Can the Sacramento Kings have a worse night than they did Feb. 8?

First not one member of their team — which has the fifth-best record in the NBA right now — makes the all-star team and then they lose to the Phoenix Suns after an Amare Stoudamire “block” wins the game for Phoenix.

No Kings made the all-star roster, but the Western Conference is loaded. All 12 players on the team are more than deserving of making this year’s all-star team.

The top three teams in the conference combine for seven guys and four of them are first-timers; Rashard Lewis, Manu Ginobli, Amare Stoudamire and Shawn Marion.

But if the NBA wants to get some players their initial all-star appearance why isn’t Mike Bibby on this year’s team?

Bibby is one of the most underrated point guards in the NBA. He isn’t the most spectacular point guard in the league and isn’t known for his scoring or passing abilities, but he does everything very, very well.

Name a point guard in the entire NBA who is as consistent as Bibby with his jump shot. He has shown in the past couple post-seasons just how clutch a shooter he is.

But I guess we are looking at regular season numbers and Bibby’s numbers don’t standout enough for him to get a spot over Lewis or Ginobli. If outstanding post season play had an effect on a guy’s chances of making the all-star team then Bibby would be a no-brainer, but I guess it doesn’t work that way.

With all of the injuries the Kings have had this year; Bibby is the main reason the Kings have stayed close in the western conference. How many games have we’ve seen Bibby step up in clutch situations and knock down big shots for his team?

If that’s not the definition of an all-star, then I don’t know what is.

I do agree with getting these players their opportunity to show they’re some of the best players in the NBA since they are all on teams that are division leaders in the loaded Western Conference.

Even in the Junior Varsity — err Eastern — conference, there are some guys making their first all-star teams. Four more first-timers come from the East; LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison.

You have the two super sophomores in James and Wade and two former Warriors in Arenas and Jamison. I know The State Hornet’s Editor-in-Chief won’t like this, but we could probably just make a list of the top former Warriors around the league and come up with a pretty good team.

With Washington having a very good year out east, Arenas and Jamison are finally getting their due.

It’s nice to see the league giving some of its young up and coming players they turn to play this weekend in Denver in what has become a show more than a basketball game.

The controversial decisions — well at least from me — are not all from the west’s roster, in the east there are some very familiar names not on the all-star team either.

There are three more great point guards who will be watching Sunday’s game from their homes. Stephon Marbury, Jason Kidd and Steve Francis all will not be playing in a game which has sort of become a right of passage for all three.

Both Marbury and Francis are in the top-20 in scoring per game and Kidd is averaging at least seven rebounds and seven assists a game. But since all three are playing on below .500 teams explains why none are on the team; as well as both Dwayne Wade and Gilbert Arenas are in the top 10 in scoring.

One good thing about all-star snubs is those players get a little bit of extra rest during those three or four days off, and with the Kings depth problems, since nobody is playing in Denver that can only be a good thing.

Plus an occasional goaltending call late in a game.