I wonder what would happen if you did this looking at games played the NEXT season for All-Stars from a given season? As you say, there's a sort of circular selection effect going on here by which a player won't make an All-Star roster if he doesn't actually play. But looking at the following season could help get around that.
I wonder what would happen if you did this looking at games played the NEXT season for All-Stars from a given season? As you say, there's a sort of circular selection effect going on here by which a player won't make an All-Star roster if he doesn't actually play. But looking at the following season could help get around that.
100% agree. I had this same thought after the fact, but didn’t take the time to do the analysis before publishing.