ALL-NBA Team Snubs and Why The First Team Deserved Their Sport

On Thursday, May 18th 2017, the NBA announced it’s All-NBA team. The All-NBA team is three teams that are made by the NBA recognizing all the players for their play throughout the season. On these teams, there are two guards, two forwards and a center. If you are on the first team that means that you were one of the best two at that position in the league and if you are the center, that means that you were the best center in the league that season.

These are the teams..

2016-17 ALL-NBA FIRST TEAM

Guard: James Harden, Houston

Forward: LeBron James, Cleveland

Guard: Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City

Forward: Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio

Center: Anthony Davis, New Orleans

2016-17 ALL-NBA SECOND TEAM

Center: Rudy Gobert, Utah

Guard: Stephen Curry, Golden State

Forward: Giannis Antetokounmpo

Forward: Kevin Durant, Golden State

Guard: Isaiah Thomas, Boston

2016-17 ALL-NBA THIRD TEAM

Forward: Draymond Green, Golden State

Guard: John Wall, Washington

Forward: Jimmy Butler, Chicago

Guard: DeMar DeRozan, Toronto

Center: DeAndre Jordan, L.A.

This year All-NBA first team was very accurate and they got all the players right this time. But for the All-NBA third team, there could have been some adjustments. Center DeAndre Jordan that plays for the Los Angeles Clippers, did not deserve that spot over Karl-Anthony Towns, a center that plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He deserved that last spot because he improved a lot from last season to this season and he is on his way to bringing his team to the playoffs.

These are the reasons why Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Lebron James, Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Davis earned the All-NBA first team spots.

• Russell Westbrook, Thunder: Westbrook set an NBA single-season record with 42 triple-doubles and joined Oscar Robertson as the only players in league history to average a triple-double for a season. He averaged a league-leading 31.6 points to go with 10.7 rebounds (10th in the NBA) and 10.4 assists (third in the NBA). In winning his second scoring title in three seasons, the 6-3 guard paced the NBA in games with at least 20 points (72), 30 points (44), 40 points (18) and 50 points (four).

• James Harden, Rockets: Harden averaged career highs of 29.1 points (second in the NBA), 11.2 assists (first) and 8.1 rebounds, helping Houston finish with the league’s third-best record at 55-27. The 6-5 guard led the NBA in free throws made with 746 and ranked third in three-pointers made with 262. He recorded a career-high 22 triple-doubles, tied for the NBA’s sixth-highest total in a single season.

• LeBron James, Cavaliers: In his 14th season, James set career highs in assists (8.7 apg; sixth in the NBA), rebounds (8.6 rpg) and triple-doubles (13; third in the NBA). The 6-8 forward also ranked eighth in the NBA in scoring with 26.4 points per game, extending his league record for consecutive seasons of averaging 25.0 points to 13. With 11 First Team selections (including 10 straight) to go with two Second Team nods, James has made an All-NBA Team in each of the last 13 seasons.

• Kawhi Leonard, Spurs: The 6-7 forward finished as the NBA’s ninth-leading scorer at a career-high 25.5 points per game, becoming the first San Antonio player to average 25.0 points since Tim Duncan in the 2001-02 season. Leonard, the Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year in each of the previous two seasons, helped the Spurs (61-21) post the league’s best defensive rating as they registered their third 60-win season in four years.

• Anthony Davis, Pelicans: Davis ranked fourth in the NBA in scoring (career-high 28.0 ppg), seventh in rebounding (career-high 11.8 rpg) and second in blocked shots (2.23 bpg) while appearing in a career-high 75 games. The 6-11 forward/center set a single-season franchise scoring record with 2,099 points.