Being selected as an All-Star depends not only on strength, popularity is also a very important part, in the case of outstanding performance, it is difficult to be selected as an All-Star without other players, which has led to the emergence of many All-Star beads, and some well-known players have actually never been selected as An All-Stars.
CJ McCollum
McCollum had a mediocre first two seasons of his career, and in his third season, the explosion saw his average of points soar from 6.8 to 20.8 and an increase in scoring per game by 14 points, earning him the fastest improvement award without any suspense.
From his third season to this season, McCollum averaged 20+ per game in each season, scoring 50 points in a single game, and in the past few seasons he has been the second leader of the Blazers, forming a backcourt double with Lillard, and he has also received a four-year, $106 million cap, but he has never been named to the All-Star Team so far.
After being traded to the Pelicans this season, McCollum averaged 26.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.1 assists per game, shooting 50.5% from the field and 39.5% from three-point range, many of which are career highs and outstanding performances, and perhaps he can be selected to the All-Star Team in the following season.
Jamal Crawford
Crawford has captured the hearts of many fans with his "riotous" dribbling skills, watching him play can see a lot of street ball movements, each time can make fans excited, his playing highlights are widely circulated, plus he has won three best sixth-man awards, is the most numerous players in NBA history (later equalized by Lou Wei), which makes his popularity become very high.
However, he has never been selected as an All-Star, and in addition to winning the Best Sixth Man award three times, he is only one award for player of the week once. He found his place at the age of 29 — as a sixth man, such a role is difficult to make into the All-Star Team, but he has been the team's starting player since.
He has averaged nearly 20 points per game in many seasons, averaging 20.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal per game in his peak season, which is a very amazing performance, but he still can't be selected as an All-Star, and in his 19-year NBA career, it is a pity that he has never been selected as an All-Star.
Monta Ellis
Ellis is an offensively gorgeous player with a lot of offensive means, before Curry joined the Warriors, he was already a player who averaged 20+ per game, averaging 20+ in 4 seasons of his career, winning 1 fastest improvement award, and being voted player of the week 4 times, but he was never selected as an All-Star.
The most unfortunate thing is that in the 2009-2010 season, he averaged 25.5 points, 4 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.2 steals per game, shooting 44.9% from the field, and his average score per game ranked sixth in the league, ranking second in the league in steals per game, and his personal performance was very good, but he only led the Warriors to a record of 26 wins and 56 losses, ranking third from the bottom in the West, which led him to miss the All-Star.
Ellis also had a great performance in the next two seasons, but the Warriors' record has been in the bottom five in the West, he missed the All-Star again, and then he was traded to the Bucks, never to play the sharp offense of the Warriors, getting farther and farther away from the All-Star.
Josh Smith
Smith was drafted by the Hawks in 2004 and played until 2013, when he left the team and became known as the "Hawk King". He has excellent physical talent, 2 meters 06 height but has a good movement speed, bouncing is very good, he can score, grab rebounds, pass, block, is a regular in the top ten balls.
He has averaged more than 2 blocks per game in 4 seasons, 2.9 blocks per game in his peak season, and he is the youngest player in the NBA with 10 blocks in a single game, and he is also the youngest player to complete 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 and 1000 blocks, but he has never been selected to the All-Star Team.
He can cut 18.8 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.4 steals, 1.7 blocks in the peak season, shooting 45.8%, it is not difficult to see from the data that he is a very versatile player, but none of the skills are particularly outstanding, the ball skills are not exquisite enough, reaching the level of quasi-All-Stars, but he has not been able to enter the ranks of All-Stars.
These four players should know that the fame is not small, so that some people mistakenly think that they have also been selected for the All-Star Team, but in fact, they have never been selected, in fact, there are many players as well, such as Odom, "Little Prince" Prince, Rudy Gay, etc., what else do you know? Add up!