A yearly event since 1951, the mid-season exhibitions highlight the league’s best and brightest, with varying degrees of interest and effort but always some level of intrigue
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Unrewarded exhibitionists: 12 greatest players who never earned NBA All-Star Game MVP
A supposedly fun thing I’ll never do again: 28 notable players with just one NBA All-Star appearance
Haven’t had the honor: 19 most deserving players never named to an All-Star team
Unexcused absence: Nine players who missed the All-Star Game for reasons other than injury
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Unexcused absence: Nine players who missed the All-Star Game for reasons other than injury
Joel Embiid and Julius Randle are joining a long list of players who have sat out the All-Star Game due to injury but here are the more rare examples where other life events and factors got in the way.
Unrewarded exhibitionists: 12 greatest players who never earned NBA All-Star Game MVP
Many of the greatest players of all time have added All-Star MVP to their list of accomplishments but these 12 legends, many of whom earned league MVP and/or Finals MVP never added the ultimate All-Star honor to their trophy case.
A supposedly fun thing I’ll never do again: 28 notable players with just one NBA All-Star appearance
Almost 3,000 NBA players have had their careers come and go without an All-Star appearance. That’s some solace for these 28 who were named to the yearly roster only once, for reasons ranging from injuries to unlucky trades to suspensions to even untimely death.
Haven’t had the honor: 19 most deserving players never named to an All-Star team
As the NBA once again preps to honor its best and brightest in the yearly All-Star Game, here’s the greatest players in league history that never quite reached that summit of recognition.
Who invited that guy?: 13 worst players with a post-merger NBA All-Star appearance
Though All-Star Games are typically an accurate indicator of who were the best (or, in some cases, most popular) players in a given year, sometimes players just sneak in, maybe in an off-year for talent or maybe for other reasons.