all-star snub

Damian Lillard is universally recognized as one of the NBA’s elite-most talents—a top-25 to top-30 player in most seasons, and a borderline top-15 to top-20 player this season. So why is it he only has two All-Star appearances to his name, and none since 2015? Well, mostly, the backcourt ballot is incredibly stuffed in the [...]

The 2017 NBA All-Star reserves were announced on Thursday night, and as always, there were deserving players left out of the equation. Singling out slights is tricky business, because it’s easy to say so-and-so earned the nod; it’s another thing to pick out who said player should have been selected over.  But Rudy Gobert of the [...]