Most years not getting All-Star votes from different gamers

The NBA All-Star course of is a reputation contest, and that doesn’t simply imply reputation with followers however with fellow gamers, too. That’s as a result of since 2016-17, the NBA has lively gamers and media be a part of followers within the voting course of for All-Star starters, with gamers’ votes counting for 25 p.c of the general whole.

Naturally, some gamers began treating the method as a joke, voting for his or her teammates or buddies to be All-Stars, deserving of the honour or not. Simply this 12 months, the likes of Jordan Walsh, Christian Wooden and Yuki Kawamura acquired an All-Star vote from a fellow participant. Wooden hasn’t even performed in a sport but this season.

That bought us questioning about which gamers in NBA historical past have performed probably the most seasons with out incomes a single All-Star vote from a fellow participant. And one of many two gamers who holds the document for that shocked us.

Austin Rivers performed seven seasons within the NBA as soon as fellow gamers began becoming a member of within the All-Star voting course of. And in that point, he by no means bought a single All-Star vote from one other participant, a document he holds with Landry Shamet.

That’s regardless of Rivers’ two greatest campaigns within the NBA – 2016-17 and 2017-18 – coming proper when gamers began becoming a member of within the All-Star vote. ’18 was the perfect season of Rivers’ profession, with the proficient 2-guard averaging 15.1 factors and 4.0 assists on 37.8 p.c capturing from three that 12 months.

So this was a little bit of a head-scratcher for us. Was Rivers actually that unpopular amongst his friends that not a single one determined to throw him an All-Star vote, whilst a joke? As you’re about to seek out out beneath, he’s one of many two greatest gamers on this record (and the one participant who may need been higher on this record, Brandon Knight, was already slowed down by accidents in ’17 when gamers turned a part of the All-Star voting course of).

And Rivers was a giant identify, popping out of highschool as an elite, well-known prospect, and heading to Duke to play for the legendary Mike Krzyzewski earlier than attending to the NBA as a lottery decide. He’s additionally the son of long-time NBA participant and head coach Doc Rivers.

However possibly it was that nepotistic side of Rivers’ journey that made him unpopular along with his friends. Or maybe it was his playstyle, as Rivers turned a defensive pest (praise) within the NBA, one who would speak a good quantity of trash.

Or possibly it was just by likelihood that one other participant by no means thought to throw Rivers as an All-Star vote.

Regardless of the cause was, beneath, you’ll be able to try the total rating of the NBA gamers with probably the most seasons performed to by no means get an All-Star vote from one other NBA participant.