NBA: 20 ridiculously obscure NBA All-Star seasons that we totally forgot

18: James Donaldson (1987-88)

Season Stats: 7.0 points, 9.3 rebounds per game

We’ve had unlikely, we’ve had undeserving, but now we’ve got the worst All-Star in the history of the NBA.

Once again, this isn’t disrespecting James Donaldson, he was fairly decent in Dallas, and he was overlooked as a post-player. His stats that season don’t even speak anything towards an All-Star appearance, nothing at all, hinted towards Donaldson even making the team.

You could say that his team, the Mavericks, were killing it that year, but that doesn’t feel legitimate enough to even consider him. Donaldson was an injury replacement that season, being substituted in for Steve Johnson. Still, it didn’t really make sense for Donaldson to be considered as a Wild Card.

Throw in someone like Kevin Duckworth or Michael Cage, someone who was making a consistent impact enough to get some All-Star recognition. We’re not trying to bash Donaldson here, because he was a decent player throughout his 16-year career, but he wasn’t decent enough to be an All-Star, sorry.

This selection will probably go down in history as the most unlikely, and possibly the worst. Depending on who you talk to, Donaldson was a good player, but nowhere near good enough to be considered an All-Star.

Donaldson is a case of ‘Hey, I’m really impactful for my team, but I’m not that good’, unfortunately.