The messaging wasn’t much better in the West, where Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards made it clear that the notion of players actually competing was never in the cards. No matter how many former greats had implored them to care. “For me, it’s an All-Star Game, so I don’t think I will ever look at it like being super competitive,” Edwards said. “It’s always fun. I don’t know what they can do to make it more competitive. It’s always fun. But I don’t know what they can do to make it more competitive. It’s a break. I don’t think nobody wants to come here and compete.