Chris Paul will not be joining James Harden as an All-Star this year. He probably should be.
There’s no argument to be made that All-Stars Damian Lillard and Klay Thompson are better than he is, either this year or certainly over their careers. But Lillard, Thompson, Russell Westbrook and Jimmy Butler — the four guards selected as reserves — have played 40, 47, 47 and 45 games, respectively. Chris Paul has played 28.
That is, or at least should be, 100 percent of the reason CP3 was left off the ballot.