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Best players not selected to the All Star Game

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:55 pm
by Mike G
Since 1980, there have been 99 players with at least 10 Win Shares in a season, who did not get selected to the All Star game that year.
The lowest WS/48 rate among these was .149, and the lowest PER is 15.1

Win Shares are somewhat related to team success, and so is ASG selection. To get a better notion of "best" players (by traditional thought), I've created an xyz stat:
xyz = square root of (PER * WS * WS/48)

The top 64 non-allstars in xyz -- 2 per year, on avg -- are here listed, in reverse chronology.
(Just realized last year's short season doesn't contain any. And 1999 had no ASG.)

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xyz     Player         yr   Tm     PER   WS/48   WS   Pts  Rb  As  St  Bk
6.62   Zach Randolph   11   MEM   22.6   .185   10.5   20  12   2   1   0
6.29 LaMarcus Aldridge 11   POR   21.5   .166   11.1   22   9   2   1   1
6.01   Lamar Odom      11   LAL   19.4   .184   10.1   14   9   3   1   1

6.19   Nene Hilario    10   DEN   18.9   .188   10.8   14   8   3   1   1

7.92   Manu Ginobili   08   SAS   24.3   .232   11.1   20   5   5   2   0
6.44   Deron Williams  08   UTA   20.8   .177   11.3   19   3  11   1   0
6.42   Jose Calderon   08   TOR   20.5   .197   10.2   11   3   8   1   0

xyz     Player         yr   Tm     PER   WS/48   WS   Pts  Rb  As  St  Bk
7.92   Manu Ginobili   07   SAS   24.1   .246   10.6   17   4   4   2   0
6.93   Elton Brand     07   LAC   23.1   .180   11.6   21   9   3   1   2
6.09   Luol Deng       07   CHI   18.7   .176   11.3   19   7   3   1   1
6.09   Jason Terry     07   DAL   18.9   .182   10.8   17   3   5   1   0

6.40   Chris Paul      06   NOK   22.1   .178   10.4   16   5   8   2   0
6.38 Richard Jefferson 06   NJN   18.9   .184   11.7   20   7   4   1   0
6.17   Michael Redd    06   MIL   21.2   .166   10.8   25   4   3   1   0

xyz     Player         yr   Tm     PER   WS/48   WS   Pts  Rb  As  St  Bk
6.80  Chauncey Billups 05   DET   19.0   .202   12.1   17   3   6   1   0
6.62   Stephon Marbury 05   NYK   21.9   .171   11.7   22   3   8   2   0
6.32   Elton Brand     05   LAC   22.4   .169   10.6   20  10   3   1   2

6.48  Chauncey Billups 04   DET   18.6   .198   11.4   17   4   6   1   0
6.04   James Posey     04   MEM   18.8   .195   10.0   14   5   2   2   1

6.63   Karl Malone*    03   UTA   21.7   .182   11.1   21   8   5   2   0

xyz     Player         yr   Tm     PER   WS/48   WS   Pts  Rb  As  St  Bk
6.84   John Stockton*  02   UTA   21.9   .200   10.7   13   3   8   2   0
6.67   Brent Barry     02   SEA   19.3   .191   12.1   14   5   5   2   1
6.58   David Robinson* 02   SAS   20.3   .211   10.1   12   8   1   1   2
6.39   Ben Wallace     02   DET   18.6   .190   11.6    8  13   1   2   4
6.04   Andre Miller    02   CLE   21.8   .163   10.3   17   5  11   2   0

8.63   Dirk Nowitzki   01   DAL   22.8   .224   14.6   22   9   2   1   1
7.20   John Stockton*  01   UTA   22.3   .216   10.8   12   3   9   2   0
7.09   Marcus Camby    01   NYK   20.9   .233   10.3   12  12   1   1   2
6.97   Steve Francis   01   HOU   21.6   .184   12.2   20   7   7   2   0
6.93   Shawn Marion    01   PHO   21.0   .196   11.7   17  11   2   2   1
6.09   Paul Pierce     01   BOS   22.3   .160   10.4   25   6   3   2   1

xyz     Player         yr   Tm     PER   WS/48   WS   Pts  Rb  As  St  Bk
7.52   Kevin Johnson   97   PHO   22.9   .211   11.7   20   4   9   2   0
7.10   Mookie Blaylock 97   ATL   20.4   .197   12.5   17   5   6   3   0
7.06   Reggie Miller*  97   IND   20.2   .200   12.4   22   4   3   1   0
6.83   Kenny Anderson  97   POR   19.5   .193   12.4   18   4   7   2   0
6.09   Anthony Mason   97   CHH   18.9   .173   11.3   16  11   6   1   1
6.05   Jeff Hornacek   97   UTA   18.8   .190   10.3   15   3   4   2   0
6.04   Hersey Hawkins  97   SEA   17.6   .190   10.9   14   4   3   2   0

6.91   Toni Kukoc      96   CHI   20.4   .231   10.1   13   4   4   1   0
6.10   Jeff Hornacek   96   UTA   19.1   .190   10.3   15   3   4   1   0

xyz     Player         yr   Tm     PER   WS/48   WS   Pts  Rb  As  St  Bk
7.35   Clyde Drexler*  95   TOT   22.4   .206   11.7   22   6   5   2   1
6.04   Toni Kukoc      95   CHI   19.8   .185   10.0   16   5   5   1   0

7.06   Reggie Miller*  94   IND   20.2   .212   11.7   20   3   3   2   0

6.32   Reggie Miller*  93   IND   19.4   .183   11.3   21   3   3   2   0

8.30   Horace Grant    92   CHI   20.6   .237   14.1   14  10   3   1   2
7.31   Larry Nance     92   CLE   21.4   .204   12.3   17   8   3   1   3

xyz     Player         yr   Tm     PER   WS/48   WS   Pts  Rb  As  St  Bk
7.31   Reggie Miller*  91   IND   21.2   .202   12.5   23   3   4   1   0
6.44   Scottie Pippen* 91   CHI   20.6   .179   11.3   18   7   6   2   1

6.88   Terry Porter    90   POR   20.0   .202   11.7   18   3   9   2   0
6.18   Mark Price      90   CLE   21.1   .179   10.1   20   3   9   2   0

6.78   Kevin Johnson   89   PHO   20.5   .184   12.2   20   4  12   2   0
6.33   Robert Parish*  89   BOS   21.6   .177   10.5   19  13   2   1   2

8.83   John Stockton*  88   UTA   23.2   .238   14.1   15   3  14   3   0

xyz     Player         yr   Tm     PER   WS/48   WS   Pts  Rb  As  St  Bk
6.55   Larry Nance     87   PHO   22.2   .190   10.2   23   9   3   1   2
6.26   Doc Rivers      87   ATL   19.9   .191   10.3   13   4  10   2   0

6.53  Charles Barkley* 86   PHI   22.4   .176   10.8   20  13   4   2   2

6.73   Kevin McHale*   85   BOS   20.7   .199   11.0   20   9   2   0   2
6.25   Artis Gilmore*  85   SAS   20.3   .183   10.5   19  10   2   1   2

6.16   Bill Cartwright 83   NYK   19.0   .197   10.1   16   7   2   1   2

xyz     Player         yr   Tm     PER   WS/48   WS   Pts  Rb  As  St  Bk
6.56   Dan Issel*      81   DEN   21.7   .190   10.5   22   9   2   1   1
6.11   Cedric Maxwell  81   BOS   17.6   .193   11.0   15   7   3   1   1

7.05   Cedric Maxwell  80   BOS   19.0   .214   12.2   17   9   3   1   1
6.93   Dan Issel*      80   DEN   22.2   .188   11.5   24   9   2   1   1
6.67   Gus Williams    80   SEA   20.6   .187   11.6   22   3   5   2   1
* indicates Hall of Fame member.
This data was gotten very easily at b-r.com
http://bkref.com/tiny/dYONP

After one or two serious snubs per year for 17 years, the 1997 ASG missed 7 players -- Anthony Mason and 6 guards.
Next 2 ASG -- no big oversights.

Re: Best players not selected to the All Star Game

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:02 pm
by Mike G
Of player-seasons of 9 or more WS to not make the ASG, 28 were centers, 98 forwards, and 86 guards.