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Nikola Vucevic’s All-Star bid tied to Orlando Magic’s success

By Philip Rossman-Reich

ORLANDO, FL - OCTOBER 30: Nikola Vucevic #9 of the Orlando Magic handles the ball against the Sacramento Kings on October 30, 2018 at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images)
ORLANDO, FL - OCTOBER 30: Nikola Vucevic #9 of the Orlando Magic handles the ball against the Sacramento Kings on October 30, 2018 at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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The West All-Stars

The only thing anyone can say is to be thankful the Orlando Magic are not in the Western Conference. Like the standings — where team No. 4 and No. 14 are separated by 5.5 games — everything is incredibly tight. And there are going to be some very deserving players left out of the All-Star Game from the Western Conference because of conference alignments.

There are going to be some otherwise deserving starters left out of the starting lineup because of how packed and tight this conference is.

It is not worth going too much into details on the Western Conference since it does not pertain to this article so much. But for fun, here are my selections for the Western Conference All-Star Team today.

Starters
G Stephen Curry*
G James Harden
F LeBron James
F Kevin Durant
F Anthony Davis

Bench
G Russell Westbrook
G Klay Thompson
F Karl-Anthony Towns
F DeMar DeRozan
F LaMarcus Aldridge
WC Damian Lillard
WC De’Aaron Fox

Snubs: Devin Booker, CJ McCollum, Mike Conley, Clint Capela, Jrue Holiday, Luka Doncic, Tobias Harris, Marc Gasol, Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, Draymond Green

Like I said, a lot of worthy candidates out West.

And many of those Western Conference All-Star candidates (looking specifically at Clint Capela and Marc Gasol) probably have cases to get in over Nikola Vucevic. Despite their teams being in the Playoff hunt, the picture is so crowded that they have less chance to make it than Vucevic does.

But that is the system they are under.

The bottom line for Nikola Vucevic again is his bid to make the All-Star Game is tied wholly to the team’s success. If the Magic are winning and in the Playoffs, Vucevic could represent the team in Charlotte. If they continue to struggle, Vucevic will get the weekend off in February.

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Still plenty of time to get those votes in.