Barring injuries, who is in?
Shoe-ins: Lebron, Giannis, Kristaps, Derozan, and Kyrie
Probable: Wall, Beal, Drummond, Horford, Embiid, Simmons
That's 11. That leaves two spots for this list: Walker, Oladipo, Harris, Jackson, Schroeder, Russel, Fournier, Vucevic, Dragic, Whiteside, Love, Gordon, Bledsoe, Lowry, Howard, Tatum, Brown.
That's a lot of good players. Depending on how you do criteria, it is possible (though unlikely) to find a path for one of our young guys. For instance, if the Hornets, Hawks, Heat, and Nets are below .500, that removes their guys and leaves Oladipo, Harris, Jackson, Fournier, Vucevic, Gordon, Love, Bledsoe, Lowry, Tatum, and Brown.
If the Magic continue to come down to earth after a hot start, that probably removes their guys.
Then you are down to Oladipo, Harris, Jackson, Love, Bledsoe, Lowry, Brown, and Tatum. I think Oladipo gets his first all-star bid if the Pacers are over .500.
Although the Pistons have been good so far, I don't think they will end up being good enough to get a second all-star in the game. I think you could say the same thing about the Bucks with Bledsoe, particularly because he came part-way through the year. That leaves Love, Lowry, Brown, and Tatum.
It would be tough at that point for Brown to get in over Love and Lowry. If we continue to be dominant and Brown has a few more big games, all while Cleveland stayed under .500, you could make the argument for it. But Love and Lowry are both still in their prime and playing for a top team in our conference. It'd be tough to give a 3rd all-star spot to a Celtic before giving a 2nd to a Raptor or Cav.
All of that being said, pretty much every year there are 1-2 injured guys who would be all-stars, which opens up a spot or two. I think Brown has a good shot at being an alternate, but will likely just miss.
But I still voted 3