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Towns, Butler named to All-NBA Third Team

Canis Hoopus | May 24, 2018

Related Topics: All-NBA Team, Yahoo!, James Harden, Damian Lillard, Russell Westbrook, Joel Embiid, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jimmy Butler (basketball)

As the Conference Finals continue to heat up, Yahoo! Sports’ Shams Charania announced the 2017-18 All-NBA award winners via Twitter.

All-NBA teams:

First: LeBron James, James Harden, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, Kevin Durant.

Second: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Russell Westbrook, Joel Embiid, LaMarcus Aldridge, DeMar DeRozan.

Third: Stephen Curry, Victor Oladipo, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jimmy Butler, Paul George.— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 24, 2018

For the first time since 2003-04, when Kevin Garnett was the League’s MVP and Sam Cassell made the second team, the Wolves have two All-NBA players. This marks Jimmy Butler’s second All-NBA appearance after making the third-team in 2016-17 as well.







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