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For the fourth year in a row, Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker is considered one of the biggest snubs for the All-Star game. Despite putting up over 22 points a game since his second season in the NBA, the 23-year-old star has yet to earn the right to call himself an All-Star.
This season, Booker is putting up a career-high 27.1 points per game to go along with 4.1 rebounds and 6.4 assists while shooting a career-best 51.0 percent from the field and 36.8 percent from deep. The former Kentucky Wildcat has been so effective and efficient that he has the distinction of being the only guard in the NBA to score over 23 points per game with a 50 percent-plus field goal percentage.
Instead of Booker, the reserve guards on the Western Conference All-Star team include Damian Lillard, Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook and Donovan Mitchell, with Luka Doncic and James Harden earning starting spots.
The problem Booker faces is his team's lack of success. All of the guards on the Western Conference record apart from Lillard are on playoff teams while the Suns sit in 11th place with a 20-27 record.
The current system of choosing All-Star includes a combination of fan, media and player voting while coaches choose the reserves for each conference. However, if it were up to the Suns star, the system needs one simple fix: put in the best players regardless of position.
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Devin Booker mentioned that while making the All-Star Game has always been a goal of his, his exemption from the team only proves the fact that the NBA is different than what it was when he was growing up.
