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This is the No Dunks podcast on The Athletic Network.

It's Wednesday, February 24th.

Still, I'm Jay Skeets alongside me.

Mr. What You Need to Know himself, Tass Melis.

Hey, everybody.

Hey, Tassie, we got the Top Shot hot boy looking extra hot today. Trey Kirby. Hey, yo. Hey, yo. The international man of mystery taking it to the Max Lielis. Friends. And last but not least, making the magic happen. It's JD. Hello. There we is. Here we are. Shout out to the stream team joining us live right now on YouTube. Apologies for starting a little bit later in the day. Hope we didn't screw anything up for you. Please like, comment and subscribe though. And let's just get right into this task. We got to hook people right away, man. What's this first question? I hope it's good. I don't want people going anywhere, man. Let's do it.

No way. Listen, we were late. We had an important meeting and the person told us,

start with something good. So here we go. Hey, no, dunks. There's a general consensus that Mike Conley

is the best player to never make the All-Star game and that it strangely might have heard his legacy if he was

selected as an all-star this year. That got me wondering, who is the best player to make only one

all-star game, ignoring active players who are likely to be selected again in the future.

I'll note that there are several one-time all-stars who are in the Hall of Fame, but they are well before my time. Roast Beef, Curly Fry is awesome. That's from John writing from Philadelphia. Is that a good enough intro? Have we been hooked? Am I hooked? Hook up. You said Mike Conley, I immediately went, oh, good, not again. And then I went, Mike Conley, is he the greatest player to never make an All-Star game? What about Rod Strickland, Lee? What about Rod Strickland? No, this is a great question. I love this, Lee. One-time All-Star, not zero-time like a Conley or Strickland. Did you put the homework in here? Did you do your stuff? I think I did. I think I did because John said there are several

one-time All-Stars in the Hall of Fame. Well, I only found two. Calvin Murphy and Vladi Divatz

are the only Hall of Famers with one All-Star appearance that I found. I'm not saying my methodology.

I love it. How much effort did you put in? Well, I went to Wikipedia, went to NBA Hall of Famers, and then I just, like, control F'd all stars, all star. Okay. And I just went through each single one, 12 time, 11 time, 10 time. Then I just say, all star, all star. So I. So I think I only found two.

I mean, I wasn't expecting to find that many, to be honest with it.

No, that would be very weird.

Calvin Murphy was only a one-time all-star.

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