Kawhi Leonard was named to the All-NBA second team on Sunday evening and listed on the ballot as a member of the LA Clippers.
The league’s second-team group published Sunday pairs Leonard with Jaylen Brown, Jalen Brunson, Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell.
Jaylen Brown reacted live on his Twitch channel when the teams were released, a public response that arrived with the announcement of the five-player second team.
The narrow arithmetic of the vote was obvious in the release: Brown finished 30 points behind the final first-team spot, underscoring how tight the margin was between the top echelon and the players placed on the second team.
League procedures around award eligibility also featured in the wider conversation; earlier in the season two first-team candidates had missed the 65-game threshold but went on to win appeals that made them eligible for postseason awards, a process voters had to account for as teams and ballots were finalized.
For Leonard, the second-team nod is the official placement in this year’s All-NBA reckoning, recorded on the list as a Clippers player and published with the rest of the teams on Sunday evening.
The announcement left a concise public record: Leonard and four peers occupy the All-NBA second team, Brown registered a late, public reaction on Twitch, and the math around the final first-team spot — a 30-point gap — framed how close the debate over those last honors was.
What follows from here is the award result itself: the published teams stand as the season’s formal recognition, with Kawhi Leonard listed among the second-team selections for this year.
