I think the biggest AllStar snub was Steph Curry by far. David Lee is basically having the same David Lee year he's always had for lotterycan teams (he actually had a higher PER last season as well as in his 2nd and 5th seasons), yet GS somehow manages to go from laughing stock to legit playoff team without any core roster movement over the offseason. They replaced a few role players, Bogut is still a debacle, and BOOM they go from 13th to 5th. It can't be David Lee making the difference because he's the same David Lee that's never made a difference (aside from this new fake-tufguy routine which is irrelevant anyways). Golden State's drastic turnaround derives from the addition of a healthy Stephen Curry actualizing his talent. Steve Nash did something similar with Phoenix and was rewarded with two MVPs; Curry can't make an All-Star team over the very Robin to his Batman? Dafaq?
People will say Curry isn't a "true PG", whatever that means. While he may not be a traditional PG -- it isn't tradition for PGs to possess his historic GOAT shooting ability -- he has the overall package of ball-handling skills, ambidextrous passing ability, and court vision that is > that of a Westbrook, Parker, Rose, Irving, etc. Perhaps he didn't seem like an elite PG when the Warriors were playing Montaball during Steph's first years in the league. Well then suppose this 2012-13 Lakers season of Kobeball was your introduction to Steve Nash; your first and only impression of him. What would you think of Nash's ability to run an offense?
Excluding LeBron, Curry is perhaps the most unique player in the game because of the fact that he's by far the game's most dangerous outside shooter AND he legitimately runs the point. That's never happened before. There's been pure-shooting PGs (Price, Nash, Stockton, Billups, etc), but none of them were able to get their outside shots off at will vs defenders like the lengthy lightning-release Curry can. There's been pure-shooting swingmen able to shoot over defenders from outside (Reggie Miller, Glen Rice, Dirk, etc), but swingmen in general don't tend to be particularly good ballhandlers/passers able to make defenses pay for over-extending perimeter coverage. Steph is the first player to ever impose this kind of checkmate on defenses where he compels them to over-extend their perimeter containment while at the same time compelling them to stay honest inside and on off-ball players. I'd never really thought of this before until recently when The World Champion Miami Heat went into Oakland and put the helpless Warriors offense into a straight-jacket for the entire game. GS scored 75 points on 36% because while Jarrett Jack had a decent scoring game for himself, Steph Curry wasn't there to keep the defense honest while simultaneously spreading the floor. And so you get Klay Thompson 1-8, Harrison Barnes 3-12, and 2013 AllStar David Lee 4-13. These Warriors are an incredibly easy team to defend without Curry.
If Curry keeps up his current pace, he'll be the only player in NBA history to ever average over 3 threes and 6 assists per game in the same season. That's not some random meaningless stat; it shows very directly just how historically unique Steph's GOAT shooting as a legit PG actually is. GS is currently 5th in the West. If they were to finish top-4, Curry is imo a legitimate second runner-up behind Durant for LeBron's 2013 MVP. Because without Curry, the 4th-place Warriors would be... the 13th-place 2011-12 Warriors
