The Knicks' duo might be the best players in the NBA to never make an All-Star game. That could change this year.

The NBA All-Star Game brings together the top players each season, but only a few stars get selected year after year. Longevity, consistency, and elite performance separate these players from the rest.

Fans will still vote for the All-Star Game starters, but it will be positionless, and the players will land in an exciting new format.

It's a long way to the 2026 NBA All-Star game in February, but that doesn't mean it's too early to look at who has taken the All-Star leap so far this year.

Jamal Murray made it look easy. His shoulders were relaxed, his grin discernible from the nosebleeds. He yielded two basketballs, one in each hand, and that fittingly seemed to elicit twice the usual joy and confidence as he goofed around with a couple of Nuggets understudies.

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray and Boston Celtics forward-guard Jaylen Brown have been named the NBA Players of the Week for Week 7 of the 2025-26 season. NBA Players of the Week for Week 7.

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After his impressive performance, former NBA player Chandler Parsons predicted that Murray would be selected for his first All-Star this season. Parsons argued about the one-time champion’s All-Star case on Thursday’s episode of FanDuel TV’s “Run It Back.”