I was initially surprised that over 9% of NBA players made an all-star team, but then it occurred to me that there are players who’ve been in the league for over ten years who may have been in only one or two all-star games, so the numbers actually make sense.
I do occasional TV work with Devin Harris and I asked him on the air last week -- without knowing the math -- how life-changing it was to earn All-Star status in 2009 like he did. Now that I know the math ... it's even more impressive to me. Only 9.4 percent of the players in league history can say they made it to that level. It's a big deal.
As great as it was to watch a newly minted sixer steal the show at the slam dunk contest, why are we subject to 4 nobodies in a competition that once featured the best of the best?
I was initially surprised that over 9% of NBA players made an all-star team, but then it occurred to me that there are players who’ve been in the league for over ten years who may have been in only one or two all-star games, so the numbers actually make sense.
I do occasional TV work with Devin Harris and I asked him on the air last week -- without knowing the math -- how life-changing it was to earn All-Star status in 2009 like he did. Now that I know the math ... it's even more impressive to me. Only 9.4 percent of the players in league history can say they made it to that level. It's a big deal.
As great as it was to watch a newly minted sixer steal the show at the slam dunk contest, why are we subject to 4 nobodies in a competition that once featured the best of the best?
Can't make players do it and you know the deal by now: No one established wants to do it.
Why does no one want to do it? Fear of embarrassment?
I’ve read the section labeled 36 and can’t figure out why it is 36. Seems like 8 or 73 would make more sense.
You should be an editor. It SHOULD be 8 or 73 and I failed to change it from its original 36.
Fixed now!