LaMelo Ball (Image Credit: Getty Images)
Has anyone checked the NBA All-Star 2025 starters pool? LaMelo Balls fans have at least. The latest shocker came the Charlotte Hornets star guard’s way of being omitted from the list. And that, too, despite leading in fan voting.
Fans love Ball, and they feel frustrated by his snub from the All-Star list. Instead, the Eastern Conference coaches selected Jalen Brunson, Donovan Mitchell, and a lineup of formidable frontcourt players to fill the spots. Soon after the names were out, social media fans were in unrest and were reacting to the ordeal.
“Lol Jalen Brunson over Cade and Lamelo is almost laughable,” a fan commented.
“I need to know in what world is CADE not an all-star?” another fan wrote.
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“Melo snubbed big time,” a fan wrote.
“wasn’t Lamelo leading all east guards? what happened,” a user added.
“Cade and Melo for Brunson and Spider. Also, what is Curry doing there?” another user asked.
While Ball may have missed out on a starting role this time, there is optimism about him. LaMelo is likely to be named among the reserves. He might join San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama when the full roster is announced next Thursday.
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NBA Reveals All-Star Starters Voting That Snubbed LaMelo Ball
Almost everyone believed that LaMelo Ball would receive an NBA All-Star starter nod this year. And that was obvious of him, given ranking second in the Eastern Conference in points per game and leading in three-pointers. All of this makes his exclusion from the starting lineup particularly surprising. Despite getting nearly 1.9 million fan votes, Ball struggled with his shooting efficiency. He only hit 41.9% of his field goal attempts.
“Starters for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game were selected by fans, current NBA players and a media panel. Fans accounted for 50% of the vote to determine the starters, while players and media accounted for 25% each…the two guards and three frontcourt players with the best score in each conference were named NBA All-Star Game starters,” as per the NBA Communications.
The selection process for NBA All-Star Game starters involves a unique combination of fan votes, player votes, and media assessments, with each group holding a different weight in the final tally.
“Each player’s score was weighted based on 50% for fan vote, 25% for players vote and 25% for media vote. The formula to determine a player’s score is (Fan Rank * 2 + Player Rank + Media Rank)/4,” the website added.
However, keeping all of this in consideration, another key factor that likely contributed to Ball’s All-Star snub is the underperformance of the Charlotte Hornets as a team. With a dismal record of 11-29, the Hornets sit 13th in the Eastern Conference, casting doubts on Ball’s ability to lead a winning squad.
VIDEO: Some Dude Just Dropped The Cold Hard Truth On Why All Of These NFL Prospects Are “Dating White Women”
Unless this is your first day in America, then you know race relations in this country dominate just everything, and that includes NBA and NFL drafts.
During the most recent NFL Draft in Detroit, social media was buzzing as athletes showed up to the red carpet event with their girlfriends and family. Many of the incoming NFL rookies were African-American and were spotted with white women, which has become the usual theme for years.
The same thing happens with the NBA Draft.
This year, the discourse on the NFL Draft and NBA Draft has gotten even louder as African-American women openly pondered why so many of the players never have a partner that is the same race as them.
One guy on TikTok decided to answer that question by revealing that the vast majority of his division-1 friends in college or headed to the league are dating or married to white women and explained why.
He stated that some of them had told him that their white girlfriend looked up to Taylor Swift while their girlfriend looked up to Megan The Stallion. He then states the guy asks how many white women he has seen doing the Megan Thee Stallion challenge as opposed to Black women.
He then dove into another story of a friend who relayed that his Black girlfriend started to request money from him as soon as she found out about his NIL money. She wanted her hair and nails done. He then added that the Black women would be upset if they went to places like Chipotle, and she demanded steak houses.
African American Players Who Showed Up To NFL Draft With White Girlfriends
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Commissioner Roger Goodell took the stage Thursday for the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit, and many players showed up, ready to hear their names called.
Many women online noticed that some players in the NFL Draft who were Black did not have the same color girlfriend on their arm.
Some of those players included Caleb Williams, who hit the red carpet at the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit with girlfriend Alina Thyregod by his side.
Washington wide receiver Rome Odunze showed up with girlfriend Alannah Davidson.
Penn State left tackle Olu Fashanu had his girlfriend blocked by his mom from interacting with him after he was selected.
VIDEO: LeSean McCoy Gets Ripped Online For Telling A Wild Story About NBA Hall Of Famer Dikembe Mutombo Cheating On His Wife
Dikembe Mutombo and LeSean McCoy (Photos via Getty Images & @BlackTzedek/Twitter)
Former NFL running back LeSean McCoy is getting dragged online for telling on NBA legend and Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo as he suggested the 57-year-old was stepping out on his wife around eight years ago.
Mutombo, an eight-time All-Star who played for 18 seasons, met his wife Rose in 1995 and married her shortly after.
Speaking on his ‘25/10Show’ podcast, McCoy recalled a story about meeting a female he described as a “baddie” in Atlanta who told him she was seeing the four-time Defensive Player of the Year, who would take her on trips to France.
He said: “She told me he not that type of dude, you know he take good care of me…He don’t take me shopping, he takes me to France. I was like who is the dude? Guess what she said his name was? Dikembe Mutombo. I was like you’re taking him over me? But I get it, yeah he’s taking you shopping from PJ to France, I said babe, keep him.”
Fans Rip LeSean McCoy For Mentioning Mutombo’s Name
Fans did not appreciate Shady namedropping Mutombo, especially given that the former NBA center has been happily married for nearly 30 years.
“1. This doesn’t violate bro code cuss that’s not his bro. 2. He violated man code cuss name dropping when the situation could hurt my home is nasty. 3. It’s nasty cuss he ain’t have to say a name at all,” one wrote.
“D. Jack told him early like bro you a house wrecker. He thought he was gon get cool points for finishing the story lmao,” another pointed out.
“you must not know his actual nickname is Shady McCoy…he will name-drop in a minute,” a third suggested.
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Married or not, that’s some poor form from Shady.
