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Two former Kentucky stars earn All-NBA honors, Adebayo makes All-Defense

Jack Pilgrim

UK Athletics

Three former Kentucky basketball standouts earned end-of-season NBA honors this week, highlighted by Devin Booker and Karl-Anthony Towns making All-NBA teams.

Announced Tuesday evening, Booker (Phoenix) earned All-NBA First Team accolades, joining Luka Doncic (Dallas), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee), Jayson Tatum (Boston) and Nikola Jokic (Denver) on the list. It was the first All-NBA selection of Booker’s career. Towns (Minnesota) was named to the All-NBA Third Team, his second third-team honor of his career (2018). He joined Chris Paul (Phoenix), Trae Young (Atlanta), LeBron James (Los Angeles) and Pascal Siakam (Toronto) on that list.