Kyrie Irving named to the All-NBA Second Team
Finally there is some positive news coming for Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics, as the guard was named to the All-NBA Second Team:
Kyrie Irving has received All-NBA recognition for the second time in his 8-year career. He was previously named All-NBA Third Team with Cleveland in 2014-15
— Celtics Stats (@celtics_stats) May 23, 2019
Irving is the first Celtics player to earn All-NBA honors since 2016-17, when Isaiah Thomas was named 2nd team https://t.co/GOh0tdmGty
Teammate Al Horford congratulated Irving on Twitter as well:
Congrats KI!! No brainer on the All NBA selection.
— Al Horford (@Al_Horford) May 23, 2019
Irving played in 67 regular season games, averaging 23.8 points per game, while dishing out 6.9 assists, and grabbing 5.0 rebounds. Kyrie also shot an impressive 48.7 percent from the field, including 40 percent from beyond the arc.
The rest of the All-NBA teams are as follows:
NBA All-NBA:— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 23, 2019
First team: Stephen Curry, James Harden, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, Paul George.
Second team: Damian Lillard, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid, Kawhi Leonard, Kyrie Irving.
Third team: Russell Westbrook, Blake Griffin, LeBron James, Rudy Gobert, Kemba Walker.
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