The 12 most cost-effective NBA teams all made the playoffs while none of the 10 least cost-efficient NBA teams made the playoffs.

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The 28-year-old Yao has been a perennial pick for the NBA All-Star teams since moving from the Shanghai Sharks to the Rockets in 2002.

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On the Friday leading up to the 2013 NBA All-Star Game, over 1, 500 members of the NBA community, including each member of the All-Star teams, joined other volunteers to engage in community service projects across Houston.

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But what if the NFL used a similar system to the NBA and put all non-playoff teams in a weighted lottery?

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One factor that teams take into consideration when deciding to bid to become an NBA All-Star Game host city, is commemorative events surrounding the team taking place in a given year.

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