2024-02-22 10:44:17
The topic of the NBA All-Star Game will eventually end, and the regular season will continue on Friday, Taiwan time. The topic of players not being competitive on the court will also disappear with the restart of the season. When voting begins next year Fans will still be called on to vote with great fanfare, but it is not optimistic whether it can change. After all, it depends on whether the players themselves have the heart to think regarding what kind of game content they want to present.
Trae Young was selected to the All-Star Game for the first time this year. (Picture source LINE TODAY: AP/Dazhi Image)
But for players, being selected for the All-Star Game is indeed a big affirmation, and can even be said to be a dream. Trae Young mightn’t help crying when he was selected for the All-Star Game for the first time, as if he had completed a big milestone in his life; Rudy Gobert was so disappointed that he cried in front of reporters when he missed the All-Star Game many times. For most players, becoming a member of the All-Star Game is indeed a very important item on the list that must be completed in a player’s career, and it has even been a dream since childhood.
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This year, a total of 4 players have been selected for the All-Star Game for the first time. Every year, there are new players for the All-Star Game. New star players can lead to the metabolism of the league. Some outstanding players have advanced to become “star” players, which has also allowed the league to The cast will be bigger when it comes to shaping the star showdowns.
In modern times, the year with the fewest new players in the All-Star Game was in 2011. In that year, only three players were selected for the All-Star Game for the first time. Among them, Kevin Love was only supplemented by Yao Ming’s injury. In other words, based on the original selection lineup, , there are only 2 new recruits, and even the East End stars are all old faces, not even a single newcomer.
From the above point of view, fans will tend to vote for “old faces” because most of these players have been in the league for a while. In addition to having a certain status, they also have loyal fans. Therefore, like LeBron James, because of his age Even though he no longer has the strength of the top five players in the Western Conference, he can still be selected as a starter in the All-Star Game every year with high votes.
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Therefore, some players are actually only selected to the All-Star Game once in their careers. After that time, because recruits continue to come up every year, their popularity is diluted following being selected in that year. Or perhaps the individual or team performance exploded that year, and then the performance declined or the impression was not so strong, and he became a “no-wash player” who was only selected for one All-Star Game.
Are there any current star players who have only been selected once, and who have a high chance of being selected once more in the future? The following is a summary of these three players. They are okay in terms of their age, but the chance of returning to the All-Star Game seems really slim. You may be surprised by some of them, but they have actually been selected for the All-Star Game.
▌D’Angelo Russell 2019 All-Star Game
After being selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the second overall pick in 2015, D’Angelo Russell has never responded to everyone’s expectations for a second pick in the draft. Although he scored 39 points in his rookie season, setting a new record for a rookie in the history of the Lakers since Elgin. The highest score in a single game since Baylor (the rookies in Lakers team history include Hall of Fame players such as Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant and James Worthy), and the highest score among all rookies in that season. However, at the end of that season, he was only selected to the Rookie Second Team. In his second season, he missed many games due to injury at the beginning of the season. Later, due to an incident with Nick Young in the locker room, the Lakers finally decided to trade him to the Brooklyn Nets following the second season.
D’Angelo Russell was selected to the All-Star Game for the first time in 2019. (Picture source LINE TODAY: AP/Dazhi Image)
As for the Nets, he missed more than 30 games in the first season due to knee surgery, but he emerged from the cocoon in the second season. This season, he led the Nets back to the playoffs for the first time in three seasons. His personal average The score also exceeded 20 points, and the assists also made great progress. D’Angelo Russell performed very well in the January game and attracted many people’s attention. After Victor Oladipo withdrew due to injury, he was successfully added to the All-Star Game and his dream came true.
But following the season, because the Nets wanted to get Kevin Durant, D’Angelo Russell was traded to the Golden State Warriors even though he performed well, and then transferred to the Timberwolves, but he didn’t seem to play well following that. He can return to the All-Star Game, and because he is not the top star on the team, it is harder to notice his contribution.
After returning to the Lakers last season, D’Angelo Russell seemed further away from the All-Star Game, and fans were not satisfied with his performance in all games. Perhaps being selected for the All-Star Game that year with the Nets was the best moment of his life. peak.
▌Gordon Hayward 2017
When Gordon Hayward first debuted with the Utah Jazz, not many people noticed him as a rookie, but it was only following the team started focusing on him in the summer of 2013 that everyone began to see his abilities.
From the beginning of that season, Hayward started every game he played for the Jazz. The Jazz’s record also steadily improved under his leadership, step by step from a rebuilding team to a playoff team. The Jazz’s record exploded in the 2016-17 season. Not only did they return to the playoffs and win 51 games in a single season, Hayward’s own average score also exceeded 20 points for the first time, which also allowed Hayward to be recognized as an All-Star Game for the first time. He happened to have one year of player options left on his contract with the Jazz in 2016, and he also became a free agent, with a bright future.
Gordon Hayward (right) was selected to the All-Star Game in 2017. (Picture source LINE TODAY: AP/Dazhi Image)
As everyone knows, following being lured to the Celtics by his college mentor Brad Stevens during the summer vacation, Hayward’s foot was seriously injured and fractured in the highly anticipated first game. He was reimbursed for the entire season in the first game. From then on, his future seemed uncertain. It started to go downhill.
Originally, the Celtics recruited him in 2017 with the hope that he might become the core of the team with Kyrie Irving, hit the championship together, and lead two young players on the court: Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. Unexpectedly, Hayward’s serious injury made him These two players have grown rapidly, especially Tatum, who has directly become an important scoring force for the team. Therefore, following Hayward returned, his status in the team dropped sharply.
At this time, his injuries began to trouble him frequently. He had a very high attendance rate in the early stages of his career. From the beginning of the 2019-20 season to the present, his attendance rate has been less than 70%. It has become a routine to recuperate and log out for a long time throughout the year, even if the Hornets later come. The 2017 All-Star Game seems to be his peak. Even though he is only 33 years old now, it should be impossible to return to the All-Star Game.
▌Kristaps Porzingis 2018
Ever since the Knicks selected him in the 2015 draft, Kristaps Porzingis has not been favored by New York fans. Even when the NBA president read his name, there were a lot of boos in the court.
However, Porzingis quickly responded to the New York audience with his performance, especially the hot pot part. His relatively flexible height of 7 feet 2 inches made Porzingis often astonished by his skills in his rookie season. He once completed a game in a game. 24 points, 14 rebounds and 7 hot shots. Only two rookies in history have accomplished such results, namely Shaquille O’Neal and Tim Duncan. Everyone is looking forward to his future.
In 2018, Kristaps Porzingis was selected for the All-Star Game, but was unable to play due to injury. (Picture source LINE TODAY: AP/Dazhi Image)
Porzingis entered his third season as a rookie with a lengthy injury history. Before the start of this season, he became the Knicks’ most important player. Since Carmelo Anthony left New York before the season, Porzingis was entrusted with more responsibilities and his scoring average exceeded the 20 mark for the first time. Because of his high popularity in New York, he was pushed into the All-Star Game and became a genuine star player.
As everyone knows, less than two weeks before the start of the All-Star Game, Porzingis injured his anterior cruciate ligament in the game. This injury caused him to be reimbursed for the entire season. Therefore, Porzingis did not appear in the All-Star Game. He was well-known for being selected for the All-Star Game, but he was not. The reality of playing in the All-Star Game.
And that was the only time he might be selected for the All-Star Game. After that, he moved to the Mavericks and the Wizards, but because he was no longer the focus of everyone’s attention, he mightn’t get his turn in the All-Star Game. And frequent injuries did not let him go, making him synonymous with injuries.
Porzingis, who came to the Celtics this season, performed well. Although he is not the team’s main scorer, the Celtics record with him is far ahead, and his performance definitely contributes. But it may not be easy to see him return to the All-Star Game. Why?
Because the two star players on the team: Tatum and Brown, can basically be regarded as guaranteed members of the All-Star Game in recent years, and it is very difficult for a team to select more than three people to enter the All-Star Game at a time, not to mention other players such as Derrick White and Jrue Holiday are both good players with a strong presence, and they are also an important reason why the Celtics can win alone in their current record. It is not easy for Porzingis to stand out.
Let’s see if they can win the championship this season! If possible, there may be a slight chance, but I think the difficulty is still very high.
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