May 14, 2009 (Part 3); The 2009 All-NBA Teams are announced

Once again, LeBron James got another sweep.

As he was unanimously chosen as a part of the All-NBA First Team, after leading his team to the best record in the league at 66-16 and a pair of playoff sweeps of the Detroit Pistons and the Atlanta Hawks.

James was put on the first team on every ballot of 122 sportswriters and broadcasters who regularly cover the league. He is joined by Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, who finished second in voting, making the first team on 119 ballots, while Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic, Dwyane Wade of th Miami Heat and Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks round up the first team.

Now here are the complete roster of players who made it to the All-NBA First, Second and Third Teams.

And take note that the two numbers which will follow each of the players' names are the first-place votes and their total points in the balloting, respectively.

All-NBA First Team
F CLE LeBron James 122 610
F DAL Dirk Nowitzki 35 383
C ORL Dwight Howard 116 598
G LAL Kobe Bryant 119 604
G MIA Dwyane Wade 103 572

All-NBA Second Team
F SAS Tim Duncan 39 378
F BOS Paul Pierce 27 330
C HOU Yao Ming 8 354
G POR Brandon Roy 0 189
G NOH Chris Paul 32 424

All-NBA Third Team
F DEN Carmelo Anthony 2 116
F LAL Pau Gasol 2 165
C PHX Shaquille O'Neal 0 68
G DEN Chauncey Billups 0 131
G SAS Tony Parker 1 158

Now here is the complete tally of how many times these players have been part of the All-NBA teams in their entire career.

14 times- Shaquille O'Neal
12 times- Tim Duncan
11 times- Kobe Bryant
9 times- Dirk Nowitzki
5 times- LeBron James & Yao Ming
4 times- Dwyane Wade & Paul Pierce
3 times- Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony & Chauncey Billups
2 times- Chris Paul
1st time- Brandon Roy, Pau Gasol & Tony Parker

There you go! The results of the Mavs-Nuggets game is coming right up!

The Wizard was here... :)