Cavaliers star LeBron James was unanimously selected for the All-NBA first team for a record 12th time, the league announced Thursday.
James' first-team honor, which also came in 2006 and 2008-17, moved him past Kobe Bryant (11) and Karl Malone (11).
James and the Houston Rockets' James Harden were the only two players receiving first-team votes on all 100 ballots submitted by a global panel of sports writers and broadcasters.
James, 33, played in 82 games for the first time in his 15-year career and averaged 27.5 points (third in the league) on .542 (14th) shooting from the field with a career-high tying 8.6 rebounds (15th), a career-high 9.1 assists (second), 1.41 steals and 0.87 blocks in 36.9 minutes.
His career-high 52 double-doubles were the fifth most in the NBA and the second-most in franchise history and his career-high 18 triple-doubles ranked second in the league. James led the NBA in total points with 2,251, reaching 2,000 for the first time since 2013-14. James also became one of three players, along with Malone (12) and Michael Jordan (11) to score 2,000 at least 10 times.
James totaled at least 2,000 points, 500 rebounds (709) and 500 assists (747) for the eighth time, the most in league history.
James was joined on the first team by Harden, Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans), Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers) and Kevin Durant (Golden State Warriors). James, Harden and Davis are the finalists for the MVP award, to be announced on June 25.
On the second team were LaMarcus Aldridge (San Antonio Spurs), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks), DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors), Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers) and Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder). Jimmy Butler (Minnesota Timberwolves), Stephen Curry (Warriors), Paul George (Thunder), Victor Oladipo (Indiana Pacers) and Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves) were voted to the third team.
Among others receiving votes were the Cavs' Kevin Love and former Cav Kyrie Irving (Celtics).
Since James returned to the Cavs in 2014, he is the only Eastern Conference player to make the All-NBA first team, according to ESPN Stats & Info. Other than James, the last was Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls in 2013-14.
