NBA All-Star 2022: Rookies that have made the All-Star Team
In the modern NBA, making a league-wide impact in your first season is becoming more of a rare occurrence.
While rookie starlets have made waves in the sport over the past few years (Tre Young and Luka Doncic the two most recent examples), only two first-year players have been named All-Stars since the turn of the millennium. Even LeBron James' meteoric rookie season in 2003 (20.9 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 5.9 APG) didn't earn him a ticket to the biggest weekend of the season.
But the 2021 NBA Draft class could signal the turning of the tide with names like Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green and Evan Mobley.
Can any of the names from the 2021 NBA Draft class make a big enough impact in their rookie season to earn All-Star honors and feature in Cleveland? Only 45 players in history have accomplished the feat and the odds are more and more stacked against them.
Rookies Who Were Named NBA All-Stars
| YEAR | PLAYER | TEAM |
| 2011 | Blake Griffin | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2003 | Yao Ming | Houston Rockets |
| 1998 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1995 | Grant Hill |
Detroit Piston |
| 1993 | Shaquille O'Neal | Orlando Magic |
| 1992 | Dikembe Mutombo | Denver Nuggets |
| 1990 | David Robinson | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1986 | Patrick Ewing | New York Knicks |
| 1985 | Michael Jordan |
Chicago Bulls |
| 1985 | Hakeem Olajuwon | Houston Rockets |
| 1984 | Ralph Sampson | Houston Rockets |
| 1982 | Isaiah Thomas |
Detroit Pistons |
| 1982 | Kelly Tripucka |
Detroit Pistons |
| 1982 | Buck Williams | New Jersey Nets |
| 1980 | Larry Bird |
Boston Celtics |
| 1980 | Bill Cartwright | New York Knicks |
| 1980 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1978 | Walter Davis |
Phoenix Suns |
| 1976 | Alvan Adams |
Phoenix Suns |
| 1972 | Sidney Wicks | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1971 | John Johnson | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1971 | Geoff Petrie | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1970 | Lew Alcindor | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1969 | Elvin Hayes | Houston Rockets |
| 1969 | Wes Unseld | Washington Bullets |
| 1966 | Rick Barry | Golden State Warriors |
| 1965 | Willis Reed | New York Knicks |
| 1965 | Luke Jackson | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1964 | Jerry Lucas | Cincinnati Royals |
| 1963 | Terry Dischinger | Chicago Zephyrs |
| 1962 | Walt Bellamy | Chicago Packers |
| 1961 | Oscar Robertson | Cincinnati Royals |
| 1961 | Jerry West | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 1960 | Wilt Chamberlain | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 1959 | Elgin Baylor | Minneapolis Lakers |
| 1957 | Tommy Heinsohn | Boston Celtics |
| 1956 | Maurice Stokes |
Cincinnati Royals |
| 1955 | Bob Pettit | Milwaukee Hawks |
| 1955 | Frank Selvy | Milwaukee Hawks |
| 1954 | Ray Felix | Washington Bullets |
| 1954 | Jack Molinas | Fort Wayne Pistons |
| 1954 | Don Sunderlage | Milwaukee Hawks |
| 1951 | Paul Arizin | Philadelphia Warriors |
| 1951 | Bob Cousy | Boston Celtics |
| 1951 | Larry Foust | Fort Wayne Pistons |
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