Snubbed may be a little too strong, but it really did feel like there was a chance for Derrick White to make the All-Star Game this season, for the first time in his career. But thanks to a shooting slump that coincided with voting season, White didn’t make the team as his conventional counting stats and efficiency metrics left something to be desired.
One of the members of the national media who was banging the drum for D-White, and has been doing so for years, was Zach Lowe of The Ringer. While Lowe admitted that White’s shooting was enough to keep him off his All-Star team this year, he reserved a spot for him on another, less distinguished All-Star team.