In his first full season with the Detroit Pistons, Blake Griffin established himself as an NBA superstar — being named to the All-NBA Third Team.
The NBA announced Thursday Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin has made the 2018-19 All-NBA Third Team.
Griffin joins LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Kemba Walker, and Rudy Gobert on the third team.
The Oklahoma-native re-invented his game last season — becoming a legitimate threat from three-point range and getting the Pistons into the playoffs.
Griffin averaged 24.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game during the regular season.
The lone Pistons All-Star earned 13 Second Team votes and 76 Third Team votes.
This marks Griffin’s fifth All-NBA selection — and his first since the 2014-15 season. This is his second Third-team selection after making All-NBA Second Team three years in a row.
Griffin made the All-Rookie Team in 2011.
Pistons center Andre Drummond received one vote for All-NBA Second Team.
The rest of the All-NBA selections are as follows:
"2018-19 ALL-NBA FIRST TEAMPosition | Player, Team | 1st Team (5 Pts.) | 2nd Team (3 Pts.) | 3rd Team (1 Pt.) | Total | All-NBA SelectionsF Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee | 100 | — | — | 500 | 3 (one 1st, two 2nd)G James Harden, Houston | 100 | — | — | 500 | 6 (five 1st, one 3rd)G Stephen Curry, Golden State | 91 | 9 | — | 482 | 6 (three 1st, two 2nd, one 3rd)F Paul George, Oklahoma City | 71 | 25 | 3 | 433 | 5 (one 1st, four 3rd)C Nikola Jokić, Denver | 59 | 38 | 2 | 411 | 12018-19 ALL-NBA SECOND TEAMPosition | Player, Team | 1st Team (5 Pts.) | 2nd Team (3 Pts.) | 3rd Team (1 Pt.) | Total | All-NBA SelectionsC Joel Embiid, Philadelphia | 40 | 57 | 4 | 375 | 2 (two 2nd)F Kevin Durant, Golden State | 29 | 71 | — | 358 | 9 (six 1st, three 2nd)G Damian Lillard, Portland | 8 | 87 | 5 | 306 | 4 (one 1st, two 2nd, one 3rd)F Kawhi Leonard, Toronto | — | 73 | 23 | 242 | 3 (two 1st, one 2nd)G Kyrie Irving, Boston | — | 52 | 39 | 195 | 2 (one 2nd, one 3rd)2018-19 ALL-NBA THIRD TEAMPosition | Player, Team | 1st Team (5 Pts.) | 2nd Team (3 Pts.) | 3rd Team (1 Pt.) | Total | All-NBA SelectionsG Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City | 1 | 43 | 44 | 178 | 8 (two 1st, five 2nd, one 3rd)F Blake Griffin, Detroit | — | 13 | 76 | 115 | 5 (three 2nd, two 3rd)F LeBron James, L.A. Lakers | — | 13 | 72 | 111 | 15 (12 1st, two 2nd, one 3rd)C Rudy Gobert, Utah | 1 | 5 | 69 | 89 | 2 (one 2nd, one 3rd)G Kemba Walker, Charlotte | — | 4 | 39 | 51 | 1Below are the other players who received votes for the 2018-19 All-NBA Teams, listed by the position at which they received the most votes.OTHER PLAYERS RECEIVING VOTES: GUARDSPlayer, Team | 1st Team (5 Pts.) | 2nd Team (3 Pts.) | 3rd Team (1 Pt.) | TotalBradley Beal, Washington | — | 1 | 31 | 34Klay Thompson, Golden State | — | 3 | 18 | 27Ben Simmons, Philadelphia | — | — | 7 | 7Mike Conley, Memphis | — | — | 4 | 4Donovan Mitchell, Utah | — | — | 4 | 4DeMar DeRozan, San Antonio | — | — | 3 | 3D’Angelo Russell, Brooklyn | — | — | 3 | 3Dwyane Wade, Miami | — | 1 | — | 3Devin Booker, Phoenix | — | — | 1 | 1Eric Gordon, Houston | — | — | 1 | 1Jrue Holiday, New Orleans | — | — | 1 | 1Kyle Lowry, Toronto | — | — | 1 | 1Lou Williams, LA Clippers | — | — | 1 |OTHER PLAYERS RECEIVING VOTES: FORWARDSPlayer, Team | 1st Team (5 Pts.) | 2nd Team (3 Pts.) | 3rd Team (1 Pt.) | TotalLaMarcus Aldridge, San Antonio | — | 2 | 11 | 17Danilo Gallinari, LA Clippers | — | 1 | 4 | 7Pascal Siakam, Toronto | — | — | 4 | 4Luka Donĉić, Dallas | — | 1| — | 3Tobias Harris, Philadelphia | — | — | 2 | 2Marvin Bagley III, Sacramento | — | — | 1 | 1Domantas Sabonis, Indiana | — | — | 1 | 1OTHER PLAYERS RECEIVING VOTES: CENTERSPlayer, Team | 1st Team (5 Pts.) | 2nd Team (3 Pts.) | 3rd Team (1 Pt.) | TotalKarl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota | — | — | 20 | 20Nikola Vučević, Orlando | — | — | 4 | 4Andre Drummond, Detroit | — | 1 | — | 3Anthony Davis, New Orleans | — | — | 1 | 1Myles Turner, Indiana | — | — | 1 | 1"