James Doncic is not a chance! Going to the All-Star in the rookie season? Only Yao Ming and Griffin in the 21st century

The All-Stars are the best performing and most popular players in each season. There are only 24 places in the entire league, so it is generally difficult for rookies who have just entered the league to be selected. Only those popular rookies with great talent and high popularity may be selected. There are only a handful of players who have been selected as All-Stars in the rookie season in history, and they are all famous players, such as Jordan, Magic, O'Neal, Duncan, etc., and some have even entered the starting lineup. After entering the 21st century, only two players were selected as rookies, namely Yao Ming, the No. 1 pick in 2002 and Griffin, the No. 1 pick in 2009. Yao Ming was selected as an All-Star in his rookie season, mainly because of his high popularity in China. A large number of Chinese fans cast him into the All-Star and even beat O'Neal to become the starting center of the Western Conference, which also led to the NBA's subsequent changes in the All-Star voting rules.

Griffin's first season of his career was reimbursed due to injury, and he did not make his NBA debut until 2010. As the No. 1 pick, he also performed very well, especially the explosive violent dunk that attracted a large number of fans, so he was successfully selected as the All-Star and became another player who entered the All-Star in the new season.

The 21st century has also emerged many top rookie players, such as James in 2003, Durant in 2007, Doncic in 2018, and Wenban Yama in 2023, etc. They are not only talented, but also have outstanding performances in the rookie season, but they are not selected as All-Stars. It can be seen that it is indeed very difficult for rookies to enter the All-Stars.

James averaged 20+5+5 per game in his rookie season, and beat Anthony to be elected as the best rookie, but he still missed the All-Star. It was not until the second year of his career that James was selected as an All-Star for the first time, and he has been selected as an All-Star for 21 consecutive years, and he is a starter every time. Durant performed well in his rookie season, averaging more than 20 points per game, and was successfully elected as the best rookie. But even so, Durant failed to be selected as the All-Star in his rookie season.

Doncic and Vanban Yama, two talented international players, performed very well in their rookie season. Doncic averaged 21+8+6 per game, and Vanban Yama can also score 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3.6 blocks per game. Unfortunately, both of them missed the All-Star. Doncic was expected to be the starter in the fan vote, but in the end it fell out because of the players and the media.

Even rookies of superstar level such as James, Durant, Doncic, and Wenban Yama were not selected as All-Stars. It is hard to say when players will be selected as All-Stars in the future. Even the hottest new No. 1 pick Flag, it is very difficult to be selected as the All-Star in the new season.