Although his postseason fell well short of expectations, Kyrie Irving had perhaps his best regular season ever in 2018-19, and he’s been rewarded with selection to the All-NBA 2nd Team.
Kyrie received 52 votes for 2nd team and 39 votes for 3rd team, finishing with 195 points. That was the fourth-highest total among all guards. Kyrie was the only Celtics player to receive any votes.
Playing in 67 regular season games, Kyrie averaged 23.8 points while shooting 48.7% overall, 40.1% on threes, and 87.3% at the line. He also averaged 6.9 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game, both career highs. He posted 21 double-doubles (by far a career best) and one triple-double. His offensive rating was 112.8 and defensive rating was 106.4, for a net rating of 6.4.
Kyrie was the only player this season to avg at least 23 PPG and 6 APG and shoot at least 48% FG and 40% 3FG
He's the 2nd C's player to ever reach those numbers, joining Bird
He's the 4th player in history to ever reach those numbers, joining Bird (4X), Steph (3x) & LeBron (1x)
— Marc D'Amico (@Marc_DAmico) May 23, 2019
This was the highest Kyrie has ever finished in All-NBA voting.
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
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
— Celtics Stats (@celtics_stats) May 23, 2019
Not sure if Terry Rozier had any reaction to the news, but Team Dad Al did:
Congrats KI!! No brainer on the All NBA selection.
— Al Horford (@Al_Horford) May 23, 2019
Here are the players and vote totals for all three teams.
Kyrie Irving has been named to the All-NBA second team. pic.twitter.com/pMs51PRZns
— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) May 23, 2019
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