Most years not getting All-Star votes from other players

The NBA All-Star course of is a recognition contest, and that doesn’t simply imply recognition with followers however with fellow gamers, too. That’s as a result of since 2016-17, the NBA has energetic 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 consideration or not. Simply this 12 months, the likes of Jordan Walsh, Christian Wooden and Yuki Kawamura obtained an All-Star vote from a fellow participant. Wooden hasn’t even performed in a recreation 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 report 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 report he holds with Landry Shamet.

That’s regardless of Rivers’ two finest 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 gifted 2-guard averaging 15.1 factors and 4.0 assists on 37.8 p.c taking pictures 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, at the same time as a joke? As you’re about to seek out out beneath, he’s one of many two finest gamers on this checklist (and the one participant who may need been higher on this checklist, Brandon Knight, was already slowed down by accidents in ’17 when gamers grew to become 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 choose. 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 together with his friends. Or maybe it was his playstyle, as Rivers grew to become 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 take a look at 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.