NBA 2021: Which rookie player will make the All-Star team first?

November 5, 2021 Sports

This year’s NBA rookie class has been better than advertised, and that is with No.1 pick Cade Cunningham shooting 20% from the field in his first two games.

Instead of looking at who is leading the race for Rookie Of The Year, I thought it might be worth looking at which player of the 2021 rookie class will make the NBA All-Star team first.

There are several things to factor in. It doesn’t always correlate that the best player or best prospect makes the All-Star game first.

It doesn’t always track that the rookie playing the best now, or winning rookie of the year, will make the All-Star game first.

I would be shocked if any rookie make the All-Star game this season. It just isn’t going to happen.

So, realistically, we need to look 2-3 years into the future to see which player could ascend to that level as well as predict where there will be an opening in each conference’s All-Star roster.