With one week to go before the NBA Finals, the league has announced the 15 players who make up the three All-NBA teams.
Reigning two-time MVP Stephen Curry was a unanimous selection, and Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James was named to the first team for the ninth straight year.
Here are the full voting results:
Among the first-team selections, only Curry and James are repeats from last year's group. Kawhi Leonard, Russell Westbrook and DeAndre Jordan have taken the place of James Harden, Anthony Davis and Marc Gasol.
ESPN's Marc Stein highlighted why Portland's Damian Lillard ends up being one of the big winners from Thursday's voting by finishing on the All-NBA second team:
As Stein pointed out, Davis was not so lucky. He would have been in line for a $24 million bonus had he been named to the first, second or third team this year after making the first team last year, per John Reid of NOLA.com.
Under terms of the NBA CBA (via Larry Coon's CBA FAQ), players on a rookie max extension can increase their salary-cap hit from 25 percent to 30 percent if they are ...
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