Ja Morant, Celtics stars among those most impacted by All-NBA announcement

When the teams were revealed, the Celtics duo of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum were the only two celebrating. 

All-NBA First Team: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, guard; Luka Doncic, guard; Jayson Tatum, forward; Giannis Antetokounmpo, forward; Joel Embiid, center

All-NBA Second Team: Stephen Curry, guard; Donovan Mitchell, guard; Jaylen Brown, forward; Jimmy Butler, forward; Nikola Jokic, center

All-NBA Third Team: De'Aaron Fox, guard; Damian Lillard, guard; LeBron James, forward; Julius Randle, forward; Domantas Sabonis, center

As former Brooklyn Nets general manager Bobby Marks laid out, Brown can sign a five-year, $295M extension this offseason and Tatum can sign for five years, $318M in 2024.

While not a guarantee either will sign for that much, both amounts are significantly more than how much they signed for on their previous contracts. 

In 2019, Brown signed a four-year, $115M extension. A year later, Tatum signed one worth $195M over five years.

Brown and Tatum set career-highs in points per game this season. Brown averaged 26.6 points on 49.1% shooting and Tatum averaged 30.1 points while shooting 46.6%. 

Ja Morant was perhaps on track for a nod but a late-season suspension paired with other worthy options at guard forced him to the outside looking in. He lost out on $39M because of it.

His numbers this year were comparable to what he put up last season when he was named All-NBA Second Team. Last year, Morant averaged 27.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game; this season, he averaged 26.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 8.1 assists while playing four more games.

But if Morant is in, who is getting taken off? Definitely not any of the four guards on the first two All-NBA teams. As for Fox, he was a more efficient scorer than Morant and led the league's top offense in Sacramento. Lillard averaged a career-high 32.2 points per game on 46.3% shooting.

Someone was going to get left out and Morant had the misfortune of drawing the short stick. But he still has 194 million reasons to get a good night's rest.