All NSL Teams

It’s finally that time of year that everyone looks forward to! Seeing if your favourite player gets “snubbed” or gets the credit they deserve in the first iteration of the All NSL Teams. Couple rules I have set for this write up are the same for the end of season awards, they need to pass the same markers to be eligible. To feature on these teams your player must have played 60% of your teams’ total games to this point of the season.

Couple teams feature heavily which is a good indicator as to why they are where they are, at the top of the standings. Minnesota has both of their star duo represented in both the All NSL teams and the All-Defence teams, as do Washington. Both teams sit among the top of their respective conferences. 2 new faces have also popped their head up among the elites.

New faces

Jalen Williams: I feel is the 2^nd best SG in the league right now, he may not remain in these conversations though as the Clippers still have their 1^st option Paolo Banchero to come back into the side and take shots away but as of right now J Dub has been a highly efficient force for the Clippers and keeping the wins ticking over.

Anthony Edwards: Another new face among the best of the best who we should expect to see feature in these lists often as his career plays out. Ant has only featured in the All-Defence 2^nd team which he was awarded back in season 2022/2023. I have placed him in the 2^nd team, to this point of the year Ant is averaging 40ppg! We all saw the uptick last season and 2k have really boosted his play as he has propelled his OKC Thunder to the top seed in the West with a 14-4 record.

Brandon Ingram: The baby slim reaper has finally arrived. Throughout his 2k career he’s been an afterthought and never really played up to his NBA level. He was often an inefficient shot chucker because he was too slow to get open and his shot release was too slow. This has all changed this season as Ingram has looked the best, he’s ever looked averaging a career-high 27.4 points per game he’s faster and seems to hit everything no matter the contest.

Karl-Anthony Towns: Another player who has often been an afterthought in 2k and had often been referred to as a waste of cap space, I’m not sure how he didn’t at least get a 3^rd team vote last season where he averaged 24ppg and 12rpg. This season he isn’t quite as impactful while playing on a loaded Charlotte roster, but I believe he’s firmly planted to this point of the season as the 3^rd best Center in the NSL.

Jalen Suggs: Was traded to the Chicago Bulls at the pointy end of last season and was immediately an impactful defensive presence. This season he’s gone to another level where I believe he is currently the #2 defensive SG in the NSL averaging a career high 1.7spg and has been locking everyone up as well as putting up a career game high of 7 steals just last week.

Jonathan Isaac: Another player I thought would have featured in an All-Defensive team last, his numbers last season were nuts and he was award eligible for the first time in his NSL career he played 60 games. Isaac would likely be a lock to be on an All-defence team if he was more available. Having only played 114 games out of a possible 427.

 

 

Familiar faces return

James Harden: A player who hasn’t been included in an All NSL team since being selected in the 2^nd team back in the 2020/2021 season is James Harden. Harden has found the fountain of youth and is back to averaging similar numbers to when he was in his prime while leading the Utah Jazz who have been without their star player for all but 1 week to a 12-4 record.

Andre Drummond: Drummond is usually in line for an All NSL selection every year however this season has seen a resurgence defensively having made an All-Defence 2^nd team back in 2022/2023.

 

All NSL 1^st Team:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander [Milwaukee Bucks]

40ppg, 4.8rpg, 4.9apg, 53/44/91

Jimmy Butler [Minnesota Timberwolves]

31.4ppg, 5.3rpg, 4.6apg, 50/32/67

Giannis Antetokounmpo [San Antonio Spurs]

48.2ppg, 12.3rpg, 5.8apg, 64/22/68

LeBron James [Washington Wizards]

40.9ppg, 9.1rpg, 4.5apg, 51/34/71

Nikola Jokic [Houston Rockets]

22.5ppg, 18.3rpg, 5.8apg, 58/40/81

 

All NSL 2^nd Team:

James Harden [Utah Jazz]

36.8ppg, 4.6rpg, 5.3apg, 46/36/86

Jalen Williams [Los Angeles Clippers]

25.9ppg, 5.4rpg, 5.1apg, 52/40/81

Anthony Edwards [Oklahoma City Thunder]

41ppg, 5rpg, 3.6apg, 49/36/76

Jayson Tatum [Boston Celtics]

36.9ppg, 6.9rpg, 2.8apg, 49/37/80

Victor Wembanyama [Indiana Pacers]

17.7ppg, 13.8rpg, 2.1apg, 57/52/78

 

 

All NSL 3^rd Team:

Luka Doncic [New Orleans Pelicans]

32.2ppg, 6.7rpg, 4.8apg, 46/31/77

Donovan Mitchell [Denver Nuggets]

30.3ppg, 3.4rpg, 3.9apg, 43/32/85

Brandon Ingram [Brooklyn Nets]

27.4ppg, 5.1rpg, 3.6apg, 47/37/81

Anthony Davis [Minnesota Timberwolves]

29.1ppg, 12.2rpg, 3.5apg, 56/39/85

Karl-Anthony Towns [Charlotte Hornets]

17.6ppg, 13.4rpg, 1.7apg, 49/21/80

 

All NSL Defense 1^st Team:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander [Milwaukee Bucks]

2.2spg, 0.5bpg, +8.2BPM

Jimmy Butler [Minnesota Timberwolves]

1.8spg, 0.4bpg, +4BPM

Giannis Antetokounmpo [San Antonio Spurs]

1.4spg, 1.8bpg, +5.4BPM

Anthony Davis [Minnesota Timberwolves]

1.3spg, 1.9bpg, +3.8BPM
Victor Wembanyama [Indiana Pacers]

2.3spg, 2.2bpg, +3.4BPM

 

All NSL Defense 2^nd Team:

Jrue Holiday [Washington Wizards]

1.4spg, 0.4bpg, +12.1BPM
Jalen Suggs [Chicago Bulls]

1.7spg, 0.8bpg, +6.4BPM

Draymond Green [Philadelphia 76ers]

0.7spg, 0.8bpg, -2.7BPM

Jonathan Isaac [Miami Heat]

1.1spg, 1.2bpg, +5.1BPM

Andre Drummond [Cleveland Cavaliers]

2.1sp, 1.7bpg, +4.8BPG