With the All-Star reserves now announced, Hassan Whiteside has once again missed out on the call to be among the Eastern Conference's best.

The Miami Heat was snubbed in All-Star selections this year again, and for the first time in 25 years, the NBA failed to select an All-Star from a team that had been in the top four of the Eastern Conference.

Whiteside was entirely perplexed with that reasoning, according to Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald.

“You know, it’s confusing,” Whiteside said of the way the All-Star players were selected. “I get confused about it sometimes. Is it about stats? Or is it about winning?”

“Certain guys, they say, ‘Oh, he’s winning. His team’s winning, so we put him on there.’ Other guys, he’s got good stats but his team sucks. So what is it about? I just [need to] understand what it’s about.”

The Heat are in much better shape this season, currently sitting in fourth place in the East at 27-20 and a half-game behind the Cleveland Cavaliers for the third seed, despite the season-ending ankle surgery to Dion Waiters.

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Yet of the teams with the 15 best records in the league, the Heat is the only one without an All-Star selection, per Jackson.

“Yeah, I always felt like that,” Whiteside said. “A lot of people look over Miami. So I feel like that a lot….We’ve got All-Stars. They just didn’t get voted in.”

Whiteside wasn't the only one bypassed, as point guard Goran Dragic was also snubbed, despite being the most likely candidate to nail a spot. The 7-foot center thought this had a direct correlation to the Heat having yet to play a game broadcasted by TNT.

“It got a lot to do with it,” Whiteside said. “The NBA pushes teams. The NBA pushes guys. The media pushes people. There’s teams all got Christmas games that stink, so I’m not going to say what teams, but you all know those teams that shouldn’t be playing on Christmas. But a lot of NBA teams push guys into starting.”