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All-NBA teams will reportedly be announced early to allow for more well-informed trade decisions
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All-NBA teams will reportedly be announced early to allow for more well-informed trade decisions

Published Apr. 24, 2017 11:15 p.m. ET

We won't know the winners of the NBA's major awards (like MVP) until after the Finals and the draft are finished, thanks to a new awards show that will air on TNT for the first time this season on June 26.

But according to a report from the Washington Post, we will know who made the All-NBA teams well before then, because of the impact that could potentially have on players' future contracts.

Because of the newly created Designated Player Exception, which relies on players making, among other things, one of the three all-NBA teams to qualify, decisions about whether players — such as Indiana Pacers star Paul George, for example — will be willing to remain with their current team or be open to being traded elsewhere could be based upon whether a player is voted on to one of the teams. ...

Given that draft night is one of the most active trade days of the season, having all 30 teams know who will and won’t qualify for the DPE heading into it, and the offseason, will allow everyone to accurately gauge where things are headed.

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