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NBA All-Star Game: Biggest snubs of 2015

By Daniel Tran

Feb 16, 2014; New Orleans, LA, USA; Western Conference center Dwight Howard (12) of the Houston Rockets dunks the ball against Eastern Conference guard Joe Johnson (7) of the Brooklyn Nets during the 2014 NBA All-Star Game at the Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 16, 2014; New Orleans, LA, USA; Western Conference center Dwight Howard (12) of the Houston Rockets dunks the ball against Eastern Conference guard Joe Johnson (7) of the Brooklyn Nets during the 2014 NBA All-Star Game at the Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 16, 2014; New Orleans, LA, USA; Western Conference center Dwight Howard (12) of the Houston Rockets before the 2014 NBA All-Star Game at the Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /

Dwight Howard, Houston Rockets

All-Star Games are about one thing: stars. It is right there in the name, and one the NBA’s biggest stars was not voted in nor selected by the coaches to participate.

While Dwight Howard was not having a typical Dwight Howard season, He was still averaging 16.3 points, 11 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per game for a Houston Rockets team who has the third-best record in the Western Conference.

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    • It will be a strange sight not seeing the 6’11 goofball bounding across the floor, climbing the figurative ladder with the greatest ease, and pretending to be able to handle the ball like a point guard. But when you are injured, you are injured.

    The Houston Rockets center missed a good amount of time near the beginning of the season with a strained knee and is currently suffering from a sprained ankle that would have kept him limited at best in the All-Star Game anyway. Instead, he will be enjoying the festivities with the rest of us plebeians.

    Howard certainly could have benefited if the old All-Star voting process that included a separate center position was still in place. Instead, he was lumped in as a forward where there is a deep pool of talent in the Western Conference and where Howard was a star lost among stars.

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