Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic, Antetokounmpo, Tatum, Mitchell All-NBA 1st team. LeBron, 40, is 2nd team

By TIM REYNOLDS Oklahoma City s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Denver s Nikola Jokic and Milwaukee s Giannis Antetokounmpo were the only players to appear on every MVP ballot this season Related Articles Renck File David Adelman s new Nuggets job is a lot harder than his old one Broncos Journal What would extension values look like for Zach Allen Nik Bonitto Courtland Sutton Rapids ascertained their stride against Real Salt Lake with familiar formation Expect the same against St Louis Futility Tracker How bad are the Colorado Rockies Broncos depth chart Sizing up Sean Payton s association as OTAs begin It only made sense that they would be unanimous All-NBA picks as well Gilgeous-Alexander the league s MVP along with Jokic and Antetokounmpo were unveiled Friday night as first-team All-NBA players along with Boston s Jayson Tatum and Cleveland s Donovan Mitchell Tatum was another unanimous first-team pick Mitchell made the first association for the first time Antetokounmpo has seven first-team selections and nine appearances on the All-NBA crew overall Jokic is a five-time first-teamer and seven-time All-NBA pick Tatum is first-team for the fourth time fifth overall Gilgeous-Alexander has been first-team in all three of his All-NBA appearances and Mitchell is All-NBA for the second time in his career Gilgeous-Alexander Jokic Antetokounmpo and Tatum were all first-teamers last season as well Second club LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers is an All-NBA competitor for the st time in seasons He made the second crew Also on the second gang Minnesota s Anthony Edwards Cleveland s Evan Mobley Golden State s Stephen Curry and New York s Jalen Brunson Curry made All-NBA for the th time something only players in NBA history have done Edwards and Brunson are two-time All-NBA players and Mobley made a group for the first time Third unit Detroit s Cade Cunningham Indiana s Tyrese Haliburton the Los Angeles Clippers James Harden New York s Karl-Anthony Towns and Oklahoma City s Jalen Williams were named to the third group Harden is an eight-time selection Towns is a three-time pick Haliburton made a company for the second time and Cunningham and Williams both are All-NBA for the first time Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic gestures in the first half of Encounter of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday May in Oklahoma City AP Photo Nate Billings Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo center warm up with his sons Maverick Shai left and Liam Charles right before Meeting of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers Sunday April in Milwaukee AP Photo Jeffrey Phelps Boston Celtics Jayson Tatum looks to pass during the second half of Match in the Eastern Conference semifinals of the NBA basketball playoffs against the New York Knicks Monday May in New York AP Photo Frank Franklin II Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton left and Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell greet each other after the Pacers defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers - in Challenge of an Eastern Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff Tuesday May in Cleveland AP Photo Sue Ogrocki Show Caption of Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic gestures in the first half of Match of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday May in Oklahoma City AP Photo Nate Billings Expand All ballots Eight players appeared on every ballot Antetokounmpo Gilgeous-Alexander Jokic and Tatum all got first-team votes Mitchell got first-team votes second-team and four third-team Edwards got first-team second-team and two third-team Curry got two first-team second-team and third-team And Brunson got two first-team second-team and third-team James and Cunningham were on of ballots Giannis The people s choice again For the eighth consecutive year Antetokounmpo was listed on every All-NBA ballot That s the longest developing run in the NBA The last time an All-NBA ballot was sent to the league without Antetokounmpo s name listed was when four of the voters didn t rank him among the league s top players Since then ballots cast listing Antetokounmpo Jokic appeared on every All-NBA ballot for the fifth consecutive year it would be six in a row if he hadn t fallen one vote short of unanimous status in Jayson Tatum was on every All-NBA ballot for the fourth consecutive season LeBron The first at James is the first -year-old to make an All-NBA company he turned in December James has first-team appearances four second-team selections and four third-team nods No other participant has more than All-NBA selections Kobe Bryant first-team picks Kareem Abdul-Jabbar first-team picks and Tim Duncan first-team picks are the other members of the -time club Awards season The release of the All-NBA teams wrapped up awards season in the league A global panel of writers and broadcasters sent their votes to the NBA before the playoffs started Those awards voted on by the panel included Gilgeous-Alexander winning MVP Cleveland s Kenny Atkinson winning coach of the year Atlanta s Dyson Daniels winning largest part improved athlete San Antonio s Stephon Castle winning rookie of the year Mobley winning defensive player of the year Brunson winning clutch participant of the year and Boston s Payton Pritchard winning sixth man of the year Also chosen by that panel the All-NBA club along with the All-Defensive unit and All-Rookie club There were other awards chosen through various other voting processes including Oklahoma City s Sam Presti winning executive of the year Boston s Jrue Holiday winning the social justice award and the sportsmanship award Curry winning the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award and Golden State s Draymond Green winning the hustle award AP NBA https apnews com hub NBA