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Mike G
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2026 All Star selections

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Allstar game reserves to be announced tomorrow. OK, well first, here is a goofy ranking of players, West and East, based on their ranks in PER, WS, WS/48, BPM, and VORP. It's just the average of those 5 rankings.

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avg    ranks:  PER  WS  w48  BPM  vorp      avg    ranks:  PER  WS  w48  BPM vorp
1.4    Jokić    1    2    1    1    2       7.8   Giannis   2   23    3    3    8
1.8    Shai     3    1    2    2    1       8.6   Maxey    11    3   18    7    4
5.6    Luka     4    6   10    5    3      13.4  Mitchell  10   14   27   11    5
8.8    Butler   9    5    4    9   17      14.4 Cunningham 21   15   21    8    7
10.6   Kawhi    6   24   11    6    6      17.6   Duren     8   13    7   27   33
11.8   Wemby    5   33    8    4    9      23.2   Brunson  22   16   25   28   25
13.2   Durant  23    4   13   16   10      27.2  JJohnson  25   27   51   18   15
14.2  JMurray  12    9   20   17   13      28.8   Barnes   34   22   53   21   14
15.6  Holmgren 18    8    9   19   24      31.0  MkBridges 70   12   35   22   16
18.2  Edwards  16   26   28   10   11      32.8   Towns    29   19   23   53   40
avg    ranks:  PER  WS  w48  BPM  vorp      avg    ranks:  PER  WS  w48  BPM vorp
21.6   Şengün  19   28   29   13   19      34.8   J Brown  15   38   61   34   26
22.0   Avdija  25   21   37   15   12      38.2  Pritchard 58   18   33   50   32
22.6   Curry   14   37   32   12   18      39.0   Ware     30   42   16   43   64
23.2 MWilliams 13   17    5   32   49      41.4  Knueppel  61   30   46   41   29
24.0   Harden  17   20   40   23   20      43.2   Mobley   44   47   57   37   31
24.0   Randle  31    7   24   35   23      43.4   MPorter  20   81   81   14   21
34.0 AThompson 50   11   36   45   28      47.6   Claxton  48   45   44   53   48
37.4 Gillespie 71   35   39   20   22                        
45.0   Booker  33   40   49   57   46                        
47.0  T Murphy 49   36   70   50   30                        
https://www.basketball-reference.com/le ... anced.html
If Giannis doesn't play (or leaves the East), that leaves Tyrese Maxey as the only Easterner who would crack the top 8 in the West. And that is somewhat due to his league-leading minutes to date.
These players are currently top-50 in at least 4 of the 5 stats shown, with one exception.
Mark Williams (Phx) is liked by all these stats, loved by WS.
Pascal Siakam and his .084 WS/48 is no go. Embiid, Ingram, Banchero, Bam are no-shows.

Here are just-produced eWins projections, as an alternative.
The West:

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e82    per36 rates    tm    min   Eff%   Sco   Reb   Ast   Stl   TO   Blk   e484
17.4 * Shai G-A      OKC * 1571  .658   38.9   4.7   6.0   1.4   2.3   .9   3.20
14.3 * Nikola Jokić  Den * 1130  .701   33.4  13.3   9.6   1.5   3.7   .8   3.67
13.6 * Luka Dončić   LAL * 1410  .602   30.5   8.5   7.4   1.6   4.4   .5   2.68
10.8  Kevin Durant   Hou * 1618  .624   27.0   6.0   3.9    .6   3.1   .9   1.82
10.6  James Harden   LAC   1559  .584   24.3   5.3   7.3   1.2   3.9   .4   1.89

10.5  Jamal Murray   Den * 1561  .614   25.2   4.6   6.4   1.1   2.5   .4   1.94
10.2  Julius Randle  Min   1629  .586   22.9   7.8   5.0   1.3   2.9   .3   1.81
10.1 * V Wembanyama  SAS *  954  .608   29.6  14.2   2.9   1.1   3.5  3.5   2.94
9.9   Kawhi Leonard  LAC   1123  .618   29.6   7.2   3.4   2.2   2.4   .7   2.45
9.9  Alperen Şengün  Hou   1329  .550   21.3  10.9   5.9   1.4   3.6  1.1   2.01

e82    per36 rates    tm    min   Eff%   Sco   Reb   Ast   Stl   TO   Blk   e484
9.8  Anthony Edwards Min * 1373  .612   29.4   5.6   3.3   1.4   2.9   .9   2.07
9.8   Deni Avdija    Por * 1523  .593   24.3   7.8   5.9    .9   4.2   .7   1.86
9.0   Chet Holmgren  OKC * 1260  .649   24.3  10.6   1.8    .7   2.1  2.6   2.07
9.0 * Stephen Curry  GSW * 1222  .627   30.9   4.2   4.9   1.3   3.4   .5   2.17
8.7   Amen Thompson  Hou   1718  .560   16.8   8.3   4.5   1.3   2.4   .6   1.37

8.3   Devin Booker   Phx * 1394  .567   25.3   4.5   5.7    .9   3.6   .3   1.73
7.9   Jimmy Butler   GSW   1182  .628   23.1   6.6   5.0   1.6   1.9   .3   1.97
7.2   Trey Murphy    NOP   1645  .602   19.1   6.0   2.9   1.6   1.9   .3   1.29
7.1   Mark Williams  Phx   1058  .680   19.6  12.9   1.4   1.6   1.7  1.6   1.94
7.1   Cooper Flagg   Dal   1493  .550   18.5   6.8   3.6   1.4   2.4   .8   1.34

. .  KeGeorge, Zubac, Fox, Gobert, Clingan, Markkanen, J Jackson . .

6.2   LeBron James   LAL *  992  .578   21.2   7.0   6.1   1.3   3.3   .7   1.74
Starters are denoted by a pair of asterisks. Reserves will be [now are] marked with a single *
East:

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e82    per36 rates    tm    min   Eff%   Sco   Reb   Ast   Stl   TO   Blk   e484
12.5 * Tyrese Maxey  Phl * 1761  .591   25.3   3.9   5.4   1.8   2.3   .8   1.97
11.6 * Jaylen Brown  Bos * 1514  .564   29.4   7.6   4.4   1.1   3.9   .4   2.18
11.2 * C. Cunningham Det * 1449  .554   24.4   6.2   8.6   1.5   3.9   .9   2.15
11.1  Do. Mitchell   Cle * 1560  .608   29.0   5.2   5.1   1.6   3.4   .2   2.09
10.4  Jalen Johnson  Atl * 1599  .583   20.7  10.6   6.5   1.3   3.6   .5   1.93

10.3 * Giannis A     Mil *  876  .660   34.9  12.8   5.8   1.2   4.3   .9   3.20
10.1  Karl-A Towns   NYK * 1421  .582   21.4  14.4   2.9   1.0   3.0   .8   2.01
9.8   Scottie Barnes Tor * 1690  .567   18.8   9.2   4.9   1.4   2.9  1.6   1.71
9.6 * Jalen Brunson  NYK * 1477  .585   27.2   3.5   5.3    .7   2.5   .1   1.84
9.4   Jalen Duren    Det * 1130  .651   24.5  14.9   2.0   1.1   2.6  1.1   2.30

e82    per36 rates    tm    min   Eff%   Sco   Reb   Ast   Stl   TO   Blk   e484
8.9  Michael Porter  Brk   1258  .610   26.1   8.7   3.1   1.2   2.8   .3   1.95
8.7   Pascal Siakam  Ind * 1564  .551   21.4   7.2   3.5   1.3   2.4   .5   1.58
7.9  Nikola Vučević  Chi   1458  .583   17.4  10.7   3.6    .8   1.7   .8   1.54
7.7  Brandon Ingram  Tor   1636  .561   21.3   6.6   3.3   1.0   2.8   .8   1.40
7.5 Payton Pritchard Bos   1538  .570   18.0   5.1   5.1    .9   1.3   .1   1.38

7.5   Evan Mobley    Cle   1402  .566   17.1   9.8   3.6   1.0   2.3  2.2   1.57
7.5  Paolo Banchero  Orl   1272  .550   19.9   9.7   4.4    .8   3.0   .7   1.63
7.4   Derrick White  Bos   1568  .517   16.2   5.1   5.0   1.4   2.1  1.6   1.34
7.3   Miles Bridges  Cha   1559  .560   18.4   7.7   3.4    .6   1.6   .6   1.35
7.3   Kon Knueppel   Cha   1531  .637   21.0   6.8   3.5    .9   2.5   .2   1.38
. .  LaMelo, Bam . .
6.9   Norman Powell  Mia * 1319  .601   25.0   4.2   2.5   1.4   2.4   .3   1.52
Each side with a rookie at the bottom of the barrel 20th spot.
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