The NBA announced the 2020-21 All-NBA teams on Tuesday night, and a couple of New York players were among the rosters, as Knicks forward Julius Randle was named to the Second Team and Nets guard Kyrie Irving made the Third Team.
Randle, the NBA’s Most Improved Player this season, had a huge season in his first year in Tom Thibodeau’s system, averaging 24.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 6.0 assists while shooting 41.1 percent from beyond the arc.
Randle became just the sixth player in NBA history to average at least 24.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists in a season, joining Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Nikola Jokić (who also did it this season), Oscar Robertson, and Russell Westbrook.