Why is there no controversy about the NBA All-Squad this season? The selection mechanism is well changed, Harden finally benefits

NBA officially announced the 2024-2025 regular season best team.

The first time was: Alexander, Jokic, Antetokounmpo, Tatum, Mitchell.

The second team is: Curry, Edwards, James, Brunson, and Mobley.

The three formations are: Halliburton, Harden, Cunningham, Towns, and Jaylen Williams.

The best team in this class gives people the feeling that there is no controversy, everyone deserves it, and these 15 people who performed the best in the season are probably these 15 people.

In the past, basically every time the best team was released, there were always some doubts, there were always some players who performed better, players who were not as good as those who performed poorly, and some players who were unfortunately defeated and became the biggest loser.

But the best team this year won't be, it's just a situation where everyone can accept it.

The change in the selection mechanism

In fact, the best team can be undisputed, and it will be due to the past two changes.

1 is the number of participating venues. The NBA officially stipulates that only those who meet the standards are eligible to participate in the selection of various awards, which means that controversial players like those who performed well but had low attendance rates will not be selected again. For example, Durant, Jaylen Brown, Lillard and others were stuck outside by this rule.

made an agreement in advance, so the dispute was avoided.

The second is that there is no restriction on location. Jokic and Embiid were the top two MVPs, but in the end they could only be selected for the first team, and one person was selected for the second team, while the second team of MVP could only be selected for the second team, which also caused a lot of dissatisfaction. Because over time, who would remember that you are the second MVP? You only know that you are the second team, which is definitely not as good as the first team (the logic of some groups).

In the past, when there were many excellent defenders, the defender must have leftovers, and the forwards would have been a mess. On the other hand, when forwards are prevalent, the defenders must be selected.

Now that the position restrictions are lifted, there will be no such controversy. It depends entirely on skills. If there are 10 forwards in the final 15 best teams, it is also what the forwards deserve.

Harden benefited

Harden has always been a victim of the MVP selection mechanism, but now he has finally benefited. Due to the restrictions on the number of appearances, Durant and Jaylen Brown were squeezed out and there were few competitors.

More importantly, there is no position restriction, so Harden was selected into the third formation.

The best team has a total of 8 defenders, namely Mitchell and Alexander in the first team, Curry, Brunson and Edwards in the second team, Harden, Halliburton and Cunningham in the third team. Harden and Halliburton scored the lowest score among these 8 guards. In other words, if the original mechanism is followed, the first team will remain unchanged. The second team will be Edwards and Curry, Brunson will lose three teams, and Harden and Halliburton will miss the best team.

Once you miss the chance, is the biggest regret for Harden and Haliburton's performance?

Of course, some people benefit, some people suffer losses. There is no problem with the center, but there are still three, and the loss lies in the forward. In the end, only four forwards were selected, namely Antetokounmpo, Tatum, James, and Jaylen Williams. If the original rules were followed, Jaylen Williams would be promoted to the second team, while Shen Jing and Jaylen Jackson, who were not selected, would be selected into the third team.

But overall, there are the results of 8 guards now, which are more acceptable.

The regret of this best team is that the Rockets' Shin Kyung and the Grizzlies' Jaren Jackson were not selected, but they are also ranked 16th and 17th. I can only say that there are too many strong people, and I will come back next time.