May 22, 2024, 8:44 PM ET
After winning his third MVP award in four years, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic leads this year’s All-NBA teams by earning his sixth consecutive All-NBA selection and fourth overall first-team selection.
After winning his third prize for Most valuable Player in four years earlier this month, the center of the Denver Nuggets, Nikola Jokicled the teams All-NBA this year by earning his sixth consecutive All-NBA selection and fourth overall first-team selection.
Nikola Jokicwho was supplanted in the first team last season by MVP 2022-23 Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid led the voting this year, as the award’s first year was unranked, in part due to the annual fight between the two for the first year’s only center spot. All-NBA team.
The irony of this this season is that Embiid was one of several players, along with Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, New York Knicks forward Julius Randle and Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler, who arrived to the All-NBA last season but were not eligible. this year due to the newly created 65-game rule for major prizes.
Nikola Jokic leads the All-NBA team. Photo: Getty
Despite the change in rules, along with Nikola Jokic On the first team were the other four players, in addition to Embiid, who were named in the first All-NBA team last year: Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis. Antetokounmpo and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum.
It was the sixth consecutive first-team selection for Antetokounmpo; fifth consecutive pick for Doncic; the third in a row for Tatum; and the second in a row for Gilgeous-Alexander. Jokic and Gilgeous-Alexander were the only unanimous first-team selections.
Doncic became the third player with five All-NBA first-team selections before turning 26, joining Tim Duncan and Kevin Durant.
For Doncic and Gilgeous-Alexander, the All-NBA nods mean they are set for supermax extensions that can be signed in 2025.
Also seeing major financial boosts from their All-NBA selections were Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (second team) and Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (third team), who agreed to extensions last summer that were worth around $205 million. and will now be worth about $245 million over the next five seasons.
Meanwhile, Knicks guard Jalen Brunson was another first-time pick, making the second team after leading New York to the second round of the playoffs. Joining Brunson and Edwards on the second team were Phoenix’s Durant, who earned his 11th All-NBA selection, tied for 12th in NBA history; LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, who made the All-NBA for the sixth time and first since 2021; and Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers, who earned his fifth overall All-NBA selection and first since 2020.
Beyond Haliburton on the third team was Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis, who made the second consecutive All-NBA third team; Suns guard Devin Booker, who did it for the second time after making the All-NBA first team in 2022; and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, who earned the 10th All-NBA selection of his career.
LeBron James, 39, was also selected to the third team, making him the oldest player to make an All-NBA team in NBA history. He was already the youngest player to make the All-NBA when he was chosen to the team for the 2004-05 season.
James has made the All-NBA in 20 of his 21 seasons. This is the most All-NBA selections of all time; The next most are 15 from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant and Duncan.
ESPN Stats & Information y The Associated Press contribuyeron a este informe.
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