The NBA All-Star Game had become a joke.
It had become a bad pick-up game where trying to stop an opponent was not encouraged.
The games were called unwatchable by many, which was not a god way for the league to be viewed in its annual showcase of its best players.
So the NBA changed the format, had captains pick their teams from either conference and threw in a bigger financial incentive ($100,000 to players on the winning team, $50,000 to the losers).
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