It’s not surprising that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luka Doncic made First Team All-NBA — they came in second and third in MVP voting — but now that it’s official, this vote is going to make them a lot of money.
Both are now eligible for supermax contract extensions.
A year after July, in the summer of 2025, Doncic will be able to sign a five-year max extension worth $346.3 million (figures via ESPN’s Bobby Marks) – the largest contract in NBA history.
At the same time, the Oklahoma City Thunder can offer Gilgeous-Alexander a four-year max extension worth $294.3 million — and pay him $81.5 million for the 2030-31 season.
Impressive. Here are the complete NBA teams:
All NBA teams
NBA First Team
Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder)
Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks)
Giannis Antetokounmpo (Minnesota Timberwolves)
Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics)
NBA Second Team
Jalen Brunson (New York Knicks)
Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves)
Kevin Durant (Phoenix Suns)
Kawhi Leonard (Los Angeles Clippers)
Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers)
NBA Third Team
LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers)
Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
Domantas Sabonis (Sacramento Kings)
Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers)
Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns)
Some reflections on the team:
• The All-NBA voting may have been positionless, but you’d never know that by looking at the All-NBA First and Second Team voting: One center, two guards and two wings.
• Celtics’ Jaylen Brown was next in the vote and has the best argument for being snubbed – he had 50 Third Team votes, but that left him significantly behind Booker (the last player to be eliminated, with 70 points, including seven seconds Team votes). Here are the full voting results:
• There were two Lakers (LeBron, Davis) and two Suns (Durant, Booker), but only one player from each of the four teams was still alive in the NBA playoffs.
• Furthermore, the two teams with two All-NBA players — the Lakers and Suns — combined to win a playoff game, and then both fired their coaches.
• This was LeBron’s 20th All-NBA team, extending his record.
• Brunson and Edwards make their All-NBA debuts – this is the first time both have received this honor.
• Jokic and Gilgeous-Alexander were the only players voted unanimously to the First Team – Doncic got one vote to the Second Team. All First Team players received at least 65 votes to be part of that team.
• Becoming All-NBA means Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton will each receive a $41 million raise on the extensions they signed last summer – both are eligible for Rose Rule max contracts worth 30% of the cap salary, and not the 25% they would have obtained without it.
• Sabonis receives a $1.3 million bonus for making the All-NBA team. Jaylen Brown loses $2.2 million for not making it (he was 16th on a 15-player team).
• Players ineligible for a supermax extension because they did not make an All-NBA team include Bam Adebayo (Heat), Jamal Murray (Nuggets), De’Aaron Fox (Kings) and Jaren Jackson Jr. (Grizzlies).
• Doncic made the All-NBA first team in five of his first six NBA seasons. The only other players to do this? Larry Bird, George Gervin and Tim Duncan. Very good company.
• Voting was done by a panel of 99 members selected from the media. These individuals and their votes on all NBA postseason awards will be released in the coming days.
