LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA - AUGUST 23: Luka Doncic #77 of the Dallas Mavericks celebrates a game winning three point basket against the LA Clippers during overtime in Game Four of the Western Conference First Round during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at AdventHealth Arena at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on August 23, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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Luka Doncic Makes All-NBA First Team.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA – AUGUST 25: Luka Doncic #77 of the Dallas Mavericks reacts in the second half in game five of the first round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on August 25, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kim Klement-Pool/Getty Images)

The NBA announced today that Mavericks guard Luka Dončić was named to the 2019-20 All-NBA First Team. He becomes the third Maverick to earn All-NBA honors, joining Dirk Nowitzki (12 times) and Steve Nash (twice). He also joins Nowitzki (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009) as the only Mavericks to garner All-NBA First Team accolades.

Dončić (6-7, 230), who was 21 years, 168 days old on the final day of the 2019-20 regular season (Aug. 14), becomes the sixth player to earn All-NBA First Team honors at age 21-or-younger, along with LeBron James (2006), Max Zaslofsky (1947), Kevin Durant (2010), Tim Duncan (1998) and Rick Barry (1966). James (21 years, 110 days) and Zaslofsky (21 years, 114 days) are the only players to achieve the feat at a younger age than Dončić. In fact, if the season would have ended on its originally scheduled date (April 15), Dončić would have been the youngest to ever do it.

The second-year guard becomes the first player named to the All-NBA First Team in either his first or second season since Duncan in 1998-99 (Duncan made the First Team in each of his first eight seasons from 1997-98 to 2004-05).

Dončić averaged 28.7 points, 9.3 rebounds and 8.7 assists in 54 games before to the restart (through March 11). The 2018-19 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year saw his numbers increase in the bubble, as he nearly averaged a 30-point triple-double (30.0 ppg, 10.7 rpg, 9.7 apg) in Orlando en route to being named a unanimous Kia NBA All-Seeding Games First Team selection. Dončić finished the regular season with averages of 28.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 8.8 assists in 61 games (all starts), becoming just the third player in NBA history to average at least 28-9-8 for a full season (Oscar Robertson, Russell Westbrook).

The 21-year-old recorded a league-high 17 triple-doubles in 2019-20, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to lead the league outright in the category. Dončić not only broke Jason Kidd’s Mavericks single-season triple-double record (nine in 1995-96), but he became the franchise’s all-time leader in the category as well (25). Twelve of his triple-doubles were of the 30-point variety, and he again joined Robertson and Westbrook as one of three players to record at least 12 30-point triple-doubles in a single season.

Dončić also finished the season as the league leader in 25-point, 10-rebound, 15-assist games (five), 30-10-7 efforts (18) and 20-5-5 games (50).

At 20 years, 353 days, the Slovenian became the youngest European-born player to start an All-Star Game when suited up for Team LeBron in Chicago this past February. He also took home Western Conference Player of the Month (November 2019) and Player of the Week (Nov. 18 through Nov. 24, 2019) honors in 2019-20, and was a finalist for the Kia Most Improved Player Award.

Dončić ranked sixth in scoring (28.8 ppg), 17th in rebounding (9.4 rpg) and third in assists (8.8 apg). He became the seventh player since the ABA/NBA merger (1976-77) to finish a season ranked in the top-20 among qualifiers in scoring, rebounding and assists (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird, Grant Hill, Kevin Garnett, James, Westbrook).

In six first-round playoff games against the L.A. Clippers, Dončić averaged 31.0 points (.500 FG%), 9.8 rebounds and 8.8 assists en route to becoming the fifth player in NBA history to average at least 30-8-8 in a playoff series (James, Westbrook, Michael Jordan, Robertson). Dončić was the first to do so in his first career postseason series.

Voting for the 2019-20 All-NBA Teams was based on games played through March 11 (prior to the hiatus).

YOUNGEST PLAYERS SELECTED TO ALL-NBA FIRST TEAM

LeBron James, 2005-06 (21 years, 110 days)

Max Zaslofsky, 1946-47 (21 years, 114 days)

Luka Dončić, 2019-20 (21 years, 168 days)

Kevin Durant, 2009-10 (21 years, 197 days)

Tim Duncan, 1997-98 (21 years, 359 days)

Rick Barry, 1965-66 (21 years, 359 days)

Note: Age is determined by the final day of the regular season.

If the 2019-20 season would have ended on its originally scheduled date (April 15), Dončić would have been 21 years, 47 days old.  

DALLAS MAVERICKS SELECTED TO ALL-NBA TEAM

FIRST TEAM

Luka Dončić, 2019-20 (age 21)

Dirk Nowitzki, 2008-09 (age 30)

Dirk Nowitzki, 2006-07 (age 28)

Dirk Nowitzki, 2005-06 (age 27)

Dirk Nowitzki, 2004-05 (age 26)

SECOND TEAM

Dirk Nowitzki, 2010-11 (age 32)

Dirk Nowitzki, 2009-10 (age 31)

Dirk Nowitzki, 2007-08 (age 29)

Dirk Nowitzki, 2002-03 (age 24)

Dirk Nowitzki, 2001-02 (age 23)

THIRD TEAM

Dirk Nowitzki, 2011-12 (age 33)

Dirk Nowitzki, 2003-04 (age 25)

Steve Nash, 2002-03 (age 29)

Steve Nash, 2001-02 (age 28)

Dirk Nowitzki, 2000-01 (age 22)

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Written by Landon Buford

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