Tince
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I know you like numbers and facts so here we go with actual facts.
2021 WESTERN BACKCOURT NBA ALL-STAR RESULTS
Stephen Curry GSW 1
Luka Doncic DAL 2
Damian Lillard POR 3
Donovan Mitchell UTA 4
Devin Booker PHX 5
Ja Morant MEM 6
Chris Paul PHX 7
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC 8
DeAron Fox SAC 9
DeMar DeRozen SAS 10
Jamal Murray DEN 11
John Wall HOU 12
Mike Conley UTA 13
CJ McCollum POR 14
CJ might have got in if he didn't get hurt only if other players pulled out because they were hurt maybe? And as it stands they just let Conley in for Booker. Heck last year when Lillard pulled out even he named Booker over CJ.
CJ was literally 14th on the players ballot. Saying he would have "easily been an All Star" is a stretch at the very least.
Fan rank he was 10th. Media he got Zero votes.
This is just the western conference. Now in the east he might have done a bit better if he played a whole season in that conference.
https://www.interbasket.net/news/co..._FdhEpHIbwO7rogSOFzOfS6vNUrh28_jkfCU4HjNMXOKA
If CJ had made the all-star team a few times prior to this year, I think it would be much easier to make the case he would clearly be an all-star this year. The facts are, he's never put together a stretch of 30+ games to start a season that would warrant an all-star selection. This year is no exception.
Could he have made it? Of course! But for the 8th straight year, he did not make it.
If I said we were on pace to win the NBA championship in 2015 and 2019, but things happened, yet we should still be considered NBA Champions, I don't think people would buy that.