Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks), Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks), Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics) and Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns) were named the best five in the NBA in the regular season, the league announced. .
The NBA awards, including the MVP, are chosen from the votes of one hundred sports journalists.
In this sense, Antetokounmpo swept the vote as he received a hundred votes out of a possible hundred to appear in the ideal quintet of the NBA.
Doncic and Jokic each received 88 votes for the best quintet and 12 for the second best team in the NBA.
This is Doncic’s third straight inclusion in the NBA All-Star Five since landing in the league four years ago.
"It is a blessing. As a kid, I always dreamed of being in the NBA and my third pick for the NBA All-Star team is truly a blessing. I am very happy and thankful"Doncic said this Tuesday after the game that the Mavericks beat the Golden State Warriors in the Western final (1-3).
For his part, Booker got 82 votes for the ideal quintet and Tatum got 49, with which both achieved their first selection for the best team in the league.
With Antetokounmpo and Jokic as the oldest players at 27 years old, this is the first time since the 1954-1955 season that the NBA’s All-Star Five is made up entirely of players age 27 and younger.
According to NBA rules, the best quintet of the regular season is made up of two "guard" (guard/guard), two "forward" (eaves) and a "center" (pivot).
This positional limitation hurt center Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers), second this year in the MVP race but who was overtaken in this vote for the ideal quintet by Jokic.
The Serbian center has been the winner of the regular season MVP in the last two years.
With Embiid at the helm, the NBA’s second-best team also includes Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies), Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets), Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors) and DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls).
Finally, the Dominican-American Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves), LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers), Chris Paul (Phoenix Suns), Trae Young (Atlanta Hawks) and Pascal Siakam (Toronto Raptors) were chosen in the third best course quintet.
