MVP Joel Embiid leads All-NBA team; runner-up Nikola Jokic lands on 2nd team

Nikola Jokic relegated to second-team All-NBA with Joel Embiid earning centre spot on first team

Denver’s Nikola Jokic now knows how Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid felt during two previous NBA award seasons.Embiid – the newly crowned MVP – headlined the All-NBA team unveiled Wednesday night. He was the first-team centre, while Jokic was the second-team pick at that position. It was a reversal of the results from 2021 and 2022, when Jokic was MVP over Embiid, who then had to settle for the second-team All-NBA centre spot.

On the second team along with Jokic were Miami’s Jimmy Butler and Boston’s Jaylen Brown at forward, and Golden State’s Stephen Curry and Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell at guard. James is a 13-time first-team, three-time second-team and now three-time third-team pick. Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were all 15-time selections, tied for the second-most in NBA history.Antetokounmpo was the only unanimous selection this season as a first-teamer. Tatum got 92 first-team votes, Embiid got 87, Gilgeous-Alexander got 63 and Doncic got 60.

More often than not, the system works without a glitch. The top finalists for MVP typically have found their way onto the All-NBA first team. 1994-95, MVP David Robinson got the first-team nod and runner-up Shaquille O’Neal wound up as the second-team centre pick.

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