Every year, there is always at least one player that gets snubbed from the NBA All-Star Game. But what about the players who got in over someone more deserving?
The primary goal of the NBA All-Star Game is to select the best of the best for that particular NBA season, and for the most part, the NBA has accomplished that goal.
We constantly see superstars such as LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and many others make the All-Star Game and display some unbelievable performances, giving fans a glimpse at what a true superteam would look like.
However, every season there is always an argument over who was snubbed from making the team.
From being unjustly placed on the All-Star team to being selected as an injury replacement, there is always some sort of controversy surrounding who makes or misses the All-Star game.
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I took a peek at the rosters from the past five All-Star teams (starting with the 2011-12 season), including this year’s squad, and picked the five players who, while putting up great numbers and having excellent seasons, made the team over another player who was more deserving.
This article isn’t meant to downplay the season of previous All-Stars, rather it is meant to make an argument for players who had just as good, if not better, of a season than a player that was selected over them.
Players will be picked from the same conference but are not position restricted.
Any statistics used throughout this article will be from the first 40 games ONLY from that respective season, as the All-Star rosters are not usually announced until about halfway through the season and all stats are via Basketball-Reference.com.
Starting with No. 5, we go back to the 2014 All-Star Game.