Bane or Cade maybe but it’s an uphill battle especially since bad records do not usually get rewarded
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No way Cade is an allstar
but yes way bane
Cade will be better with Duren and Bojan
Wemby
Sengun
He's the one.
Maxeyyyyy
Maxey, Chet, Franz or Paolo
Barnes
Mikal, Cam Thomas or Brunson
Hasheem Thabeet. In China
Anthony Edwards
Chet Holmgren
RJ Barrett (?)
Maxey and Chet
Honestly, Chet might have a shot. Probably unlikely, but 17/8.5/2.5 with 1 steal and almost 2.5 blocks, on 56/43/88 splits is pretty insane for a rookie
Very slight chance. He’s good and all but hard to see them giving it to a rook
Maxey, Sengun, Mobley, Brunson.
Autocorrect corrected Mobley to Monkey. WTF.
Mobley has not been good enough offensively
If wemby continues to play even decent his name and popularity alone will make a significant push for all star consideration
Jalen Brunson
immanuel quickley
Maxey Sengun Chet
Mikal Bridges is having a good season
The list is long, but my guesses so far would be Maxey, Paolo, Chet
Maxey seems like a lock with great production on a great team.
Paolo and/or Franz could do it if Orlando keeps up their winning ways.
Scottie has been looking real good but he might need a bit more success from his team overall to get the nod
Chet is looking great and his team is winning so I think it is likely
Brunson is undoubtedly one of the best guards but NYK is suspect in my book this season. They're winning right now though.
Mikal is great as well, but Brooklyn ain't looking too good right now
Sengun has been really impressive and I think he could get the nod if his team stays competitive.
Jalen Brunson
LeBron
I forgot Halliburton was an All Star last year. Maxey has a shot.
Anthony Edwards is the most obvious, then Maxey.
Banchero
Sct brn
Chet
Sengun, Maxey, Barnes
Chet!
So, let's take a quick look who's going to be in the All-Star team if no further injuries happen.
East: Tatum; Brown; Giannis; Embiid; Butler are a lock.
That leaves 7 open spots: Banchero from Magic for being a top 4 seed; Jalen Brunson - NY + being a top 6 seed; Tyrese Haliburton - Indiana if the team stays in the top 8; Donovan Mitchell - 4 straight All-Star appearancrs doubt it will be over; Lillard - the same when the Bucks are going to be top 3 seed.
That leaves wild card 2 open spots: LaMelo has the stats and cool factor to get him there; and the last stop will be between Maxey and Trae.
West: LeBron; Curry; Luka; KD; Booker; SGA; Jokic; Edwards are locked.
That leaves only 4 spots open: Fox (I doubt they are going to leave him if Kings are top 6 seed); Kyrie (If the Mavs stay in the top 4 spot he's going to get in); KAT (The hard truth here is that if Wolves remain Nr. 1 seed they are going to get another All-Star spot);
Wild card spot: Zion. The NBA wants him there just for the dunks and potential highlight reel and they will get him there even if there are no injuries and Pelicans stay in the top 10 standings.
But as always injuries happen and there will be more players.
So my predictions for 1st time All-Stars: Banchero; Brunson.
Lavar Ball
Wembanyama, not for the right reasons
Definitely someone from Orlando. Banchero or Franz