2025 Kia Skills Challenge picks, you'll want to see what elite NBA expert Matt Severance has to say.

Severance is a well-connected writer and high-volume handicapper who has worked in the industry since 2005. Over the past three NBA seasons, Matt has returned $4,452 to $100 bettors. He also enters the 2025 NBA All-Star break on an 87-54 roll on NBA picks, returning nearly $1,700 for $100 bettors. Anybody following him could be WAY up!

Now, he has analyzed the 2025 Kia Skills Challenge contest from all angles and is delivering his picks for SportsLine. We can tell you Severance is staying away from Team Cavs, even though they enter the event as the betting favorites. 

Instead, he has identified one team that could have extra motivation, and there is an X-factor that makes them the best bet for this competition. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any picks of your own.

So who wins the 2025 Kia Skills Challenge, and what critical X-factor do you need to know about? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Saturday's Kia Skills Challenge pick, all from the SportsLine expert who is up almost $1,400 on NBA picks!