Recently, the organizers of the American Professional Basketball League (NBA) finalized the official NBA All-Star 2024 lineup – an event of special interest to the domestic and world basketball community.
It’s easy to see here that basketball star Stephen Curry is not on this year’s All-Star list. This is the second time in the past 10 years that a Golden State Warriors player has been absent from this event (the first time was in 2020).
According to the voting criteria for the All-Star main team, fans have the greatest decision-making power when they hold 50% of the points, while the votes of NBA players and the media will account for 50% of the points. remaining.
Accordingly, Stephen Curry only ranked 3rd in the fan vote for Western players playing on the outside, while only 2 spots in this position were selected for the All-Star main team. Anthony Edwards, Kyrie Irving and James Harden are the names ranked next.
This season, Stephen Curry has an average of 26.7 points, 5 assists, 44.6% shooting success rate and 40.1% 3-point shooting efficiency. Curry’s not-so-impressive performance compared to other names like Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as well as the Warriors’ poor performance is the reason why a part of voters removed this superstar from their selection. me.
However, Curry’s absence is not the most controversial thing, but the fact that Damian Lillard surpassed Jalen Brunson to be named in this year’s all-star team makes many people feel confused. Both have the same score, but Lillard is better than Brunson in the secondary index: fan votes.
This Brunson cannot compare with his colleague wearing the Milwaukee Bucks shirt, when Damian Lillard is an extremely famous name and joining the Bucks this season also makes “Dame”‘s name even more prominent. time is over.
In terms of performance this season, obviously Lillard cannot compete with the star on the New York Knicks payroll.
The list of reserve players at the 2024 NBA All-Star event will be selected and announced by the head coaches of NBA teams on February 1, 2024.