If you like competitive basketball, you might enjoy the performances of Kyle Lowry. But, if you like competitive basketball, you probably haven't enjoyed the NBA All-Star Game for the last few years. In fact, that's been the way for a long time now. The All-Star Game was more of an exhibition where the best players in the league just happened to be on the court.
This year's format changed in honour of the late, great Kobe Bryant would likely alter the competitiveness of the game. It wouldn't be a defensive clinic by any means, but with money for respective charities on the line, and the final quarter of the game essentially becoming a pick-up game with the first team to reach a target score, defense would at least be more than sporadic.