According to reigning MVP Nikola Jokic, the playmaking talisman of the Denver Nuggets and the best NBA player in the world, well, the league should probably focus on fixing other things about its game before fixating on making the All-Star Game more viable.

Jokic could be right. The NBA might be at a point where players simply do not care about the All-Star Game, and the league might just have to accept that. Jokic is one of the prime examples, as one of the league's biggest superstars gives little-to-no effort in the star-studded exhibition match.

After a 19-minute break in the middle of the All-Star tournament’s championship game, players struggled to muster up the energy to finish the game.