NBA: The 25 best NBA players never to make an All-Star game

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The 25 best NBA players never to make an All-Star game — 20. Mike Bibby

Many players on this list missed out on an All-Star appearance because they put up great stats but on bad teams. Others were on great teams, taking a hit to their overall statistics to drive winning basketball. Mike Bibby doesn’t fit in either of those categories.

For years he was the point guard on incredibly strong Sacramento Kings teams that annually challenged for the Western Conference crown. While Kobe Bryant headlined the Western Conference guard pool, there were openings behind him for Bibby to find a spot. Somehow he missed out year after year.

Bibby was a lethal shooter who stretched the floor for the Kings, an off-ball guard who fought on defense and hit big shots in big games. Yet while guards with similar stats on worse teams made the All-Star game – Steve Francis, Sam Cassell – Bibby was left out in the cold. He eventually moved on to the Atlanta Hawks in the later stages of his career but at that point, the All-Star ship had sailed.

Closest Call: In the 2003-04 season, Bibby was the lead guard on a 55 win Kings team. He put up solid numbers, averaging 18.4 points and 5.4 assists per game, and was 10th in the league in offensive win shares: numbers plus driving success. Yet on an All-Star roster flooded with forwards (just four guards) he barely missed out.