As much as we like Georgetown Prep and Georgetown University product Roy Hibbert, is he really an NBA All-Star? Could he be headed for this list of journeymen and forgotten All-Stars?
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5. Mookie Blaylock (1994) » The 1994 East team was loaded with one-and-doners, including Derrick Coleman, Charles Oakley, Horace Grant, John Starks, Kenny Anderson and B.J. Armstrong. In 1993-94, Blaylock averaged 13.8 points and 9.7 assists, the high in a career that was amazing only for its consistency.
4. Chuck Noble (1960) » In 1959-60, there were four teams in each conference, meaning a quarter of the players were All-Stars. Still, it’s difficult to imagine how Noble made it in a season in which he averaged 11.4 points and 4.6 assists and shot 35.7 percent.
3. Lee Shaffer (1963) » Here’s how much the league has changed, Part 2: The former ACC player of the year at North Carolina was a budding NBA star when he quit in the middle of his third season to take a job as CEO of a petroleum transport firm where he had worked in the offseason.
2. Dale Davis (2000) » He was a nice blue-collar player with a long, productive career. But his 10.0 points and 9.9 rebounds a game in 1999-2000 were hardly All-Star worthy. Davis never averaged more than 12 points or 11 rebounds in his 16 seasons.
1. James Donaldson (1988) » A dearth of centers in the West got the lumbering, 7-2 left-hander on the All-Star team as a backup to Hakeem Olajuwon in a season in which he averaged 7.0 points and 9.3 rebounds.
