Results are in for 2017 All-NBA Team voting and Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard did not make the squad. Despite averaging 27.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 5.9 assists per game with clear career-highs in per-minute scoring, True Shooting Percentage, PER, and other advanced stats, Lillard could not grab one of a half-dozen available spots for guards.
Here are the members of the 2017 All-NBA Teams:
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First Team
James Harden, LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis
Second Team
Rudy Gobert, Stephen Curry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant, Isaiah Thomas
Third Team
Draymond Green, John Wall, Jimmy Butler, DeMar DeRozan, DeAndre Jordan
Lillard’s voting total came to 12 points, with no First Team votes. Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves had the highest point total (50) of players left off of an All-NBA Team.
Lillard was elected to the All-NBA Third Team in 2013-14 while averaging just shy of 21 ppg. He made the All-NBA Second Team in 2015-16 averaging 25 ppg. The Blazers tallied 54 wins in the first case, 44 in the second.