Golden State Warriors guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have been named to the 2014-15 All-NBA Team, with Curry earning First Team honors and Thompson receiving Third Team recognition, the NBA announced today.
Golden State Warriors guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have been named to the 2014-15 All-NBA Team, with Curry earning First Team honors and Thompson receiving Third Team recognition, the NBA announced today. This marks the first time that the Warriors have had a pair of teammates named All-NBA in the same season since 1991-92, when Chris Mullin (First Team) and Tim Hardaway (Second Team) were honored. The duo also becomes the first backcourt to earn All-NBA honors in the same season since 1979-80, when Seattle’s Gus Williams and Dennis Johnson both earned All-NBA Second Team accolades.
Curry and Thompson helped lead the Warriors to a franchise-record and NBA-best 67 wins this season (67-15, .817), as the Warriors captured their first Pacific Division title since 1975-76. The duo was also the starting backcourt for the Western Conference in the 2015 NBA All-Star Game.
Curry, 27, joins LeBron James as the only players to earn a unanimous selection to the All-NBA First Team this season and is the first Golden State player to be named First Team All-NBA since Latrell Sprewell in 1993-94. A six-year veteran, Curry appeared in 80 games and posted averages of 23.8 points (sixth in the NBA), 7.7 assists (sixth), 4.3 rebounds and 2.04 steals (fourth) in 32.7 minutes. Curry led the league in three-point field goals for a third consecutive season, hitting 286 threes to break his own NBA-record for single-season three-pointers, and ranked third in three-point percentage (.443) while leading the league in free throw percentage (.914). He also led the league in both plus/minus (+11.5) and Net Rating (17.0). For his efforts, Curry was also named the 2014-15 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player.
Thompson, 25, averaged a career-high 21.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 31.9 minutes over 77 games (all starts) during the 2014-15 campaign. He ranked third in the NBA in plus/minus (+10.1), tied for ninth in the league in scoring, fourth in three-point percentage (.439) and fourth in Net Rating (15.8). The Washington State product set an NBA record for points in a quarter on January 23, 2015, versus Sacramento, scoring 37 points in the third frame en route to a career-high 52 in that contest, connecting on an NBA-record nine three-pointers in the quarter.
Nicknamed the “Splash Brothers,” Curry (286 3FGM) and Thompson (239 3FGM) finished first and second, respectively, in the NBA for three-point field goals for a second consecutive season, breaking their own league record for three-pointers by a pair of teammates with 525. They both ranked in the NBA’s top-10 in scoring this season and became just the fourth backcourt tandem in Warriors history to both average over 20 points per game. Thompson earned NBA Western Conference Player of the Week honors a franchise-record three times this season, while Curry was recognized for the weekly award twice.
The All-NBA Teams were chosen by a panel of 129 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. The media voted for All-NBA First, Second and Third Teams by position with points awarded on a 5-3-1 basis. Voters were asked to select two guards, two forwards and one center for each team, choosing players at the position they play regularly.
2014-15 ALL-NBA FIRST TEAM
2014-15 ALL-NBA SECOND TEAM
2014-15 ALL-NBA THIRD TEAM
Other players receiving votes, with point totals (First Team votes in parentheses): Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio, 155; Paul Millsap, Atlanta, 70; Al Horford, Atlanta, 64 (1); John Wall, Washington, 50; Jimmy Butler, Chicago, 32; Damian Lillard, Portland, 22; Draymond Green, Golden State, 9; Zach Randolph, Memphis, 7; Jeff Teague, Atlanta, 7; Andrew Bogut, Golden State, 6; Nikola Vucevic, Orlando, 6; DeMar DeRozan, Toronto, 3; Rudy Gay, Sacramento, 3; Andre Drummond, Detroit, 2; Gordon Hayward, Utah, 2; Kyle Korver, Atlanta, 2; Joakim Noah, Chicago, 2; Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas, 2; Dwyane Wade, Miami, 2; Carmelo Anthony, New York, 1; Tyson Chandler, Dallas, 1; Mike Conley, Memphis, 1; Brook Lopez, Brooklyn, 1; Kevin Love, Cleveland, 1; Kyle Lowry, Toronto, 1; Khris Middleton, Milwaukee, 1.