Terrible. It'll be lebron and KD picking all their friends. Nike will tell them to try to get most nike-signed stars to market their shoes. No Celtics will be picked as we are their rivals and lebron hates kyrie
From the article, that's not how it's going to go.
Fans (50%), media (25%), and players (25%) will still vote 5 starters from each conference. Coaches will pick the remaining 7 players. So the way the All-Stars are chosen doesn't change at all. Still 12 players from each conference, with most voted in by coaches.
Captains aren't choosing whose an All-Star, just choosing who among the All-Stars is on their team. It seems like they'll have to pick among the 8 other players voted as starters first, then they'll be able to pick between the 14 reserves selected by coaches.
The coaches will also be unchanged. If this were last year, Stevens would have coached the team picked by LeBron, while Kerr would have coached the team picked by Curry.
Sounds stupid to me.