{"id":119897,"date":"2025-01-24T14:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T19:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=119897"},"modified":"2025-01-24T14:48:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T19:48:49","slug":"obscure-nba-all-stars-since-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/24\/obscure-nba-all-stars-since-2000\/","title":{"rendered":"Somewhat Obscure NBA All-Stars Since 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, the starters for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game<\/a> were announced. The reserves will be announced next Thursday. Once a player is named an All-Star even once, they can be called a former All-Star for the rest of their lives. That is true of these seven players listed here as well. While they aren\u2019t future Hall of Famers, and may be seen as somewhat obscure NBA All-Stars, they each had a season where they were rewarded for their play on the court.<\/p>\n

Players are listed in alphabetical order by last name.<\/p>\n

Somewhat Obscure NBA All-Stars Since 2000<\/h2>\n

Antonio Davis – Toronto Raptors (2001)<\/h3>\n

Over his 13 NBA seasons, Antonio Davis<\/a> was known as a rugged player who put forth 100% effort at all times. At a chiseled 6-foot-9, Davis was named an All-Star in 2000-01 in a season where he averaged a double-double (13.7 points, 10.1 rebounds). For his career, he averaged 10.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks.<\/p>\n

Dale Davis – Indiana Pacers (2000)<\/h3>\n

A 16-year NBA veteran, Dale Davis<\/a> never averaged more than 11.7 points in a season. During his All-Star year, he posted averages of 10.0 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks. The father of Golden State Warriors player Trayce Jackson-Davis<\/a>, the elder Davis helped guide the Pacers to the 2000 NBA Finals (lost to the Los Angeles Lakers).<\/p>\n

Chris Kaman – Los Angeles Clippers (2010)<\/h3>\n

A 7-foot center, Chris Kaman<\/a> did average double figures in scoring for nine straight seasons spanning from 2005-06 until 2013-14. Many of those years came with non-contending Clippers teams though. While his Clippers went just 29-53 in 2009-10, Kaman was still named an All-Star. His 18.5 points per game that season were the most of his career.<\/p>\n

Kyle Korver – Atlanta Hawks (2015)<\/h3>\n

A magnificent long-distance shooter, Kyle Korver<\/a> made 2,450 three-pointers over 17 seasons (eighth-most in NBA history). Four times, he led the league in three-point percentage. While Korver was certainly a useful player, career averages of 9.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.7 assists don\u2019t jump off the page. The 2014-15 Hawks were rewarded with four All-Stars in a season where they won 60 games. Korver averaged 12.1 points while shooting lights out from beyond the arc (49.2%) in his All-Star season.<\/p>\n

Jamaal Magloire – New Orleans Hornets (2004)<\/h3>\n

With somewhat pedestrian career averages of 7.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 0.9 blocks over 12 seasons, Jamaal Magloire<\/a>\u2019s production doesn\u2019t scream out former All-Star. That was the case in the 2003-04 season though for the 6-foot-11 center. That year was Magloire\u2019s best in the league as he averaged career-highs in scoring (13.9) and rebounding (10.3). The season prior and the season after were the only two others where Magloire averaged double-digits in scoring.<\/p>\n

Theo Ratliff – Philadelphia 76ers (2001)<\/h3>\n

Theo Ratliff<\/a> brought it on the defensive end as evidenced by leading the league in blocks three times and finishing in the top-nine in Defensive Player of the Year voting four times. He\u2019s actually 21st all-time with his 1,968 blocks. The 6-foot-10 center was never much of an offensive threat though. He did average career-highs of 12.4 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 3.7 blocks in his All-Star season of 2000-01.<\/p>\n

Mo Williams – Cleveland Cavaliers (2009)<\/h3>\n

Teammates with LeBron James<\/a>, Mo Williams<\/a> was rewarded as the team\u2019s second All-Star in a 2008-09 season where they won 66 games. That season, the 6-foot-1 point guard averaged a career-best 17.8 points while connecting on 43.6% of his attempts from beyond the arc. Williams averaged 13.2 points and 4.9 assists during his 13-year career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, the starters for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game were announced. The reserves will be announced next Thursday. Once a player is named an All-Star even once, they can be called a former All-Star for the rest of their lives. That is true of these seven players listed here as well. While they aren\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5060,"featured_media":119928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,4,9,11,27,62,13,14],"tags":[2811,2294,3037,364,639],"class_list":["post-119897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-hawks","category-cavaliers","category-pacers","category-clippers","category-nba","category-76ers","category-raptors","tag-antonio-davis","tag-dale-davis","tag-jamaal-magloire","tag-kyle-korver","tag-nba-all-star"],"modified_by":"Kenny Kluska","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119929,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119897\/revisions\/119929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}