James Harden said he doesn’t know why he didn’t make an All-NBA team this year.
John Wall – who has never made an All-NBA team – was more direct about his exclusion.
J. Michael of CSN Mid-Atlantic:
Here’s how guards ranked in All-NBA voting points in 2015:
- First team: Stephen Curry, 645
- First team: James Harden, 637
- Second team: Russell Westbrook, 397
- Second team: Chris Paul, 335
- Third team: Klay Thompson, 122
- Third team: Kyrie Irving, 122
- John Wall, 50
And 2016:
- First team: Stephen Curry, 645
- First team: Russell Westbrook, 627
- Second team: Chris Paul, 353
- Second team: Damian Lillard, 217
- Third team: Klay Thompson, 164
- Third team: Kyle Lowry, 155
- James Harden, 106
- DeMar DeRozan, 26
- Isaiah Thomas, 20
- Jimmy Butler, 12
- John Wall, 7
I wouldn’t have had Wall on my All-NBA team this year or last. He was my toughest 2015 omission, and he finished seventh for six guard spots. I would’ve had Wall over Klay Thompson, but I would have had Damian Lillard over both, so Wall doesn’t move. I’m fine with Wall’s standing this year, too.
It’s one thing to call Wall a quality player. He is.
But to say he deserved to make an All-NBA team requires going a step further and saying who should have been bumped for him. I’m with the Wizards’ guard on 2015, when Thompson made it over him. But I’d take up Lillard’s case before Wall’s.
