1st teamG: Steve Nash, Kobe BryantF: Tim Duncan, Dirk NowitzkiC: Amare Stoudemire2nd teamG: Gilbert Arenas, Tracy McGradyF: Lebron James, Chris BoshC: Yao Ming3rd teamG: Chauncey Billups, Dwyane WadeF: Carmelo Anthony, Kevin GarnettC: Dwight Howardhttp://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2866331<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>NEW YORK -- Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash was a unanimous selection to the All-NBA team and was joined by teammate Amare Stoudemire.Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki, San Antonio forward Tim Duncan and Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, the league's leading scorer, rounded out the first team, announced Wednesday by the league.Nash received 129 first-place votes and 645 total points from the panel of 129 media members.Two-time defending NBA MVP Nash and Stoudemire are the first teammates to make the first team since Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal in 2003-04.Stoudemire's selection caps an impressive comeback after a pair of knee operations limited him to three games in 2005-06. The center averaged 20.4 points and a career-best 9.6 rebounds for the Pacific Division champions.Nash led the NBA in assists during the regular season with a career-high 11.6 per game. He became the first NBA player to average at least 18 points (18.6) and 11 assists since Magic Johnson in 1990-91.Former teammate Nowitzki, also making his third straight first-team appearance, led the Mavericks to an NBA-best 67-15 record. But he struggled in the playoffs, and the Mavericks became the third No. 1 seed to lose in the first round since the playoffs expanded to 16 teams and the first since the opening round became a best-of-seven in 2003.Cleveland's LeBron James, the top vote-getter for last year's All-NBA team, dropped to the second team this season. He was joined by Washington's Gilbert Arenas, Toronto's Chris Bosh and Houston's Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming.The third team was Miami's Dwyane Wade, Detroit's Chauncey Billups, Minnesota's Kevin Garnett, Denver's Carmelo Anthony and Orlando's Dwight Howard.The voting panel of writers and broadcasters in the United States and Canada voted for the three teams by position, with points awarded on a 5-3-1 basis.Also worth noting:? Since the two-conference format was instituted in 1970-71, all five members on the All-NBA first team have been from the same conference only twice -- 2000 and 2007. ? All five players on the first team are from the same conference for the first time since 2000. That season, it was Gary Payton (Seattle), Jason Kidd (Phoenix), Kevin Garnett (Minnesota), Duncan and O'Neal (Lakers). ? O'Neal is not on an All-NBA team for the first time since 1993, his rookie year. ? Duncan's nine first-team selections are the most of any active player. Only seven players have been on the All-NBA first team more than Duncan (10 times or more): Karl Malone, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bob Cousy, Jerry West, Michael Jordan, Bob Pettit and Elgin Baylor. ? Rebounding leader Garnett has not been on the first team since 2004.</div>
I think they got it very well, that's about as accurate as you can get. it's going to be interesting to see whose mvp, I think its a toss up.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Serge @ May 10 2007, 05:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Who the f*** voted on this crap AI not 2nd/3rd team, and Billups is what a snub.I hate white voters, and I am white. ROFL :HAHAHA:</div>Billups was a lot more valublae than AI this year. HE lead his team to the top of the East. AI missed a lot of time from the whole situation in December.
AI really didnt deserve an all-team THIS year. Hopefully next year Denver will mesh better together, you would think with melo, AI would be great considering he made the finals once with just dikembe mutombo. I think Denver still needs one more piece though to be a real contender,ideally a real sg.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheAnalyst @ May 10 2007, 06:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Billups was a lot more valublae than AI this year. HE lead his team to the top of the East. AI missed a lot of time from the whole situation in December.</div>Look at the #'s this was complete bs that AI did not make 3rd team I am not saying 1st, or even 2nd even though 2nd be good choice also. A few guys should not be on above AI. T-Mac great season, but for AI not to make it and T-Mac did is a joke.
Lebron should easily be on the first team.Move Duncan to center, Amare to backup forward.Baron Davis>Dwyane Wade
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Serge @ May 10 2007, 04:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Look at the #'s this was complete bs that AI did not make 3rd team I am not saying 1st, or even 2nd even though 2nd be good choice also. A few guys should not be on above AI. T-Mac great season, but for AI not to make it and T-Mac did is a joke.</div>What you just said is a joke. T-mac did alot more for his team than AI did for his this year. T-Mac single-handedly carried the Rockets when Yao went down. At the time, he was being considered a nomination for MVP.
Wade may have been injured for a lot of the season, but Baron wasn't all that healthy either. Did you see the numbers Wade put up? He definitely deserved a 3rd team selection. I didn't see enough of Billups and Baron this season to decide.
duncan played about 2000 minutes at center this year (about 72% of the time), I don't get why he's still considered a forward....
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Serge @ May 10 2007, 06:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Look at the #'s this was complete bs that AI did not make 3rd team I am not saying 1st, or even 2nd even though 2nd be good choice also. A few guys should not be on above AI. T-Mac great season, but for AI not to make it and T-Mac did is a joke.</div>T-Mac carried the Rockets, without Yao, to 21-10 record and averaged 28PPG in that time. He had a nice comeback year, didn't miss as much time as AI, and quite frankly was the better and more important player.
Cabangbang isn't biased, he's definitely correct. Baron Davis had bad rep prior to the season due to injuries. Did you see him? He led the Warriors to the eight seed of the playoffs, a team that lacked chemistry due to that huge Sarunas Jasikevicus trade. It's a shame playoffs are not included in these awards.Baron Davis and Allen Iverson over Wade.
I agree about Baron having a better year then Billups for sure. Baron should have got some props for his year.And AI was out a lot for being told to stay home with Sixers then the injury. But Wade was out even more I think he played like 50 games Wade.And I think AI had better #'s then T-Mac, and deff he should have gotten it over Billups I am not saying T-Mac should not be on there.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Serge @ May 10 2007, 05:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Who the f*** voted on this crap AI not 2nd/3rd team, and Billups is what a snub.I hate white voters, and I am white. ROFL :HAHAHA:</div>Obviously AI is not 2nd or 3rd team. You want him over Gilbert Arenas, Steve Nash, and Chauncey Billups?Stop with the Homer comments.Chris Bosh 2nd team, Yeah baby! He desreved it though, cant argue with that.I also never get why Amare gets this much recognition. Its not like he lead his team this year, I would consider Yao and Amare switching possibly.
WadePPG 27.4RPG 4.7APG 7.5SPG 2.10BPG 1.22FG% .491FT% .8073P% .266MPG 37.9BaronPPG 20.1RPG 4.4APG 8.1SPG 2.14BPG .46FG% .439FT% .7453P% .304MPG 35.3I pick Wade. Does this include the playoffs though?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RaptorFan#1 @ May 10 2007, 07:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Obviously AI is not 2nd or 3rd team. You want him over Gilbert Arenas, Steve Nash, and Chauncey Billups?Stop with the Homer comments.Chris Bosh 2nd team, Yeah baby! He desreved it though, cant argue with that.I also never get why Amare gets this much recognition. Its not like he lead his team this year, I would consider Yao and Amare switching possibly.</div>I also think that Yao would be a better choice since he is the best center in the league, but I think the fact that he missed like 34 games and Amare played all 82, which no one expected, decided that. Amare also did improve his overall game. His D and mid-range game was much better this year even though he was as...dunkalicious.
Duncan should be at center, with lebron moving to a forward spot in his place.duncan played about 2000 minutes at center this year (about 72% of the time), I don't get why he's still considered a forward....
