Replacing 6 Former All-Stars with 6 All-Star Ballot Snubs

November 16th, 2013 by Joe Flynn Leave a reply »
Out with the old, in with the new.

On Friday afternoon, the NBA announced its player ballot for the 2014 All-Star Game in New Orleans. The ballot was filled with plenty of former All-Stars and big-name players, regardless of how they've played this year (if at all).

...and it was so boring.

Yes, the All-Star weekend should be a showcase for the league's brightest stars, but the ballot itself should ensure that the league's best players from this season should at least make the list. For some under-the-radar players, it's an honor just to be nominated.

So let's have a little bit of fun. Let's take six former All-Stars who, whether through injury or just poor play, have no chance of making the All-Star Game and replace them with six players who are having better seasons, according the player efficiency rating and/or Basketball Reference's win shares—a formula designed to quantify each player's contribution to his team's wins.


All statistics are as of Nov. 15, when the ballots were announced. 

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