MIAMI – The Miami Heat had zero players voted to the All-Star game this past season and on Thursday the Heat had zero players appear on the All-NBA teams, as voted by the media.
The glaring omission was Miami center Hassan Whiteside who averaged more points (17 ppg) and rebounds (14.1 rpg) than most of the centers voted ahead of him despite playing through a serious hand injury for a portion of the regular-season.
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New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis (28 ppg, 11.8 rpg) was voted as the first-team All-NBA center, Rudy Gobert (14 ppg, 12.8 rpg) of the Utah Jazz was voted to the second-team and L.A. Clippers big man DeAndre Jordan (12.7 ppg, 13.8 rpg) was the third-team center.
Whiteside, the only Heat player to receive votes, ranked as the seventh center in voting also finishing behind Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Marc Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies and DeMarcus Cousins of the New Orleans Pelicans.
The rest of the players voted as first-teamers were LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, James Harden of the Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook and San Antonio Spurs sensation Kawhi Leonard.
The second-teamers are Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo and Boston's Isaiah Thomas.
The rest of the third-teamers include Jimmy Butler of the Chicago Bulls, Draymond Green of the Warriors, Toronto's DeMar DeRozan and John Wall of the Washington Wizards.