32 players you forgot were once NBA All-Stars

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27) Andre Drummond

Chicago Bulls backup center Andre Drummond happens to be the only active player on this list but it is easy to forget that he is a two-time all-star. Drummond has seemingly been in the NBA forever after being drafted when he was just 19 years old and currently in his 12th season. Still, he is just 30 years old and could reasonably play another five years.

While his days of being a full-time starter in the NBA are probably over, back in his Detroit days, he put up monster numbers and made two all-star teams by averaging 16.2 points and 14.8 rebounds and 15 points and 16 rebounds, respectively, over the 2015-16 and 2017-18 seasons. That incredible production was hard to ignore, but it wasn't limited to those two seasons, however.

He actually snagged more than 1,000 rebounds in six straight seasons in Detroit, making him one of the best rebounders of the last 25 years. That is likely to help him stick around and continue his already-long career, though there may not be a third all-star appearance in Drummond's future. Be that as it may, it is hard to argue that he hasn't had a great career.