{"id":576491,"date":"2026-02-02T04:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/576491\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T04:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:01:14","slug":"joel-embiid-not-named-to-2026-nba-all-star-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/576491\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid not named to 2026 NBA All-Star team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There\u2019s still time to fix it, but this kind of sucks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The NBA announced the reserves for the 2026 All-Star game and, despite his dominant month of January, Joel Embiid did not make the cut in the Eastern Conference. Instead, the backups will be Cleveland\u2019s Donovan Mitchell, Atlanta\u2019s Jalen Johnson, Indiana\u2019s Pascal Siakam, Miami\u2019s Norman Powell, Toronto\u2019s Scottie Barnes and New York\u2019s Karl-Anthony Towns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The reasoning for this has to be game\u2019s played, since Embiid\u2019s production is now better than most of those guys, though doing so in about 10-15 less appearances. After dropping 40, on the Pelicans he\u2019s up to 26.2 points per game and 7.5 rebounds on 59.9% true shooting. That really speaks to how effective he\u2019s been inside since he\u2019s still shooting 29% from behind the three-point line. Embiid has appeared in 28 games so far this season and 16 of the Sixers\u2019 last 20. He averaged 29 points and eight rebounds a game in the 14 appearances he made in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This doesn\u2019t entirely sink Embiid\u2019s chances to earn his eighth All-Star selection, though. If Giannis Antetokounmpo, a starter for the East,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/47711716\/bucks-giannis-antetokounmpo-expects-miss-4-6-weeks-due-calf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> is accurate with his own diagnosis<\/a>, he\u2019ll miss the game and the league will select his replacement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There\u2019s also a chance that as an international player, Embiid could be selected if the \u201cTeam World\u201d needs more players to round out its roster. The fact that I \u2014 and many others \u2014 are still unsure of how those rosters quite work says a lot about the idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Perhaps this ends up being a best-of-both-worlds situation for Embiid. He still makes the game, but has the motivation from being snubbed initially to work with going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s still time to fix it, but this kind of sucks. 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