{"id":9240,"date":"2024-05-23T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=9240"},"modified":"2024-05-23T12:00:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:00:31","slug":"nba-nikola-jokic-headlines-all-nba-first-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=9240","title":{"rendered":"NBA: Nikola Jokic headlines All NBA First Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After winning his third Most Valuable Player award in four years earlier this month,\u00a0Denver Nuggets\u00a0center\u00a0Nikola Jokic\u00a0headlined this year\u2019s All-NBA teams by earning his sixth selection in a row and fourth overall on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Jokic, who was supplanted on the first team last season by 2022-23 MVP\u00a0Joel Embiid\u00a0of\u00a0Philadelphia, led the balloting, the first year of the award being positionless \u2014 in part because of the annual slugfest between the two for the one first-team All-NBA center spot.<\/p>\n

The irony is that Embiid is one of several players this season \u2014 along with\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers\u00a0guard\u00a0Donovan Mitchell,\u00a0New York Knicks\u00a0forward\u00a0Julius Randle\u00a0and\u00a0Miami Heat\u00a0forward\u00a0Jimmy Butler\u00a0\u2014 who made All-NBA last season but wasn\u2019t eligible this year due to the newly created 65-game rule for top awards.<\/p>\n

Despite the rule change, joining Jokic on the first-team are four players besides Embiid who were named first-team All-NBA last year:\u00a0Dallas Mavericks\u00a0guard\u00a0Luka Doncic,\u00a0Oklahoma City Thunder\u00a0guard\u00a0Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,\u00a0Milwaukee Bucks\u00a0forward\u00a0Giannis Antetokounmpo\u00a0and\u00a0Boston Celtics\u00a0forward\u00a0Jayson Tatum.<\/p>\n

Nikola Jokic Photo Courtesy: ESPN<\/p>\n

For Doncic and Gilgeous-Alexander, the All-NBA nods mean they are poised for supermax extensions that can be signed in 2025, both of which would set records.<\/p>\n

Anthony Edwards Photo Courtesy: AP<\/p>\n

Doncic can sign a five-year deal worth about $346 million, starting at nearly $60 million in 2026-27 and ending at about $79 million in 2030-31. Gilgeous-Alexander will be eligible to sign a four-year extension worth about $294 million. His would start in 2027-28 at around $65 million \u2014 and the final year, 2030-31, would see him earning just over $81 million, or nearly $1 million per game. It would be the first time an NBA player\u2019s annual salary has topped $80 million.<\/p>\n

Also seeing major financial boosts from their selections are\u00a0Minnesota Timberwolves\u00a0guard\u00a0Anthony Edwards\u00a0(second team) and\u00a0Indiana Pacers\u00a0guard\u00a0Tyrese Haliburton\u00a0(third team), both of whom agreed to extensions last summer that are worth about $205 million but now will be valued at about $245 million over the next five seasons.<\/p>\n

Luka Doncic Photo Courtesy: AP<\/p>\n

Haliburton is the first Pacers player to make an All-NBA team since Victor Oladipo after the 2017-18 season.<\/p>\n

Knicks guard\u00a0Jalen Brunson, meanwhile, is another first-time pick, making the second team after leading New York into the second round of the playoffs. He is the first Knicks guard to earn an All-NBA selection since Walt \u201cClyde\u201d Fraizer after the 1974-75 season.<\/p>\n

Tyrese Haliburton Photo Courtesy: ESPN<\/p>\n

Along with Brunson and Edwards on the second team are\u00a0Phoenix\u2019s Durant, who earned his 11th selection, tying for the 12th most in NBA history;\u00a0LA Clippers\u00a0forward\u00a0Kawhi Leonard, who was tabbed for the sixth time and first since 2021; and the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u2019\u00a0Anthony Davis, who picked up his fifth selection and first since 2020.<\/p>\n

Gilgeous-Alexander Photo Courtesy: AP<\/p>\n

Beyond Haliburton on the third team are\u00a0Sacramento Kings\u00a0center\u00a0Domantas Sabonis, who made his second straight third team; Suns guard\u00a0Devin Booker, who made it for a second time after landing a first-team selection in 2022; and\u00a0Golden State Warriors\u00a0guard\u00a0Stephen Curry, who earned a spot for the 10th time in his career.<\/p>\n

LeBron James Photo Courtesy: LA Sentinel<\/p>\n

LeBron James, 39, was also selected to the third team, making him the oldest player to make an All-NBA team. He was already the youngest player to make All-NBA when he was voted onto the team for the 2004-05 season.<\/p>\n

James has been picked in 20 of his 21 seasons, the most all time; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant and Duncan are next with 15 selections each.<\/p>

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