It looks like Dwyane Wade’s final NBA season won’t include an appearance in the NBA All-Star Game.
Wade was not among the seven players chosen as All-Star reserves from the Eastern Conference, which were announced Thursday night. Coaches selected Indiana’s Victor Oladipo, Toronto’s Kyle Lowry, Detroit’s Blake Griffin, Milwaukee’s Khris Middleton, Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons, Washington’s Bradley Beal and Orlando’s Nikola Vucevic as the reserves from the East.
While there was a push from the fans to send Wade to one final All-Star Game before he retires at the end of this season, he said last week that “if I’m choosing an All-Star, I’m not picking me.