The NBA All-Star reserves for the March 7th game were announced Tuesday afternoon and LeBron James wasn’t happy about one very good player from the Western Conference not making the cut – Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker.
The reserves from the West are Chris Paul (Booker’s teammate in Phoenix), Damian Lillard, Paul George, Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, Zion Williamson, and Anthony Davis.
It’s tough to find a name there that Booker should replace because all those guys are having good years, though a switch with Paul would be fine.
The reserves from the East are: James Harden, Jayson Tatum, Zach LaVine, Ben Simmons, Jaylen Brown, Julius Randle, and Nikola Vucevic.
LeBron tweeted his displeasure about Booker not getting picked, saying: “Devin Booker is the most disrespected player in our league!!! Simple as that.”
Devin Booker is the most disrespected player in our league!!! Simple as that.
— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 24, 2021
He also then added another player to that group, though this guy rightfully was named an All-Star:
Followed by Dame Dolla.
— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 24, 2021
Lillard’s teammate, CJ McCollum agreed with the LeBron:
Damn @DevinBook really didn’t make it ? That’s craxy . Bruh really cold too smh. Sick world
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) February 24, 2021
Again, it was a tough call and somebody always gets left off a team when they very easily could have made it.
But it is cool to see LeBron and other players supporting guys who aren’t on their teams.