Shin Kyung-sung is the best lineup jewel! No. 2 in the West The Hawks Heat had a similar experience

On May 24, Beijing time, the 2024-25 season Team of the Year has been announced, and the Rockets, who are the second in the West, have not been selected, causing heated discussions. Rockets center Shin Kyung scored 58 points, 10 points shy of Harden, who had the lowest score on the All-Star team.

Shin Kyung was listed by many media outlets as the number one jewel of this year's best team. After all, he's the centerpiece of the team with the second-best regular season record in the West and was named an All-Star for the first time this season. Shin played in 76 regular season games, averaging 19.1 points, 10.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game while shooting 49.6 percent from the field. He had 45 double-doubles, tied for seventh in the league.

Houston media said: As a team with a 52-30 regular season record and the fourth best record in the league, it is really unacceptable that the Rockets have not been selected to the All-Star team this season. This proves once again that the selection of the best team is nothing more than a popularity contest - Shin Kyung should have won this honor, but was deprived of it.

In the history of the NBA, there has also been a precedent for teams with excellent records not having players selected to the All-Star team -

For example, in the 2021-22 season, the Heat had a 53-29 record in the East, but no player was selected to the All-NBA team. In that year's voting, Butler scored 32 points and Adebayo scored 28 points, placing them second and third among the undrafted players, respectively.

Another example is the 2014-15 Hawks, who played 60-22 and had the No. 1 record in the East, and were one of the representatives of team basketball, and also did not have any players selected to the All-NBA team. In that year's vote, Millsap scored 70 points and Horford scored 64 points, also ranking second and third among the undrafted players.