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Topic subjectThe best NBA players to never be all stars.
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2108515, The best NBA players to never be all stars.
Posted by Ryan M, Thu Jan-10-13 08:03 PM
I was thinking about this. There's a lot of guys who are surprising that they never got an all star bid. Obviously guys like Kyrie or Harden are getting in soon, but some vets who didn't get in are surprising.

2108516, Lamar Odom
Posted by Ryan M, Thu Jan-10-13 08:03 PM
2108613, Maybe his year with Miami but that's about it.
Posted by haj20, Thu Jan-10-13 10:08 PM
2108518, Andre Miller
Posted by Ryan M, Thu Jan-10-13 08:03 PM
2108519, Joakim Noah
Posted by Ryan M, Thu Jan-10-13 08:03 PM
2108599, Are you serious?
Posted by BSharp, Thu Jan-10-13 09:48 PM
Media darling, yes. Has he had even a single All-Star season?! That is a very very difficult argument to make.

2108726, What's the argument though?
Posted by Ryan M, Fri Jan-11-13 01:16 AM
2108769, Go ahead and try to argue that ...
Posted by BSharp, Fri Jan-11-13 08:06 AM
...he's been deserving of an all-star nod even once. Guys like Rod Strickland got snubbed year after year after year.

He's a pretty good player, but he's a borderline All Star at best. Definitely not worthy of mention in a "Best plsyers to never make an all-star game" conversation.
2108829, Noah is having an all-star calibur season right now
Posted by rjc27, Fri Jan-11-13 10:58 AM
2108901, The argument isn't : OMG NOAH HAS BEEN SNUBBED
Posted by Ryan M, Fri Jan-11-13 12:34 PM
It's just that there isn't a huge list of these guys. Sorry, he fits on it.
2109027, he's a fantastic player.
Posted by Guinness, Fri Jan-11-13 02:26 PM
way better than aldridge, but doesn't score enough for people to notice. people are dumb.
2108520, Jason Terry
Posted by Ryan M, Thu Jan-10-13 08:03 PM
2108521, You'd think Tayshaun woulda snuck in one of those years.
Posted by Ryan M, Thu Jan-10-13 08:04 PM
2108527, everybody but him made it one year i think lol.
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Thu Jan-10-13 08:08 PM
2108780, rightfully so
Posted by Cenario, Fri Jan-11-13 09:28 AM
2108522, JR Smith I guess
Posted by Ryan M, Thu Jan-10-13 08:05 PM
2108781, no, this is his best season overall and even still eh....
Posted by Cenario, Fri Jan-11-13 09:28 AM
2108523, Sam Cassell
Posted by Bombastic, Thu Jan-10-13 08:06 PM
2108525, He got it that year in Minny I think.
Posted by Ryan M, Thu Jan-10-13 08:07 PM
2108528, u right, think he did, think he mighta been a MoWill style alternate tho
Posted by Bombastic, Thu Jan-10-13 08:09 PM
2108601, All-NBA Second Team that year, too.
Posted by BSharp, Thu Jan-10-13 09:50 PM
Sam was a great player.
2108524, Rod Strickland
Posted by Bombastic, Thu Jan-10-13 08:07 PM
2108540, Damn. It's wild b/c players like Michael Adams had a higher peak
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Jan-10-13 08:25 PM
but those like Rod had longer primes/careers...so looking back, I think more of us remember Rod, even if it is because he lasted 9 years more than Adams did
2108678, Michael Adams' peak has to be pace-adjusted tho, he was putting up
Posted by Bombastic, Thu Jan-10-13 11:47 PM
gaudy numbers but his team was scoring 120 & giving up 130 under Westhead's crazy-ass system up in that Denver altitude.

Hot Rod was always better to me.
2108679, LMAO @ Denver altitude. Was Rod better even at peak?
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Jan-10-13 11:48 PM
2108737, hell yeah Rod was better, Michael Adams was basically Nate Rob
Posted by Bombastic, Fri Jan-11-13 01:58 AM
with a green-light in Paul Westhead/Doug Moe systems that make D'Antoni offenses/defenses look like Riley's Knick teams.
2109110, LOL nahhhhh I wouldn't say he was Nate Rob though! More consistent
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Fri Jan-11-13 03:54 PM
2109139, Lil Nate hustles & scores, just nobody trying to revolve their offense
Posted by Bombastic, Fri Jan-11-13 04:22 PM
around a 5'9" shoot-first PG.
2108598, ^^^^ definitely
Posted by BSharp, Thu Jan-10-13 09:47 PM
2108600, pointblankperiod
Posted by themaddfapper, Thu Jan-10-13 09:49 PM
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2108675, The End
Posted by RexLongfellow, Thu Jan-10-13 11:38 PM
2108775, shit I aint never notice this
Posted by b2thej, Fri Jan-11-13 08:58 AM
2108874, Strickland was all-nba 2nd team one year, he does not count
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Fri Jan-11-13 12:03 PM
I think he was set to go but could not because of a minor injury, but don't quote me on that.
2109616, sure he does, he's never been an All-Star or invited to be one
Posted by Bombastic, Sat Jan-12-13 03:38 PM
2109632, i thought he was invited and could not compete, in which case, no
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Sat Jan-12-13 04:12 PM
doesnt count

but i could be wrong
2108526, Andre Miller
Posted by Bombastic, Thu Jan-10-13 08:07 PM
2108530, That one is pretty damn surprising, honestly.
Posted by Ryan M, Thu Jan-10-13 08:10 PM
2108531, it is but....isn't, if you know what I'm sayin.
Posted by Bombastic, Thu Jan-10-13 08:11 PM
2108745, Was he ever really better then 10-15 though?
Posted by Szabo, Fri Jan-11-13 02:47 AM
In terms of best PGs?
2108902, The year before he joined the Clippers
Posted by haj20, Fri Jan-11-13 12:35 PM
Led the league in total assists and assists per game.
2109210, on a losing team though and while AI/Kidd were in their primes
Posted by Szabo, Fri Jan-11-13 06:06 PM
2108535, josh smith
Posted by rob, Thu Jan-10-13 08:20 PM
i understand but he should have been on the other side of that bubble at least once. especially in the past 3.

ak and zbo got one each.
2108539, WTF he wasn't huh??
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Jan-10-13 08:23 PM
2108541, I think he'll get it this year.
Posted by Ryan M, Thu Jan-10-13 08:26 PM
He HAS to right?
2108544, i hope he and noah both make it
Posted by rob, Thu Jan-10-13 08:38 PM
but who you know how boston/mia/nyc squeeze those roster spots.

honestly nene is prob number 2 for me among active not-all stars and he'll never make one.
2108785, not over deng...because deng better
Posted by Basaglia, Fri Jan-11-13 09:36 AM
2108586, KG/LBJ/RuPaul/Truth/Melo
Posted by FILF, Thu Jan-10-13 09:20 PM
throw in the best players/2nd best player on another team w/ a better record and it's a wrap considering the Hawk have been mediocre and that JJ was considered their best player and Al has surpassed him.
2108590, no & no
Posted by ne_atl, Thu Jan-10-13 09:24 PM
JJ was considered their best player
and Al
>has surpassed him.

Josh has been the best player on that team for the past 3 years. His brain farts aside, the man has been balling.
2109077, Al is solid as a rock, Josh has that JR gene
Posted by FILF, Fri Jan-11-13 03:14 PM
>Josh has been the best player on that team for the past 3
>years. His brain farts aside, the man has been balling.

2108551, Byron Scott
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Thu Jan-10-13 08:50 PM
2108569, Yep.
Posted by Ryan M, Thu Jan-10-13 09:09 PM
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2108703, that's crazy, shit AC Green played in one
Posted by las raises, Fri Jan-11-13 12:38 AM
Well Byron has coached two though
2108741, AC *started* in an All-Star Game, which made Karl Malone lose his mind.
Posted by Bombastic, Fri Jan-11-13 02:17 AM
Got so mad he went out & scored 60 against a scrub team that night.

Then said he was boycotting the game for a week or so because he didn't get voted to start, then bullshitted about an injury later since he looked stupid & still stayed home.

I was laughing my ass off when Mailman's bitch ass got his All-Star spot back the next year & lost the game for the West that year with basket interference at the buzzer.

The next All-Star Game after that was the one when he talked all the shit about Magic & not wanting to play with him because he didn't wanna catch AIDS.

That summer he was mad again because Barkley (deservedly) was starting over him on the Dream Team.

Man, I could go on forever with that hillbilly's bitchassedness but I'll stop.

Anyway, I found it hilarious when AC started over him while Karl went to go fish & sulk in some Louisiana sinkhole that season.

Fuck Karl Malone.
2108871, lol at all of that
Posted by las raises, Fri Jan-11-13 11:50 AM
2108561, Monta @ the Dubs
Posted by FILF, Thu Jan-10-13 09:02 PM
2108572, I could have SWORN Tyson Chandler/Camby made it one year.
Posted by Ryan M, Thu Jan-10-13 09:11 PM
They didn't though.
2108575, he's in the same boat as Marcus Camby
Posted by FILF, Thu Jan-10-13 09:13 PM
he was at the wrong conference at the wrong time. Roy Hibbert meanwhile is going to the bank off of dominating Big Baby in the 'offs.

EDIT: *cough* cite your sources when you edit *cough*
2108576, shit i thought chandler made it last year but CAMBY? CAMBY.
Posted by rob, Thu Jan-10-13 09:13 PM
that blows my mind.
2108593, A couple survivor mvps
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Thu Jan-10-13 09:33 PM
2108654, Jason Richardson
Posted by micMajestic, Thu Jan-10-13 11:02 PM
He's never been a top shooting guard but he had a few years where he seemed close to the top.
2108668, nah
Posted by AlBundy, Thu Jan-10-13 11:24 PM
2108680, Yea. He's underrated as a player and dunker
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Jan-10-13 11:49 PM
2108696, He mostly forgot how to dunk in games in Orlando
Posted by ImPerfectNick, Fri Jan-11-13 12:23 AM
2108761, Dude couldn't play D to save his life w/ those choppy strides
Posted by FILF, Fri Jan-11-13 06:03 AM
He also blew a couple of break away bunnies in the 2010 WCF against the Lakers (ala Metta style) that put a nail in the coffin. He could shoot lights out when he gets hot, you could rate him as a 2nd tier Michael Finley, in that he could fill it up but never made anyone better but FinDawg was a decent defender (He used to light up the Mavs when Fin was w/ the Mavs though for some reason, it's probably b/c he idolized him ala Elmo/LaMarcus).
2108669, Michael Finley? He might have been on one squad
Posted by temps2020, Thu Jan-10-13 11:26 PM
2108760, Twice in a lifetime
Posted by FILF, Fri Jan-11-13 05:58 AM
2108705, Ron Harper
Posted by las raises, Fri Jan-11-13 12:40 AM
2108774, nick van exel only made it once I think.
Posted by Ish, Fri Jan-11-13 08:57 AM
Derek Harper.
2110645, Van Exel was undeserving anyway, Harper I thought had one but no
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Sun Jan-13-13 03:20 PM
He was a strong two-way player, under-appreciated.
2108792, Jalen Rose is definitely in this conversation
Posted by Orbit_Established, Fri Jan-11-13 09:46 AM
Its funny how people forget that he actually had
an outstanding NBA career; was the best player on
those VERY GOOD Indiana Pacer teams in the early
2000s

Had some great seasons with Toronto too

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2108796, yeah that's a good one.
Posted by Cenario, Fri Jan-11-13 09:51 AM
if you woulda just asked me, i'd assume he made it at least one year.
2108830, at least he got paid like one
Posted by rjc27, Fri Jan-11-13 11:00 AM
always loved watching Jalen play, surprised he never made one
2109085, Rudy Gay has taken his crown
Posted by FILF, Fri Jan-11-13 03:19 PM
2109140, Jalen looked like prime Scottie Pippen vs the '00 Sixers in the ECSF
Posted by Bombastic, Fri Jan-11-13 04:23 PM
then again that team/series got Austin Croshere paid too.
2110668, yeah he was a very good nba player
Posted by Amritsar, Sun Jan-13-13 03:32 PM
shocking he never made an all-star team


I wonder if some of that has to do with Webber/Howard always being the stars and Rose maybe taking a backseat ? He was drafted mid first round, whereas the other two were drafted top 5's

2108794, I wish Rodman would've made one post 93
Posted by rl9, Fri Jan-11-13 09:51 AM
2108875, LOL so far I am not seeing any really good players, thread fail?
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Fri Jan-11-13 12:04 PM
NBA all star game is basically a joke. There are guys who get too few based on a log jam at their position or whatever but overall way more shit guys that aren't stars make it than real stars get left off.
2108903, I mean, most really good players have made it.
Posted by Ryan M, Fri Jan-11-13 12:35 PM
The thread was about the best of the guys who haven't.
2109097, HATE FAIL
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Fri Jan-11-13 03:36 PM
2109083, David Lee/Big Al would be perinneal if they improve their D ala Z-Bo
Posted by FILF, Fri Jan-11-13 03:18 PM
2109213, There are a few Jamal McGloire types who snuck in, but most of them
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Fri Jan-11-13 06:09 PM
are something like a star or an almost star.
2109523, him, chris gatling, bj armstrong, brad miller, z, rip and a lot of ...
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Sat Jan-12-13 10:48 AM
grunt guys like tyrone hill, anthony mason and dale davis. mo williams is sorry for an all star, sorry, he got it because of injury and riding bron's coattails (obvious at the time, history since proved it to the blind).

wally's world was a suspect selection.

how was nick van exel in the game again?

wasn't mehmet okur an all-star one year?

there are a lot of schlubby all-stars in a league where there really should not be. in baseball, OK, whatever, every team has to be represented and positional breakdowns are weird. but the nba? no excuse
2108880, Derek Harper
Posted by Lach, Fri Jan-11-13 12:09 PM
2109310, Mike Bibby
Posted by stankpalmer, Fri Jan-11-13 10:29 PM
2110300, Dude was simply a systems player, his backup was better all around
Posted by FILF, Sun Jan-13-13 02:22 AM
2109315, J-Rich...he won both dunk champs while with the Ws
Posted by TRENDone, Fri Jan-11-13 10:32 PM
2109336, So did Nate the Great
Posted by FILF, Fri Jan-11-13 11:01 PM
2109579, please, Iggy won that first year
Posted by Bombastic, Sat Jan-12-13 01:54 PM
2110647, seriously where is my WE WAS ROBBED gif w the 2 AIs when i need it?
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Sun Jan-13-13 03:21 PM
richardson was exciting as shit though, crazy to see him now kinda old and busted.
2109610, Eddy Jones perhaps?
Posted by melmag, Sat Jan-12-13 03:17 PM
2109615, He got it once with the Lakers. 98 I think.
Posted by Ryan M, Sat Jan-12-13 03:34 PM
2109617, It's Eddie & he made three All-Star teams n/m
Posted by Bombastic, Sat Jan-12-13 03:40 PM
2110318, Wow 3? Was it NVE who only got one?
Posted by Ryan M, Sun Jan-13-13 05:08 AM
I'm so lazy to google.
2110650, what 'only' for van exel? he never deserved any!
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Sun Jan-13-13 03:22 PM
jones was a much better player, their careers are not even in the same breath.
2110663, Yeah, relax dude.
Posted by Ryan M, Sun Jan-13-13 03:30 PM
I just knew one of those dudes got only one. Only as in "solely" not only as in "CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!". Chill.
2109633, Survey says ... XXX
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Sat Jan-12-13 04:12 PM