Yes, Chef! Steph Curry makes All-NBA second team

Golden State’s Curry made his 11th All-NBA team, becoming the fifth-oldest player in NBA history to do so.

After a season where he averaged 24.5 points, dished out six assists per game, led the league in three-point percentage and free-throw percentage and dragged the Golden State Warriors into the second round of the playoffs, Steph Curry was voted to the All-NBA second team.

The 37-year-old joined 40-year-old LeBron James on the second team, along with playoff opponent Anthony Edwards, Clutch Player of the Year Jalen Brunson, and Defensive Player of the Year Evan Mobley. Curry finished eighth in the overall voting, which does not require voters to select a position, but he was fourth among guards, behind Edwards and first-teamers Donovan Mitchell and MVP. That means, whether All-NBA teams were positionless or not, Curry would be on the second team.

James already became the oldest All-NBA player of all time last season, and he has four of the six oldest All-NBA seasons ever. Curry is the ninth-oldest All-NBA player of all time, trailing four LeBron seasons, two Kareem Abdul-Jabbar seasons, and one each from Tim Duncan and Karl Malone. Should Curry make it again next season, hamstring willing, he’d leapfrog the Mailman and one LeBron season, though you can bet against a 41-year-old James making the All-NBA team at your own peril.

The voting shows the esteem that NBA voters have for Curry. Brunson may have received more hype and the New York Knicks are having a magical season, but there were six more voters that considered Curry one of the league’s top ten players than Brunson, while two voters had both small guards in the top five.

Sometimes players get raises or bonuses for making All-NBA teams, but Curry is already making the maximum. So he will simply receive bragging rights, which is important for a player who gets as fired up as Curry does by his haters. The Petty King may be a second-team All-NBA player but he’ll always be an All-Spite first-teamer.