Kemba Walker headlined many lists of snubs from the 2016 All-Star Game. Despite leading his Charlotte Hornets to a playoff berth and averaging 20 points per game for the first time in his career, the then-fifth-year point guard didn’t get enough attention of voters or coaches to get his first All-Star bid.
Over the next two seasons, the league’s hype machine started paying attention to the UConn legend. Even though his game didn’t noticeably improve in those two seasons, he was deservedly chosen as an All-Star in both. Having developed into one of UConn’s strongest NBA alumni of all time at age 27, it seemed as if Walker had nowhere left to improve.