http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/05/15/nba-to-announce-all-nba-teams-thursday/The NBA will televise an award show June 26, but All-NBA teams are coming sooner – as in Thursday.
NBA release:
"The All-NBA Teams and NBA Awards finalists will be revealed this week, the NBA announced today. On Thursday, May 18, the league will announce the All-NBA First, Second and Third Teams. Ahead of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on TNT, the finalists for the NBA Awards will be unveiled during a special 90-minute edition of the NBA Tip-Off … pre-game show on Friday, May 19 at 7 p.m. ET."
The two major questions:
Will Paul George make an All-NBA team? If he does, the Pacers could sign him to an even bigger contract extension this summer – or at least get a fateful tell on his plans if he rejects that extension. If he doesn’t make an All-NBA team and accept a designated-veteran-player extension, trade rumors will heat up in a hurry.
Will Gordon Hayward make an All-NBA team? If he does, he could opt into the final year of his Jazz contract and sign a designated-veteran-player extension himself. Opting out would be a borderline call. If he doesn’t make an All-NBA team, opting out becomes a virtual certainty.
There are smaller questions – Is Rudy Gobert or Anthony Davis first-team center? Who will be finalists for the other major awards? – but George’s future in Indiana and Hayward’s in Utah might rest in the balance of the voting revealed Thursday.
Lakers vs. Celtics for the services of George, although it's likely La La Land and George would have to agree to a long term commitment for BOS to part with any premium asset for him (long shot).
Hayward, meanwhile, could opt-in if selected, and that's one major FA target off our list.
I know we have George and Hayward threads on here, but I thought this deserved it's own thread too.
Topic: All-NBA Teams To Be Announced Thursday (Implications On George And Hayward) (Read 1131 times)