Honestly, the All-Star Game hasn't looked terrible this year.

In consideration of all the complaining about the All-Star game, its format, and lack of effort from players, the game this year hasn't looked too bad. Sure, some players didn't care much at all, but most of the players brought some degree of effort on defense, and there wasn't a lot of "shot-chucking" past the first few minutes. The overtime was pretty lit as well.

Honestly, I feel like as long as a decent number of the players bring effort to the game, the atmosphere will spread throughout the game, and the product will be decent to watch.

https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401838140/world-team-stars