NBA All-Star Game: The Worst NBA All-Stars of the 2000’s
By Jason Veiga
Tyson Chandler, New York Knicks (2012-13)
Being the 2nd pick in the 2001 NBA Draft (after Kwame Brown), Tyson Chandler has been more of a name his entire career than an actual all-star. Comparing his first five seasons in the NBA to Kwame Brown’s first five seasons, the numbers aren’t that off. Kwame averaged 7.4 and 5.5 rebounds and Tyson Chandler averaged 6.9 points and 7.6 rebounds.
Tyson Chandler was lucky to be traded to the Hornets, where Chris Paul made him look great (which he did with David West and currently Deandre Jordan). He finally made a name for himself with inflated stats, and later on went to the Dallas Mavericks and won a championship with them, “anchoring” their defense.
He went to New York after one season in Dallas, and finally became an all-star in 2012-2013 where he averaged 10.4 points and 10.7 rebounds and lost to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
In his 15th season, he’s currently playing for the Phoenix Suns, making $13 million a year until 2017-2018, while averaging 5.9 points and 8.5 rebounds on the worst team in basketball. For his career, he’s averaging 8.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks per game.
Roy Hibbert, Indiana Pacers (2013-14)
Treated poorly through the media, Roy Hibbert has not been treated right for the past couple seasons.
Before being drafted, he was never expected to make the all-star team, let alone making it twice. In fact, he was projected to be like a Joel Przybilla. The 17th pick looked like a great pick for Indiana, when he made the all-star team in the 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 season.
The media hyped him up to be a force, when in reality he only averaged 12.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, and two blocks in 2011-2012, and 10.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 2.2 blocks in 2013-2014.
In his first all-star season, the Pacers lost to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in six games, and two years later lost to the same team in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in six games.
He currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, where he’s laughing to the bank making $15.5 million this season, and only averaging 6.6 points and 5.2 rebounds. So far in his 8 years, he’s averaging 10.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks.