His Atlanta Hawks may have been eliminated from the NBA playoffs in a rather embarrassing way a month ago, but Trae Young still earned an additional $ 34.5 million on a Tuesday night in May.
The league announced its All-NBA teams before Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, and Young’s selection to the third team triggered a roster in the maximum designated rookie extension he signed last summer. which increases its projected salary from $ 172.5 million to $ 207 million more. the next five seasons.
Boston Celtics striker Jayson Tatum and Utah Jazz baseman Donovan Mitchell missed similar increases last season when they were unable to form an All-NBA team the year before their maximum expansions began. .
Tatum’s first-team selection on Tuesday, its second All-NBA call-up in three years, came a year late to clear a bigger grip. He still secures the 24-year-old’s status in the game, along with his performance in the Eastern Conference finals. He and Dallas Mavericks baseman Luka Doncic, 23, are the latest first-team honorees to be in the playoffs. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Phoenix Suns baseman Devin Booker were eliminated before Tuesday’s announcement.
Doncic has already qualified for the $ 34.5 million salary increase after winning consecutive first-team selections in the previous two years. (A player who leaves his rookie ladder contract may increase his maximum salary from 25% of the salary cap to 30% if he arrives in the All-NBA season immediately before the start of his extension or in two. of the previous three seasons). the direct offers of the first team have it in a trajectory of the Hall of Fame.
Tuesday’s announcement indicates a generational shift in the NBA, as six of the 15 picks were first- or second-round picks. Six of the biggest detractors on the list were also waiting for news of their first assents. The first team is made up entirely of players under the age of 28 for the first time since the 1954-55 season. Doncic joins Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant and Hall of Fame members Tim Duncan and Max Zaslofsky (1947-49) as the only first-team players three times before turning 24.
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The All-NBA guard has not completely changed shifts. Los Angeles Lakers striker LeBron James completed his record with an 18th straight pick, though he missed the playoffs for the first time since his initial All-NBA bid in 2005. third team for the second time in four years. He previously formed the first or second team each season from 2005-18. He also formed the first team in 2020 and the second team last year.
Suns listener Chris Paul became the 20th player in league history to form an 11th All-NBA team. Durant is only the 27th honoree on 10 occasions, and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry joined a roster of 35 players to form eight NBA rosters. This is the first season since 2011 that one of Curry, Paul or James Harden was not part of the first team. (Harden was unable to make the All-NBA for the third year in a row.)
The sixth selection of Antetokounmpo further consolidates the legacy of the MVP Hall of Fame on two occasions. No player with so many honors has ever failed to enter the Hall of Fame. Following the recent additions of Chris Webber, Ben Wallace and Tim Hardaway, the only five-time NBA picks not to join Springfield are Kevin Johnson and Amar’e Stoudemire. Jazz center Rudy Gobert and Miami Heat striker Jimmy Butler failed to become the 80th and 81st players in history to form five All-NBA teams in their careers.
Here is the full 2022 All-NBA list (followed by a list of the biggest wishes in each position).
Dallas Mavericks baseman Luka Doncic joined an elite roster to win three straight All-NBA first-team picks. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)
FIRST ALL-NBA TEAM
G: Luke Doncic, Dallas Mavericks
Statistics (65 games): 28.4 PPG (46/35/74), 9.1 RPG, 8.7 APG
All-NBA Selection: Third
G: Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns
Statistics (68 Games): 26.8 PPG (47/38/87), 5.0 RPG, 4.8 APG
NBA-wide selection: First
F: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Statistics (67 Games): 29.9 RPG (55/29/72), 11.6 RPG, 5.8 APG
NBA-wide selection – sixth
F: Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Statistics (76 games): 26.9 PPG (45/35/85), 8.0 RPG, 4.4 APG
All-NBA Selection: Second
C: Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets
Statistics (74 games): 27.1 PPG (58/34/81), 13.8 RPG, 7.9 APG
All-NBA Selection: Fourth
SECOND ALL-NBA TEAM
G: Yes Morant, Memphis Grizzlies
Statistics (57 Games): 27.4 PPG (49/34/76), 6.7 APG, 5.7 RPG
NBA-wide selection: First
G: Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
Statistics (64 games): 25.5 PPG (44/38/92), 6.3 APG, 5.2 RPG
NBA all-round pick: Eighth
F: Kevin Durant, Brooklyn Nets
Statistics (55 Games): 29.9 PPG (52/38/91), 7.4 RPG, 6.4 APG
NBA all-around selection: 10th
F: DeMar DeRozan, Chicago Bulls
Statistics (76 games): 27.9 PPG (50/35/88), 5.2 RPG, 4.9 APG
All-NBA Selection: Third
C: Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
Statistics (68 Games): 30.6 RPG (50/37/81), 11.7 RPG, 4.2 APG
All-NBA Selection: Fourth
THIRD NBA TEAM
G: Chris Paul, Phoenix Suns
Statistics (65 games): 14.7 PPG (49/32/84), 10.8 APG, 4.4 RPG
All-NBA selection: 11th
G: Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks
Statistics (76 games): 28.4 PPG (46/38/90), 9.7 APG, 3.7 RPG
NBA-wide selection: First
F: LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
Statistics (56 games): 30.3 PPG (52/36/76), 8.2 RPG, 6.2 APG
All-NBA selection: 18th
F: Pascal Siakam, Toronto Raptors
Statistics (68 Games): 22.8 PPG (49/34/75), 8.5 RPG, 5.3 APG
All-NBA Selection: Second
C: Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota Timberwolves
Statistics (74 Games): 24.6 RPG (53/41/82), 9.8 RPG, 3.6 APG
All-NBA Selection: Second
SNUBS
G: Donovan Mitchell, Utah Jazz
Statistics (67 Games): 25.9 PPG (45/36/85), 5.3 APG, 4.2 RPG
G: Dejounte Murray, San Antonio Spurs
Statistics (68 Games): 21.1 PPG (46/33/79), 9.2 APG, 8.3 RPG
G: Darius Garland, Cleveland Cavaliers
Statistics (68 Games): 21.7 PPG (46/38/89), 8.6 APG, 3.3 RPG
G: Zach LaVine, Chicago Bulls
Statistics (67 games): 24.4 PPG (48/39/85), 4.6 RPG, 4.5 APG
F: Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat
Statistics (57 Games): 21.4 PPG (48/23/87), 5.9 RPG, 5.5 APG
F: Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
Statistics (66 games): 23.6 PPG (47/36/76), 6.1 RPG, 3.5 APG
C: Bam Adebayo, Miami Heat
Statistics (56 games): 19.1 PPG (56/0/75), 10.1 RPG, 3.4 APG
C: Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz
Statistics (65 games): 15.6 PPG (71/0/69), 14.7 RPG, 1.1 APG
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