Real NBA All-Star "snubs" and the Detroit Pistons

De'Aaron Fox

It's a tough season when 27.5 points, 5.4 assists and four rebounds per game on solid shooting efficiency don't get you into the All-Star game, ask De'Aaron Fox.

But who are you going to bounce? Shai Gilgeous-Alexander? Nope. Devin Booker? Stephen Curry? If we are using the team success measure, the Kings are better than the Suns and Warriors, but we are talking about Devin Booker and Steph freaking Curry here.

It's going to be next to impossible for Fox to make an All-Star team in the West as long as those two are still around. He'd likely have to lead the league in scoring or get the Kings to the top of the conference before even being considered.

This shows just how much talent there is in the NBA right now, as some of the players excluded are putting up stats that would have been All-Star worthy in other seasons.

But when you have TEN teams averaging at least 118 points per game (last season there were three), there are going to be players racking up numbers, which is going to make the All-Star selections even more subjective and difficult. There are no "snubs," just guys playing in an offensive golden era that make stats hard to judge.