The Phoenix Suns have not have an All-Star representative since Steve Nash in 2012, and Devin Booker has not only been the franchise’s best possibility for the past few years, but the only potential selection since his entrance into the league.
Unfortunately, this year the team hasn’t been good enough to warrant national attention (thanks, Robert Sarver), so Book stood absolutely zero chance at being voted on by the fans.
Then (for some unknown reason) he was also not selected as a reserve, which appeared to not only continue the franchise’s streak of non-All-Star representation beyond eight calendar years, but he (and Bradley Beal) were set to become the first players to average over 27 points per game at the All-Star break to not make an All-Star team since Ronald Reagan was President of the United States (Purvis Short in 1984-85 – who you ask?