Kristaps Porzingis came to the Dallas Mavericks with a reputation for unmatched talent and a cool nickname. Despite both of those things, Porzingis had only one All Star appearance while in New York. He has not been to the all star game while a Maverick, but that could change this year.
The Western Conference has been the much tougher conference to earn an All Star birth in over the last two decades. The reason that teams in the West were better is because the players in the West were better. That is no longer true. While Lebron James has moved from the East to the West, luminaries such as Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant, James Harden and Joel Embiid all reside in the East.