No International Players Selected to All-NBA Teams

The voting results came out for the All-NBA teams on Thursday and for the first time in 16 years, there were no international players selected to any of the teams.

With the voting results finally coming out on Thursday for all three All-NBA teams, numerous storylines surrounded the results. From Damian Lillard receiving a huge bonus incentive to Anthony Davis missing out on $24 million, All-NBA teams do matter when it comes to the money.

Full teams looked like this:

All-NBA First Team

Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook, LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, and DeAndre Jordan

All-NBA Second Team

Damian Lillard, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, DeMarcus Cousins

All-NBA Third Team

Kyle Lowry, Klay Thompson, Paul George, LaMarcus Aldridge, Andre Drummond

But an under looked storyline based off the results is the lack of international talent on the teams for the first time since 2000. In other words, this is the first time in 16 years that an international player was not named to at least one of the teams.

From 2001-2012 at least one of the teams contained the same international player that Dallas fans are all too used to; Dirk Nowitzki. Nowitzki made an All-NBA team for 12 straight seasons while earning All-NBA First Team four of those times.

Since 2012, the Gasol brothers, Tony Parker, and Goran Dragic have kept the streak alive until this past season.

To give you a sense of how long ago there hasn’t been an international player on the list, the following was all three All-NBA teams from the 1999-00 season (the last time there wasn’t any).

All-NBA First Team

Gary Payton, Jason Kidd, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Shaquille O’Neal

All-NBA Second Team

Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone, Grant Hill, Alonzo Mourning

All-NBA Third Team

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With the current state of the league, it might be up to Marc Gasol or Al Horford to get the streak back up going again next year as some young international talent is still developing. Andrew Wiggins, Kristaps Porzingis, Rudy Gobert, and Giannis Antetokounmpo seem to be the next in line for the international crop.

Unfortunately, the time of Dirk Nowitzki being on an All-NBA team is over.