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Official announcement! The best lineup is released, Harden defeated Shin Kyung, Curry tied Jordan, and James surpassed himself

3:50pm, 25 May 2025【Basketball】

The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and major regular season awards are announced one after another. Previously, the official announced the fastest-progress player award (Daniels), best rookie (Cassle), best sixth man (Prichard), best defensive player (Morbrey Jr.), MVP (Alexander), best coach of the year (Atkinson) and best executive of the year (Presti). The Rookie of the Year and best defensive team of the year have also been announced. According to the NBA’s practice, the team of the Year awards will be finalists. Which players can become the ultimate winners? Let's take a look together.

Official news from the NBA, Antetokounmpo, Alexander, Jokic, Tatum and Mitchell were successfully selected as the first team of the year, Brunson, Curry, Huazi, James and Mobley Jr. were successfully selected as the second team of the year, and Cningham, Halliburton, Harden, Towns and Jaylenway were successfully selected as the third team of the year! From the subsequent updated voting results of the NBA official, it can be seen that Alexander, Jokic, Antetokounmpo and Tatum all won 100 first votes, with a full score of 500 points and a perfect first-team of the year, which is well deserved! At the same time, the best lineup also has many remains, such as Zubac, Garland, Sas, Sika, Trae Young, etc.! The most difficult thing is the Rockets, who rank second in the West, but no one was selected into the best team. Who can I ask for?

Jam, Curry and Harden are the only three veterans over 35 who were selected for the best lineup of the year. To put it better, this is called Jiang or the old one; to put it worse, this is called "the last persistence of veterans"! Take Harden as an example. He ranked 15th with 68 points, and won the 16th place Shin Kyung (58 points) and was selected as the Best Third Team of the Year by buzzer. This is the 8th time Harden has been selected for the Best Team of the Year in his career, but his last time he was selected for the Best Team of the Year dates back to 2020, and it has been 5 years! This season, Harden played 79 games, averaging 22.8 points + 5.8 rebounds + 8.7 assists + 1.5 steals, leading the Clippers to the playoffs and returning to the All-Star lineup + the best team of the year is well deserved!

Take Curry for example, 37 years old is at its peak! This season, Curry played 70 games, averaging 24.5 points + 4.4 rebounds + 6 assists + 1.1 steals + 4.4 three-pointers (No. 1 in the league). He finally got 2 first votes, 68 second votes and 30 third votes, and was selected as the Best Second Team of the Year with 244 points! According to statistics, this is the 11th time Curry has been selected for the All-A-Series in his career (4 first teams, 5 second teams, and 2 third teams), tying Jordan to tie for the 12th NBA history!

Finally, let's talk about the Alliance Ivy League. At the age of 40, I still don't want to step down from the altar, and continues the myth of immortality! In this year's regular season, James played 70 games, averaging 24.4 points + 7.8 rebounds + 8.2 assists + 1 steal per game. James won 17 first votes, and was the player with the most first votes outside the first time, with a total score of 289 points, second only to Huazi (318 points). At the same time, James continued to create several god-level records. According to statistics, this is the 21 times that James has been selected for the Best Team, ranking first in NBA history, and Kobe Duncan and Jabbar (15 times) tied for second place; at the same time, James has become the oldest player in the Best Team in NBA history at the age of 40 years and 145 days, surpassing himself last year!

Jam, Curry, and Harden are all spokespersons for "the veterans will only slowly wither", but the coming of the new wave is already unstoppable! Take the best team of the year for example. The oldest Jokic and Antetokounmpo are only 30 years old, and Tatum, Alexander and Mitchell have not yet entered their peak period. At the same time, Huazi, Brunson and Halliburton are also becoming regular visitors to the best lineup. In addition, there are three new faces in the All-A-Series this year: Mobri, Jay Left and Cunningham, who represent the future of the league and win both fame and fortune! For example, Mobley Jr. and Jay Levitra are the only two players in the league who have been selected for the All-Star + Best Defensive Team + Best Team this season; for example, Cningham, due to being selected for the Best Team, will automatically upgrade the contract renewal of US$224 million in five years to US$269 million in five years, making an extra $45 million!

No one can always be young and always have someone in his prime. This is the development law of the NBA league. As the saying goes: the new generation pushes the old generation, and a new generation beats the old. James, Curry and Harden can be selected for the Best Second Team or Third Team with their tenacious vitality, but it is not enough to make a comeback. Rather than saying that they are not good enough, it is better to say that today's NBA belongs to the Mesozoic star and will eventually belong to young people in the future! Fans, what do you think about this? Let me leave me a comment and discuss it.