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#8 Mike Bibby
Though Mike Bibby was the main playmaker for a thrilling and dynamic Sacramento Kings team, he had no selections in an NBA All-star game during his career; like with many others in this list, it was probably a case of bad timing instead of repeated snubs.
Bibby was a solid player in the NBA, at least from the numbers' standpoint. From his rookie year in the 1998-99 season to the 2006-07 campaign, he averaged 16.8 points and six assists per game on 44% shooting and 37% from three.
His best NBA season was in 2005-06 when he made 21 points and five assists per game. But the Western Conference All-star team that season had the likes of Steve Nash, Tony Parker, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady and Ray Allen in the guard position, which meant that Bibby missed out.
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#7 Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Sabonis' NBA career might have started at the wrong time as he was 31 and probably not at his physical peak at the start of the 1995-96 season.
Nevertheless, Sabonis was a solid basketball player in the NBA as was the case during his superstar career in Europe. The big Lithuanian man played seven NBA seasons and averaged 12 points and seven rebounds on 50% shooting. He had his best NBA season in 1997-98 when he averaged a double-double with 16 points and ten rebounds, numbers that were certainly worthy of being an NBA All-star player.
However, the big-man cast in the Western Conference NBA All-Star in 1998 comprised of Shaquille O'Neal, David Robinson, Kevin Garnett, Karl Malone and Tim Duncan. The only player whom Sabonis could have beaten for a spot in that All-Star team was Seattle Supersonics' Vin Baker, but Baker had better numbers than Sabonis, and Seattle was a top-2 seed in the West.
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#6 Toni Kukoc
Three-time NBA champion with the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls, Toni Kukoc, who was stellar when his team needed him, was a solid NBA talent but not quite an NBA All-star.
Kukoc's career numbers in the NBA were 11.6 points, four rebounds and four assists per game; he started 259 of his 846 games in the competition.
He won the 1995-96 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award when the Bulls won 72 games, but his personal best season was in 1998-99 when he averaged 18.8 points, seven rebounds and five assists per game.
There was no NBA All-star game during that shortened lockout season. Besides, the Bulls were an underwhelming team and were not in the spotlight anymore after Jordan retired for the second time. So Kukoc's chances of an All-Star selection were slim anyway.
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#5 Byron Scott
Byron Scott was a solid player for the 1980s LA Lakers, but he could never find a spot in an NBA All-star game.
Since entering the league with Arizona State in 1983-84, Scott averaged 16 points, three rebounds and three assists per game, but an NBA All-star spot remained elusive for him.
His career-best came in the 1987-88 season when he averaged 21 points, four rebounds and four assists while playing 81 games on 52% shooting, numbers that could have merited an NBA All-star selection for most players.
However, the eventual 1988 NBA champions LA Lakers already had three NBA All-star players in Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy, making it tough for Scott to get in. Still, Scott probably should have been in the NBA All-Star team in place of Alvin Robertson, but the San Antonio Spurs' guard got in despite having stats that were arguably inferior to Scott's.
