Steven Adams has been making waves in the NBA this season, however the way the voting process is selected makes his chances of becoming an All Star extremely slim.
The All Star game is set to take place in New Orleans next month.
A document released by the NBA shows their selection process is almost as convoluted as it can get.
And it's not just a case of fans going to the website and voting for their favourite player or putting #NBAVote along with the name of the player in a Tweet or a Facebook status.
If Adams is going to be made an All Star, he'll have to jump through a whole lot of hoops, not to mention win the popularity vote over some impressive names.
So here's what Newshub makes of it:
The voting system takes into account the amount of votes from fans, current players and the media panel.
Fans make up 50 percent of the vote while current players and the media panel have the same amount of the remaining sway.
The players are ranked in popularity in each vote and then the average of the combined tally is found which becomes the player's final score.
The total of the fan vote is included twice because it is a majority voting sector.
Have we lost you yet?
Basically, if Adams finishes 2nd in fan voting for centre (50 percent weight), 4th in player voting and 3rd in media voting for centre, his score would be;
- 2 (fan vote total) + 2 (fan vote) + 4 (player vote) + 3 (media vote) divided by 4 (the number of sectors)
- Equals a score of 2.75
The players with the lowest score are selected for the match.
Judging by how the system is set up, Adams will likely have to score high in at least two of the sectors, if not all three, if he's going to win selection.
And when you consider that he'll be competing against the likes of Pau Gasol, Zaza Pachulia, DeMarcus Cousins and MVP contender Anthony Davis, it's a very big task.
Time to get voting.
Newshub.