Do you think LaMelo Ball will be named an All-Star?

LaMelo Ball did extraordinarily well in the fan vote, however he was not named a starter. Does this mean he won’t get in?

Generally, good players on bad teams do not get named all stars. Coaches especially tend to give those spots to players on better teams. Jeff Teague and Kyle Korver being All-Stars in the same season is a prime example of this.

This season, LaMelo Ball is averaging 29 points and 7.5 assists on 42/33/83 shooting splits for an 11-30 Hornets team. Ball has missed 11 games. He has a reputation for putting style over substance some of the time, which boosts his popularity with fans but potentially may not win over the coaches around the league.

Bradley Beal provides an interesting example of All-Stars on bad teams.

In the 2019-2020 season, Bradley Beal averaged 27 points and 6.5 assists on 44/33 shooting splits Through the first 41 games of the season. The Wizards had 13 wins. Beal missed 7 games. Beal was not named an All-Star.

The following season, Beal put up 32 points and 5 assists on 49(!)/33 shooting splits through 41 games. The Wizards had 15 wins. Beal missed 3 games. Beal was named an All-Star.

I had a tricky time finding stats for this so if anybody else knows please correct me but I believe if Ball was named an All-Star, he would have the lowest team record for an All-Star reserve (important distinction, as fan voting has led to some wild starters in the past) in the history of the modern NBA.

So what do we think? Will he be named an All-Star? Should he? Why or why not? I don’t have any personal horse in this race, I just think it’s an interesting little “storyline,” if you can even call it that.