{"id":504469,"date":"2026-02-26T03:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T03:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504469\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T03:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T03:47:08","slug":"star-hits-out-at-all-nbl-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504469\/","title":{"rendered":"Star hits out at All-NBL snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While most of the fallout from Monday\u2019s NBL awards night has centred around Adelaide\u2019s Bryce Cotton edging Sydney\u2019s Kendric Davis for the MVP, one three-time NBA champion has now chimed in about his All-NBL omission.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic gold medalist and Illawarra Hawks big man JaVale McGee took to social media on Wednesday night to question why he wasn\u2019t part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbl.com.au\/news\/leagues-best-rewarded-with-all-nbl-selection\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two All-NBL Teams<\/a>, despite being shortlisted for the 2025-26 MVP award and having one of the competition\u2019s best statistical seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo 1st team or 2nd @NBL honors\u2026 all good\u2026 asking for next time what are the parameters?\u201d McGee said on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c6th (19.3) in scoring, 2nd (10) in rebounds. 1st in blocks. Average a double double In under 26mins\u2026 clearly not making playoffs doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No 1st team or 2nd <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@NBL<\/a> honors\u2026 all good\u2026 asking for next time what are the parameters? 6th (19.3) in scoring, 2nd (10) in rebounds. 1st in blocks. Average a double double In under 26mins\u2026 clearly not making playoffs doesn\u2019t matter\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Javale PIERRE 3Xs McGee (@JaValeMcGee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaValeMcGee\/status\/2026564763262623785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 25, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The two All-NBL Teams this season comprised of:<\/p>\n<p>All-NBL First Team<\/p>\n<p>Bryce Cotton (Adelaide 36ers) &#8211; 54 votes<br \/>Kendric Davis (Sydney Kings)\u00a0 &#8211; 52 votes<br \/>Nathan Sobey (South East Melbourne Phoenix)\u00a0 &#8211; 52 votes<br \/>Kristian Doolittle (Perth Wildcats) &#8211; 51 votes<br \/>John Brown III (South East Melbourne Phoenix) &#8211; 36 votes<\/p>\n<p>All-NBL Second Team<\/p>\n<p>Jack McVeigh (Cairns Taipans)\u00a0 &#8211; 31 votes<br \/>Parker Jackson-Cartwright (New Zealand Breakers)\u00a0 &#8211; 30 votes<br \/>Xavier Cooks (Sydney Kings)\u00a0 &#8211; 30 votes<br \/>Bryce Hamilton (Tasmania JackJumpers) &#8211; 28 votes<br \/>Zylan Cheatham (Adelaide 36ers)\u00a0 \u2013 23 votes<\/p>\n<p>The NBL26 Finals tip off on Wednesday, March 4, with the Seeding Qualifier between South East Melbourne and Perth at John Cain Arena from 7.30pm AEDT, live on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772077628_524_699d03248f12c17c957c9bca_NBL26 Finals_1920x250.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While most of the fallout from Monday\u2019s NBL awards night has centred around Adelaide\u2019s Bryce Cotton edging Sydney\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-504469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}