Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets were unanimous selections to the All-NBA first team, announced Sunday night.
Both players received all 100 first-team votes from a media panel for 500 total points.
Victor Wembanyama (498) of the San Antonio Spurs had one second-place vote to fall short of being a unanimous choice. Luka Doncic (91 first-place votes, 482 points) of the Los Angeles Lakers and Cade Cunningham (60, 414) of the Detroit Pistons also made the first team.
Gilgeous-Alexander, who won his second straight MVP award earlier this month, is part of the All-NBA first team for the fourth straight season. He averaged 31.1 points, a career-best 6.6 assists and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 55.3% from the field this season.
Jokic, a three-time MVP, finished second behind Gilgeous-Alexander. He earned his sixth All-NBA first-team selection after averaging 27.7 points and leading the league in both rebounds (12.9) and assists (career-high 10.7) per game while joining Russell Westbrook as the only players in NBA history to average a triple-double in multiple seasons.
Wembanyama made first-team All-NBA for the initial time. He finished third in MVP voting and was the unanimous Defensive Player of the Year. Wembanyama averaged a career-best 25.0 points and 11.5 rebounds and led the league with 3.1 blocks per game.
Doncic and Cunningham played in 64 games apiece — one shy of the 65-game threshold for awards eligibility — but won appeals to be considered for awards. Doncic missed two games by returning to Slovenia for the birth of his daughter and injured a hamstring in his 64th game and missed the rest of the regular season, while Cunningham missed 11 games due to a collapsed lung.
Doncic led the NBA in scoring (33.5) for the second time in his career while receiving first-team All-NBA honors for the sixth time and first with the Lakers. His other five selections came with the Dallas Mavericks. He set a Lakers record with 254 3-pointers and also averaged 8.3 assists and 7.7 rebounds.
Cunningham has been the biggest factor in the rise of the Pistons, who had the best record in the Eastern Conference in the regular season. He earned his initial first-team All-NBA selection by averaging 23.9 points, a career-best 9.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds.
Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics (384 points) received 44 first-place votes while landing on the second team. Joining him were Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers (four, 277), Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers (two, 276), Kevin Durant of the Houston Rockets (241 points) and Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks (197).
The members of the third team are Tyrese Maxey of the Philadelphia 76ers (168 points), Jamal Murray of the Nuggets (149), Jalen Johnson of the Atlanta Hawks (125), Jalen Duren of the Pistons (121) and Chet Holmgren of the Thunder (87).
Among the players who missed out were Deni Avdija of the Portland Trail Blazers (26) and Karl-Anthony Towns of the Knicks (14).
Players who didn’t meet the 65-game requirement for awards eligibility include LeBron James of the Lakers, Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks, Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors.
–Field Level Media
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