Dwyane Wade Named to All-NBA First Team

Add another honor to Dwyane Wade's expanding collection: For the second consecutive season, the Miami Heat guard on Thursday was named to the All-NBA First Team. Wade received 81 of a possible 122 first-place votes and joined the Lakers' Kobe Bryant as the guards on the first team. Wade beat out second-team guards Steve Nash and Deron Williams, who received 24 and 14 first-place votes, respectively. Wade joins Shaquille O'Neal as the only Heat players to be named All-NBA First Team twice. Tim Hardaway (1997) and Alonzo Mourning (1999) are the only other Heat players who have been named to the All-NBA first team. Wade, who won the MVP award at February's All-Star Game, was named second-team All-NBA in 2004-05 and 2005-06 and to the third team in 2006-07.Earlier this week, Wade finished fifth in Most Valuable Player voting and was named second team All-Defense for the third time in his career.Wade finished third in the NBA in points scored (2045), fourth in field goals made (719), fourth in average steals (1.84), fifth in scoring average (26.6), 10th in assists per game (6.5) and 29th in blocks per game (1.06). Wade and LeBron James were the only players who finished in the top 10 in points, assists and steals this season. He also became the first guard to average more than one block per game in consecutive seasons since former Boston Celtic Reggie Lewis (1990-91 and 1991-92). A panel of 122 sportswriters and broadcasters vote for the All-NBA team. Joining Wade and Bryant on the first team are Cleveland's LeBron James, Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant and Orlando's Dwight Howard. This is a great accomplishment for Dwyane Wade being his second consecutive year making the ALL-NBA First Team for the Miami Heat. For those of you who might not know what the ALL-NBA First Team is; it's a vote by the media and experts to select the top 5 players for that certain year.