No NBA player is dishing more assists in the league than Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young. No one is scoring more points on the Hawks than the three-time NBA All-Star. And no one will see Young in the 2025 NBA All-Star Game after he was perhaps the biggest of all the All-Star snubs.

Young is having arguably his most well-rounded NBA season, averaging 22.7 points, a career-high 11.4 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 2.9 3-pointers made per game. But that wasn’t enough for the Hawks star to land one of the seven coveted NBA Eastern Conference All-Star reserve slots revealed Thursday. Hurting Young’s All-Star candidacy was the injury-plagued team’s 22-25 record.

Twenty-four All-Stars will be among four teams competing in three games in a new format during the 2025 NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 16 at Chase Center in San Francisco. NBA fans, media and players selected the starters Jan. 23. The reserves for both conferences, as selected by the respective conference coaches, were revealed Thursday.

Once again, Andscape presents its annual NBA All-Snub team, our squad of the most deserving players who didn’t make the cut. And just imagine how different this All-Star snub list could’ve been if Joel Embiid, Luka Dončić, Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George were healthy most of the season.

LaMelo Ball, guard, Charlotte Hornets

Ball, fourth in the NBA in points per game (28.2), is quite popular with the NBA’s younger generation due to his fun, up-tempo street ball style of play and Magic Johnson-esque passing. But Ball’s Hornets owning one of the NBA’s worst records (12-32) certainly ruined his candidacy.

Devin Booker, guard, Phoenix Suns

Statistically, Booker definitely is deserving as he is 11th in the NBA in scoring at 25.5 points per game and 12th in assists per game with 6.7. With Suns teammate Kevin Durant an All-Star starter, Booker was likely a victim of being on a team that West coaches probably feel didn’t deserve two All-Stars due to their average 24-22 record.

Kyrie Irving, guard, Dallas Mavericks

Irving is averaging 24.2 points per game, which is more than All-Stars Jaylen Brown, Stephen Curry, Darius Garland, James Harden, Tyler Herro, Jaren Jackson Jr., LeBron James, Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, Alperen Sengun, Pascal Siakam and Jalen Williams. The eight-time NBA All-Star last played in the midseason classic in 2023.

Zach LaVine, guard, Chicago Bulls

Despite being in trade rumors all season long, a healthy and high flying LaVine is averaging 24 points per game. The Bulls, however, didn’t help his cause with a dismal 20-28 record.

Tyrese Maxey, guard, Philadelphia 76ers

Maxey not making the All-Star Game could be one of the biggest snubs considering he is sixth in the league in scoring (27.1 points per game) and the only light in a dark season for the Sixers. The East head coaches must’ve held Philadelphia’s 19-27 record against him.

Norman Powell, guard, Los Angeles Clippers

Powell has been one of the NBA’s surprise stars this season, averaging a team-best and career-high 24 points per game. Powell, however, does not get rewarded with his first-ever All-Star appearance in his best NBA season.

Domantas Sabonis, center, Sacramento Kings

Sabonis gets snubbed for the second year in a row despite averaging an NBA-best 42 double-doubles and 14.5 rebounds per game to go with 20.9 points and 6.6 assists per contest. It’s hard to make sense of this snub as the only things that could have been held against the three-time NBA All-Star with huge numbers is the Kings’ 24-23 record and in-season drama.

Kings guard De’Aaron Fox was also a candidate, but there was no way the franchise was going to land two All-Star selections.