Antetokounmpo, Doncic, Jokic headline All-NBA Teams
Only one player was a unanimous selection to the First Team All-NBA — and it wasn’t the league MVP.
Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was the unanimous choice — and a good one, but him being put on the first team by all 100 voters is more about position than pure play. The Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, who was named MVP, had 12 people put him on the second team, most likely because they had the 76ers Joel Embiid — the MVP runner up — at center on their first team (and chose not to move Jokic to forward to get both Embiid and Jokic on the first team, as some voters did).
While there are always snubs, there were no shocks on this year’s ballot.
What follows is who made the All-NBA teams and their voting point totals (five points for a first-team vote, three for second, one for third). The votes were cast by a select group of 100 media members.
F. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee (500) F. Jayson Tatum, Boston (390) G. Luka Doncic, Dallas (476) G. Devin Booker, Phoenix (460) C. Nikola Jokic, Denver (476)
F. Kevin Durant, Brooklyn (276) F. DeMar DeRozan, Chicago (184) G. Ja Morant, Memphis (301) G. Stephen Curry, Golden State (274) C. Joel Embiid, Philadelphia (414)
F. LeBron James, L.A. Lakers (169) F. Pascal Siakam, Toronto (63) G. Trae Young, Atlanta (110) G. Chris Paul, Phoenix (114) C. Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota (174)
Here are the other players who received votes.
Center: Rudy Gobert, Utah (45); Bam Adebayo, Miami (28).Forward: Jimmy Butler, Miami (32); Jaylen Brown, Boston (3); Desmond Bane, Memphis (1); Khris Middleton, Milwaukee (1).Guards: Donovan Mitchell, Utah (4); Mikal Bridges, Phoenix (1); Jrue Holiday, Milwaukee (1); Kyrie Irving, Brooklyn (1); Dejounte Murray, San Antonio (1); Fred VanVleet, Toronto (1).