NBA All-Star Reserves: Surprising Contenders Poised to Steal the Spotlight This Year
I’d round out my list with two more first-timers. I thought Powell deserved a Western spot last season, and he’s been even better in his first season in Miami, averaging a career-high 23.1 points per game on 47/39/84 shooting splits, launching 3s and getting to the free-throw line more than ever, and fitting seamlessly into the Heat’s new perpetual-motion-machine offense — which, by the way, scores at a top-six clip when he’s on the floor.
A reasonable observer could argue that Bam Adebayo, Erik Spoelstra’s beloved Giving Tree, is more central to the Heat’s success (especially, obviously, on the defensive end) than Powell has been. But in the consequence-free sandbox of this nonbinding thought exercise, I think it’d be more fun to reward Powell for just continuing to get better and better as he nears his 33rd birthday. Similarly, while White has had a really rough go of it shooting the ball this season — just 48.4% inside the arc and 32.3% beyond it — he’s been an indispensable playmaker for Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics, who have overcome all manner of injuries, trades and free agency exits to somehow sit second in the East. He’s been a defensive monster — 1.3 steals, 1.5 blocks and 2.9 deflections per game — while toting a 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio at the controls of what’s been the NBA’s second-best offense. The Celtics wouldn’t be where they are without White’s ability to give them whatever they need on a night-to-night basis. Sounds like an All-Star to me.
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