After D’Angelo Russell represented the Brooklyn Nets in last year’s All-Star Game, the team did not see the individual make the roster this season. Both Kyrie Irving and Spencer Dinwiddie were thought to have a chance.
Irving was third in the fan vote and Dinwiddie was receiving praise from coaches across the league — and was in consideration for Player of the Week and Player of the Month on multiple occasions.
But Dinwiddie isn’t upset about getting snubbed. He previously expressed that the late Kobe Bryant’s comments about his play this year was all he needed to hear.
Though with the roster being finalized on Thursday, Friday was the first time Dinwiddie had a chance to give his thoughts on who got the nod:
Ehh you know. I mean, I told you guys, it’s a popularity contest. So I wasn’t really tripping. It’s kinda like … the economy.
Dinwiddie elaborated, going full-Tony Stark:
The way we go through quantitative easing and print money, which is, you know, not very good, you kinda inflate things that may or may not need to be inflated. So it looks a certain way. The DOW can go up and we can think everything’s going to be good, but, you know, everything has its day.
Not the first comparison that comes to mind when discussing the NBA All-Star voting, but Dinwiddie got his point across.