The league announced the All-NBA voting results before the start of Tuesday night's playoff game between the Bucks and Nets.
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The All-NBA Teams was selected by a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. Players were awarded five points for each vote to the All-NBA First Team, three points for each vote to the Second Team and one point for each vote to the Third Team. Voters selected two guards, two forwards and one center for each team, choosing players at the position they play regularly. Players who received votes at multiple positions were slotted at the position where they received the most votes.
League MVP Nikola Jokic headlined the list of All-NBA selections. The list was revealed ahead of Tuesday’s showdown between the Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets. Jokic joined by Stephen Curry, Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kawhi Leonard made it to the first team.
Joel Embiid and LeBron James headlined the All-NBA second team, while Kyrie Irving was included on the third team.
The 2020-21 All-NBA First Team:
? Giannis Antetokounmpo
? Stephen Curry
? Luka Dončić
? Nikola Jokić
? Kawhi Leonard pic.twitter.com/WYSz2le2Be— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) June 16, 2021
Antetokounmpo was the only player to receive First Team votes on all 100 ballots, earning his third consecutive First Team selection and fifth All-NBA Team honor overall. Jokić, the first player to be named the NBA MVP as a member of the Nuggets, received 99 First Team votes to make the First Team for the second time in the last three seasons. Curry, who averaged an NBA-leading 32.0 points this season, received 98 First Team votes in his fourth selection to the First Team and seventh All-NBA Team honor overall.
Center Nikola Jokić, the 2020-21 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player, and two-time MVPs Giannis Antetokounmpo and Stephen Curry lead the 2020-21 All-NBA First Team.
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The voting results for the 2020-21 All-NBA Team are below ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/TQ7thkKhDI
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) June 16, 2021
LeBron James played just 45 games, which was the lowest of his career. The Los Angeles Lakers star was hampered by an ankle injury and also fell out of the MVP race despite being one of the early frontrunners.
The 2020-21 All-NBA Second Team:
? Joel Embiid
? LeBron James
? Damian Lillard
? Chris Paul
? Julius Randle pic.twitter.com/t5iZu1MahA— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) June 16, 2021
However, missing so much time didn’t prevent him from making the 17th All-NBA team of his illustrious career. The four-time champion has made the first team 13 times, but this time he had to settle for second team.
Luka Doncic, 22, has been selected in the First Team for a second season in a row. He is the first player to make the All-NBA First Team at least twice in his first three NBA seasons since Tim Duncan. Doncic also becomes the fourth player to have multiple First Team selections before age 23, along with Rick Barry, Kevin Durant and Max Zaslofsky.
The 2020-21 All-NBA Third Team:
? Bradley Beal
? Jimmy Butler
? Paul George
? Rudy Gobert
? Kyrie Irving pic.twitter.com/s4aEK3ivcs— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) June 16, 2021
This is the sixth All-NBA Team selection for Damian Lillard and Paul George, the fourth for Rudy Gobert and Jimmy Butler and the third for Joel Embiid and Kyrie Irving. This is the first selection for Julius Randle and Bradley Beal.
