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Brunson has changed the Knicks culture. He's always under control, smart and gives them the leader they were missing. If he doesn't make the AS game, somebody needs to be arrested.

I'm a huge fan of Brunson, and he's certainly missed in DAL and has made NY better, but even I don't think he has a prayer at ASG (unless there's a whole raft of injuries), nor do I think he deserves a slot.

He finished low in the voting, so the NBA world doesn't see him as worthy.

I wouldn't expect him to land any higher than 6th on the list of possible backups and perhaps much lower - and there probably will only be 3 backups selected.

Brown
Harden
Haliburton
Young
DeRozan
LaMelo
Garland
LaVine
Holiday