Kevin Love, DeMarcus Cousins, and John Wall will not play in February’s All-Star game due to injury. Common sense indicates that the next-highest vote getter would replace the injured players, and that player would be Ben Simmons.
Well, two backcourt players with lower weighted scores, which is the metric that averages fan, media, and player votes, received an All-Star nod before the Sixers rookie.
Ben Simmons’ weighted score is 4.5, which means his average finish between the three groups of voters was between fourth and fifth place. Five All-Stars finished with a lower score, as you can see in the chart below.