{"id":62916,"date":"2024-02-01T20:28:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T01:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=62916"},"modified":"2024-02-01T20:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T01:57:52","slug":"biggest-eastern-conference-2024-all-star-snubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/01\/biggest-eastern-conference-2024-all-star-snubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Eastern Conference 2024 All-Star Snubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/01\/nba-news-2024-all-star-reserves-announced\/\" target=\"_self\">Eastern Conference 2024 All-Star reserves have finally been announced<\/a>, and there has been plenty of discussion surrounding the selections.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2024 NBA East All-Star reserves: Jaylen Brown, Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Brunson, Bam Adebayo, Julius Randle, Tyrese Maxey, Paolo Banchero.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1753212044487115150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>These are the three biggest snubs from the 2023 Eastern Conference All-Star team.<\/p>\n<h2>Biggest Eastern Conference 2024 All-Star Snubs<\/h2>\n<h3>All-Star Snub #1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngtr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trae Young<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Guard|Atlanta Hawks|2 All-Star appearances(2020, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A point guard who is averaging a 25+ point, 10 assist double-double for the second season in a row will fail to make the All-Star team for a second season in a row.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trae Young last season:<br \/>\n26.2 PPG &amp; 10.2 APG (No All-Star)<\/p>\n<p>Trae Young this season:<br \/>\n27.0 PPG &amp; 10.9 APG (No All-Star) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bz9Vd1tPfg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Bz9Vd1tPfg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1753213709411848658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Young is 10th in scoring among all NBA players, not to mention second in assists per game. &#8220;Ice Trae&#8221; is ninth in three-pointers made per game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/maxeyty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyrese Maxey<\/a> has had a fantastic year, and the Philadelphia 76ers superior record is what ultimately gave him the edge over Young. The Hawks are 20-27, currently sitting in 10th place in the East.<\/p>\n<p>A winning record is not a prerequisite for everybody however, as the Western Conference All-Stars will have three players from teams with a losing record.<\/p>\n<h3>All-Star Snub #2: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/whitede01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derrick White<\/a>,<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Guard|Boston Celtics|0 All-Star appearances<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now in his seventh season, White has cemented himself as one of the league&#8217;s premier two-way guards.<\/p>\n<p>The 29 year-old is playing the best basketball of his career, and is a crucial player for the Boston Celtics. They have proven that they are the scariest threat at the moment, owning the best record in the NBA at 37-11.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tatumja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jayson Tatum<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brownja02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaylen Brown<\/a> both rightfully received the All-Star nod, but that doesn&#8217;t mean White shouldn&#8217;t get chosen. The NBA has previously shown that it isn&#8217;t afraid to reward dominant regular season teams. There have been nine teams throughout NBA history that have had four All-Stars selected in the same year.<\/p>\n<p>White&#8217;s 15.8 points, 4.7 assists, and four rebounds may not seem like All-Star worthy numbers, but his importance to the Celtics&#8217; success cannot be understated.<\/p>\n<h3>All-Star Snub #3: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/porzikr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Forward|Boston Celtics|1 All-Star appearance(2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just like White, Porzi\u0146\u0123is&#8217; contributions to the current top dog in the NBA have gone unrewarded.<\/p>\n<p>The 28 year-old big man is averaging 19.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 2 assists. He is shooting a remarkable 52.1% from the field(a career-high) and 35.8% from deep.<\/p>\n<p>Porzingis&#8217; lone All-Star selection came in 2018. In that season, he averaged 22.7 points with lesser all-around stats on a far weaker team.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics merited at least three All-Stars, but only ended up with two.<\/p>\n<h3>Honorable Mentions:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barnesc01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scottie Barnes<\/a>(Toronto Raptors)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/siakapa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pascal Siakam<\/a>(Indiana Pacers)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/whiteco01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coby White<\/a>(Chicago Bulls)<\/p>\n<h3>Changes Needed for the All-Star Game<\/h3>\n<p>There is an abundance of talent in today&#8217;s NBA. It would make sense for Adam Silver to look at expanding the rosters for future All-Star games, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K2Rzm9cUXSg\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JJ Redick suggested on the Old Man and the Three podcast<\/a>. For now, however, it looks like deserving players will continue to be excluded from the prestigious honors of an All-Star selection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Make sure to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/01\/biggest-western-conference-2024-all-star-snubs\/\" target=\"_self\">Biggest Western Conference 2024 All-Star Snubs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastern Conference 2024 All-Star reserves have finally been announced, and there has been plenty of discussion surrounding the selections. 2024 NBA East All-Star reserves: Jaylen Brown, Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Brunson, Bam Adebayo, Julius Randle, Tyrese Maxey, Paolo Banchero. \u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 2, 2024 These are the three biggest snubs from the 2023 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4773,"featured_media":62959,"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":[1608,2,62],"tags":[1090,138,639,636,1349],"class_list":["post-62916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-nba","tag-derrick-white","tag-kristaps-porzingis","tag-nba-all-star","tag-nba-all-star-weekend","tag-trae-young"],"modified_by":"Adam Echchaibi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62916","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\/4773"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}