Alot of players had breakout seasons this year in the the NBA. That meant that we had many All-Star snubs and also meant that selecting All-NBA teams wouldn’t be an easy task.
No shock that five playoff teams boast the players on the 2010-11 All-NBA first team.
League MVP Derrick Rose made the squad and for leading the Chicago Bulls to the best record in the NBA and into the Eastern Conference semifinals.
LeBron James, who has led the Miami Heat into the East finals, was the lone unanimous choice.
The Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard also made the first team.
The Lakers and Magic have been eliminated from the playoffs, but Durant has the Thunder leading their Western Conference semifinal series against the Memphis Grizzlies 3-2.
It is the first All-NBA selection for Rose, who averaged 25 points, 7.7 assists and 4.1 rebounds this season. He was the only player in the top 10 in both scoring and assists.
James was second in the league in scoring at 26.7 points per game, to go along with 7.5 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game.
Bryant earned his sixth straight All-NBA honor and ninth overall. He averaged 25.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists.
Howard, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year, made his fourth straight All-NBA team.
Durant made All-NBA for the second time after leading the league in scoring at 27.7 points per game to go with 6.8 rebounds per contest.
Read more about the 1st, 2nd and 3rd All-NBA teams via ESPN.com
