LeBron James maintains his all-time NBA team appearance record; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luka Doncic are slated to sign supermax contracts.
NEW YORK At the same time, LeBron James is the oldest player to be selected to an All-NBA team and the youngest. Furthermore, in a few years, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Oklahoma City and Luka Doncic of Dallas may both earn about $1 million per game.
The league unveiled the All-NBA squad for this season on Wednesday night, with Denver’s Nikola Jokic and Gilgeous-Alexander being the only unanimous first-team picks. Doncic, Boston’s Jayson Tatum, and Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo joined them on the starting squad.
Jalen Brunson of New York, Anthony Edwards of Minnesota, Kevin Durant of Phoenix, Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers, and Anthony Davis, James’ Los Angeles Lakers teammate, were on the second team.
James, Stephen Curry of Golden State, Domantas Sabonis of Sacramento, Tyrese Haliburton of Indiana, and Devin Booker of Phoenix comprised the third team.
This season marks a change in the NBA’s regulations, which were previously set in the 1950s and called for two guards, two forwards, and one center on each club. Instead, All-NBA voting is now positionless. In most situations, players also needed to participate in a minimum number of games in order to be considered for an award by the voting panel, which consisted of 99 journalists and broadcasters.
James was voted onto the squad for the 2004–05 season, making him the youngest player to be selected to the All–NBA team. This selection only made his list of achievements longer.
His record was maintained with 20 All-NBA overall selections, which is currently five more than Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar combined. In addition to being the first player to be selected for the All-NBA regular season at the age of 39 or older, his 20 consecutive selections set another record.
