The NBA regular season continues, the annual All-Star Game is approaching, and unlike the All-Star starters, fans vote to decide, and the All-Star bench players are selected by the head coaches of all 30 teams, and the final 14-man All-Star bench in the East and West is determined. The West is relatively competitive, with some of the best players unfortunately missing out, while the East lacks star flavor and looks more like a catch-up.
The west is full of old faces, and the east is more like making up the numbers
Western All-Star Substitutes:
Clippers twin stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, Timberwolves interior and exterior core Towns and Edwards, Lakers interior Davis, Suns guard Booker and Warriors core Curry.
The Western bench is stronger than the starters
Eastern All-Star Subs:
76ers young core Maxey, Knicks core Brunson, forward Randle, Heat interior Adebayo, Cavaliers guard Mitchell, Celtics forward Brown, Magic top show Banchero.
The stars are dim in the east
Players with All-Star quality in the East and West who were not selected:
James Harden, who transferred from the 76ers to the Clippers at the beginning of this season, ushered in a wave of consecutive defeats at the beginning of joining the Clippers, and Harden was criticized by words, but with the change of the starting lineup and Harden's adaptation, the Clippers continued to win and eventually soared all the way to third in the West. Harden averaged 17.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, 8.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.9 blocks per game, shooting 45.2% from the field and 41.3% from three-point range. Harden has missed the All-Star for two consecutive seasons, last season was the league's assist leader, and this season's stats have declined but his efficiency has improved, and he has missed the All-Star bench in the highly competitive West.
Deng Ge continued to miss
Sabonis Jr., the Kings are currently the top six teams in the West, but the core of the team Sabonis and Fox are not eligible for the All-Star bench, Fox's loss is more of an average of 30+ per game at the beginning of the game, and the recent instability of the score has dropped to 27 points; Sabonis's loss is indeed a bit puzzling, second only to Jokic in triple-doubles, playing 46 games for the Kings, averaging 19.9 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists per game, shooting 61.6%, three-point shooting rate of 45.1% The stats are comprehensive, and they are the backbone of the Kings' interior and the main reason why the Kings have been able to stay in the playoffs in the highly competitive West. Jokic's excellent interior line in the West is Jokic, and he finally missed the All-Star bench and couldn't understand it at all.
The Kings and Gemini were all unqualified
The Pelicans' Ingram and Zion were both undrafted, the Nuggets' second leader Jamal Murray was also missing, and Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving was also missing. Markkanen, the core forward of the Jazz team, also has excellent statistics, and the team's record is also in the play-off area, and he also missed the second All-Star in his career.
Blowing Yang was ignored
In the East, Trae Young, the core of the Hawks, was once an All-Star starting candidate, and was finally overtaken by Lillard, and the bench selection stage was completely ignored by the head coaches, who averaged 27 points and 10.9 assists per game this season, ranking first in the league in total assists, and averaged 26.2 points and 10.2 assists per game last season.
Butler doesn't care about this kind of competition and honor
It's a bit surprising that Heat forward Jimmy Butler is not favored, although Butler has not played many games this season, but he is still the absolute core of the team, averaging 21.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game, shooting rate of 49.8%, three-point shooting rate of 43.7%, the data is very good, and his personal ability is undoubted;
Every NBA All-Star will be controversial, fans have their own stars, and head coaches have their favorite stars, and there is no real fairness and justice. Who would have thought that the Lakers, who were ninth in the West, were selected twice, the Kings who were sixth in the West, were not favored, the Knicks were selected twice, and the Hawks backcourt Murray and Blowing Young were completely ignored.
Question marks on the face
The NBA is a business league that requires a certain amount of topic and attention. The league also promotes young players, such as Maxey, Haliburton, Brunson, Banchero are all first-time selections.
The All-Star was played on the Pacers' home court, and Haliburton was one of the main characters
The NBA's 24 All-Star Weekend will be held from February 17 to February 19 in Indianapolis and will be played in West and East mode.