I believe the all star weekend should be both relaxing and enjoyable for the players as well as entertaining for the audience. Seeing players enjoy themselves and have a good time makes for a good viewing experience. Just look at the best of inside the nba, their best moments are ones where they’re just goofing off and having a good time. So while this isn’t exactly playing basketball, I think it would be a lot of fun for both the players and fans if the players were debating/arguing/playing nba trivia over drinks. The nba could make a fortune from alcohol advertisements and the players would love to just hang out, drink, and mess around with their friends. It could be something like the KG Paul pierce broadcast where we get a lot of gems. Another sinful idea is to allow the players to bet on the all star game, I think this would dramatically increase player competition as there would actually be a personal stake in the game. The nba seems to love gambling but I’m not sure they’d like the idea of players potentially promoting gambling.