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NEW ORLEANS – The NBA announced today that Pelicans forward/center Anthony Davis has been named to the 2017-18 All-NBA First Team. The distinction is the third in Davis’ six years in the NBA, and second consecutive.

Davis, 6-10, 252, finished the season ranked second in the NBA points per game (28.1 – career-high), fifth in rebounds per game (11.1) and first in blocks per game (2.6), finishing the year as the only player in the NBA ranked among the top five of all three categories. Davis finished the regular season with 50 double-doubles (ranked 6th) and led the league with 24 30-point, 10-rebound performances, including eight games of at least 35 points and 15 rebounds. A starter in the 2018 NBA All-Star Game, Davis was named the Kia NBA Western Conference Player of the Month for both February and March/April, as well as earning two Western Conference Player of the Week nods (games played Nov. 19-26, Feb. 26-Mar-4). On May 16, the NBA announced that Davis was named a top-three finalist for both the 2018 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year Awards, becoming just the 14th player in NBA history to finish top three in voting for both awards in the same season, as well as the only player this season to be nominated for multiple awards, which will be presented at the 2018 NBA Awards Presented by Kia on June 25.

Davis is joined on the first team with forwards LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors, and guards James Harden of the Houston Rockets and Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers.
Named to the All-NBA First Team previously for the 2014-15 and 2016-17 seasons, Davis becomes the second player in franchise history to earn All-NBA recognition in three different seasons. Previous players to earn All-NBA recognition include Jamal Mashburn (Third Team 2002-03), Baron Davis (Third Team 2003-04) and Chris Paul (First Team 2007-08; Second Team 2008-09; Third Team 2010-11).

PositionPlayer, Team1st Team Votes (5PTs)2nd Team Votes (3PT)3rd Team Votes (1PT)TotalAll-NBA Selections

Guard
James Harden, Houston
100
-
-
500
5 (four 1st, one 3rd)

Forward
LeBron James, Cleveland
100
-
-
500
14 (12 1st, two 3rd)

Center/Forward
Anthony Davis, New Orleans
96
4
-
492
3 (three 1st)

Guard
Damian Lillard, Portland
71
24
5
432
3 (one 1st, 2nd and 3rd)

Forward
Kevin Durant, Golden State
63
37
-
426
8 (six 1st, two 2nd)

Forward
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee
28
71
1
354
2 (two 2nd)

Guard
Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City
24
63
13
322
7 (two 1st, five 2nd)

Center
Joel Embiid, Philadelphia
11
78
5
294
1

Forward/Center
LaMarcus Aldridge, San Antonio
2
68
22
236
5 (two 2nd, three 3rd)

Guard
DeMar DeRozan, Toronto
2
39
38
165
2 (one 2nd, one 3rd)

Guard
Stephen Curry, Golden State
2
39
37
164
5 (two 1st, two 2nd, one 3rd)

Guard
Victor Oladipo, Indiana
-
24
33
105
1

Center/Forward
Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota
-
18
45
99
1

Forward/Guard
Jimmy Butler, Minnesota
1
8
52
81
2 (two 3rd)

Forward
Paul George, Oklahoma City
-
4
42
54
4 (four 3rd)

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Anthony Davis Named to 2017-18 All-NBA First Team

NEW ORLEANS – The NBA announced today that New Orleans Pelicans forward/center Anthony Davis has been named to the 2016-17 All-NBA First Team. The distinction is the second in Davis’ five years in the NBA.

Davis, 6-10, 252, finished the season ranked fourth in the NBA points per game (28.0 – career-high), seventh in rebounds per game (11.8 – career-high) and second in blocks per game (2.2), becoming just the eighth player in NBA history to finish the season ranked among the top seven of all three categories. Davis finished the regular season with 49 double-doubles (ranked T-8th) and led the league with 12 35-point, 15-rebound performances. On February 19, Davis was named the MVP of the 2017 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans, scoring an All-Star Game record 52 points.

Davis is joined on the first team with forwards LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Kawhi Leonard of the San Antonio Spurs, and guards James Harden of the Houston Rockets and Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Named to the All-NBA First Team previously for the 2014-15 season, Davis becomes the first player in franchise history to be named All-NBA First Team multiple times and the second player to earn multiple All-NBA recognition. Previous players to earn All-NBA recognition include Jamal Mashburn (Third Team 2002-03), Baron Davis (Third Team 2003-04) and Chris Paul (First Team 2007-08; Second Team 2008-09; Third Team 2010-11).

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Anthony Davis Named to 2016-17 All-NBA First Team

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With one week remaining in the 2016-17 regular season, Anthony Davis half-jokingly told the media that although being chosen for an All-NBA team would be meaningful for him, “last year it would’ve meant a lot more.”

Davis was referring to a clause in his New Orleans Pelicans contract that triggers financial incentives based on individual awards, including the All-NBA honor. However, despite ranking as one of the league’s premier scorers, rebounders and shot-blockers in ’15-16, Davis was left off each of the three All-NBA squads, preventing him from picking up a significant bonus in his contract.

Although it won’t provide any extra compensation this time, the 24-year-old returned to elite status today, earning 2016-17 first-team All-NBA recognition for the second time in three years. Following the Pelicans’ most recent playoff-qualifying campaign, Davis was also a first-team All-NBA pick at forward. This time, he was selected at the center position. The other four members of the ’16-17 top team were all much-discussed MVP candidates, including guards James Harden and Russell Westbrook, along with forwards LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard.

Among the three All-NBA quintets that were selected for this season, 13 of the 15 players reached the playoffs, with the only exceptions being Davis and Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns. Of those 13 postseason participants, 10 advanced at least to the conference semifinals.

During the same aforementioned April 6 media session, Davis noted that although the All-NBA kudos would be nice, he’d rather achieve further team success.

“(All-NBA is) something that you care about, but I’m more about winning,” he said. “I want to win. I want to be playing in the postseason, more than just one time. So that’s something I really care about. But it’s something that you definitely are honored to be on one of those (All-NBA) teams.”

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Anthony Davis chosen first-team All-NBA for second time in three seasons

Add yet another item to the list of first-time accomplishments for New Orleans Pelicans power forward Anthony Davis in 2014-15.

On Thursday morning, the league announced that the 22-year-old has been named to the All-NBA first team, the initial time Davis has been selected to any of the three All-NBA teams (after his breakout season of 2013-14, he received 40 voting points but came up shy of qualifying for the third team).

Here are some of the other notable first-time achievements by Davis during the 2014-15 campaign:

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Season of firsts for Anthony Davis continues with All-NBA selection

New Orleans Pelicans second-year power forward Anthony Davis earned the greatest individual honor of his NBA career in February when he was named a 2014 Western Conference All-Star. However, so far Davis’ postseason has been filled with near-misses in the NBA’s award categories.

The 6-foot-10, 237-pounder received the 12th-most points among all NBA players in All-Defensive Team balloting, but only 10 players are named to the league’s pair of All-Defensive Teams. Meanwhile, in All-NBA voting, Davis finished 20th, but 15 players comprise the three All-NBA squads. Davis also garnered third place in Most Improved Player balloting, which was announced back on April 23.

A closer look at the results related to Davis:

Despite leading the NBA in blocked shots per game (2.82) by a fairly significant margin, Davis was not selected to either of the two All-Defensive units. He did pick up 18 first-team votes, however, which was more than any player outside the top 10 of overall voting.

The voting results indicated a somewhat unusual split in the evaluation of Davis. Although there were 18 voters who chose Davis as a first-teamer – and 26 that voted for him to be a second-teamer – 79 of the 123 panelists did not include him on either squad.

Davis’ positional designation seemed to add some confusion for voters. He received one first-team vote at center (from Denver Nuggets TV analyst Scott Hastings), as well as two second-team votes apiece at forward and center. Though Davis started almost exclusively at power forward, according to Basketball-Reference.com he played 42 percent of his minutes in 2013-14 as a center.

Chicago Bulls radio analyst Bill Wennington and Los Angeles Clippers TV analyst Michael Smith boosted Davis’ chances to make an All-NBA team by casting second-team center votes for him.

There were five first-time All-Stars at the Feb. 16 midseason showcase at Smoothie King Center, including Davis, Portland’s Damian Lillard, Toronto’s DeMar DeRozan, Washington’s John Wall and Atlanta’s Paul Millsap. Perhaps not surprisingly, two of those players wound up finishing in the top eight of MIP voting.

Davis took third place, behind Phoenix winner Goran Dragic and Indiana’s Lance Stephenson, while DeRozan finished eighth (Millsap and Wall each received the equivalent of honorable mention by picking up one point each in the voting). Like in the All-Defensive balloting, Davis’ chances to prevail were hurt by being left off a significant number of ballots. Despite 16 first-place votes, the majority of 126 voters didn’t list him in their top three. Dragic was mentioned on 98 of the 126 ballots.

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Anthony Davis a near-miss for All-NBA, All-Defensive teams

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