Despite losing out to Steve Nash for MVP, LeBron James led all vote-getters for the All-NBA team, which was announced on Wednesday.
First Team
G – Steve Nash (54 wins, 19 ppg, 11 apg, 4 rpg, 0.8 spg, .512 FG%)
G – Kobe Bryant (45 wins, 35 ppg, 5 rpg, 5 apg, 1.8 spg, 0.4 bpg, .450 FG%)
F – LeBron James (50 wins, 31 ppg, 7 rpg, 7 apg, 1.6 spg, 0.8 bpg, .480 FG%)
F – Dirk Nowitzki (60 wins, 27 ppg, 9 rpg, 3 apg, 1.0 bpg, .480 FG%)
C – Shaquille O’Neal (52 wins, 20 ppg, 9 rpg, 2 apg, 1.8 bpg, .600 FG%)
Second Team
G – Chauncey Billups (64 wins, 19 ppg, 9 apg, 3 rpg, 0.9 spg, .418 FG%)
G – Dwayne Wade (52 wins, 27 ppg, 7 apg, 6 rpg, 2.0 spg, .495 FG%)
F – Elton Brand (47 wins, 25 ppg, 10 rpg, 3 apg, 2.5 bpg, .527 FG%)
F – Tim Duncan (63 wins, 19 ppg, 11 rpg, 3 apg, 2.0 bpg, .484 FG%)
C – Ben Wallace (64 wins, 7 ppg, 11 rpg, 1.8 spg, 2.2 bpg, .510 FG%)
Third Team
G – Allen Iverson (38 wins, 33 ppg, 7 apg, 3 rpg, 1.9 spg, .447 FG%)
G – Gilbert Arenas (42 wins, 29 ppg, 6 apg, 4 rpg, 2.0 spg, .447 FG%)
F – Carmelo Anthony (44 wins, 27 ppg, 5 rpg, 3 apg, 1.1 spg, .481 FG%)
F – Shawn Marion (54 wins, 22 ppg, 12 rpg, 2 apg, 2.0 spg, 1.7 bpg, .527 FG%)
C – Yao Ming (34 wins, 22 ppg, 10 rpg, 2 apg, 1.7 bpg, .519 FG%)
Allen Iverson and Yao Ming were the only two All-NBA players from teams with losing records. This is the first season of Tim Duncan’s nine-year career that he did not make the first team. Eight of the league’s nine most efficient players were honored. Ironically, the league’s most efficient player, Kevin Garnett (22 ppg, 13 rpg, 4 apg, 1.4 spg, 1.4 bpg, .526 FG%), was left off the list, probably due to Minnesota’s 33-49 record. Still, his stats dwarf Carmelo Anthony’s in just about every category, and he should have made the list. One could argue that Pau Gasol (49 wins, 20 ppg, 9 rpg, 5 apg, 1.9 bpg, .503 FG%) also had a better year than Anthony.
