The event included popular competitions from the All-Star Saturday Night, such as the slam dunk contest and the three-point shootout.
The 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 league website and voting by the head coaches of the teams.
Players selected by coaches and fans must have been on an active roster of a D-League team during the All-Star Weekend.
The East won by 14 points and Pops Mensah-Bonsu was named as the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player.
[10] In 2018, the NBA G League International Challenge replaced the traditional All-Star Game.
[11] The International Challenge matched select American G League players against the Mexico national basketball team.
[11] ^A On assignment from the Dallas Mavericks The D-League Dream Factory was a series of basketball skills competitions modeled after the NBA All-Star Saturday Night.
Two contestants with the highest score advanced to the final round, where they re-attempted the three-point shots again from the five shooting stations.
In this competition, each team needed to make six shots from six shooting locations of increasing difficulties.
The fan was allowed to attempt the one-point layup, while the player was allowed to attempt from any shooting spots, a one-point layup, a two-point free throw, a three-point shot from behind the arc, and a five-point half court shot.
Two teams competed simultaneously at each end of the court and the winners advanced to the final round.
Iowa Wolves forward Luka Garza and NBA G League Ignite guard Scoot Henderson were voted in as the captains, with each of the players selecting 12-man rosters consisting of themselves and eleven others during a draft.