All-NBA First Team
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The All-NBA First Team is an annual honor recognizing the five best players of a given NBA season, as selected by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| All-NBA First Team canonical | 24 |
| All-NBA First Team selection | 5 |
| All-NBA Team selection | 4 |
| All-NBA 1st Team | 1 |
| All-NBA First Team 2023 | 1 |
| All-NBA First Team 2024 | 1 |
| Kevin Durant – All-NBA First Team | 1 |
| below All-NBA First Team | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T391936 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: All-NBA First Team Context triple: [Kevin McHale, awardReceived, All-NBA First Team]
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A.
NBA All-Defensive Team
The NBA All-Defensive Team is an annual honor recognizing the league’s best defensive players at each position, as voted on by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
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B.
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
The NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual honor given to the league’s most outstanding defensive player over the regular season.
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C.
NBA Most Valuable Player Award
The NBA Most Valuable Player Award is an annual honor given to the player judged to be the most outstanding during the National Basketball Association’s regular season.
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D.
NBA Most Improved Player Award
The NBA Most Improved Player Award is an annual honor given to the player who has demonstrated the greatest year-over-year improvement in performance during the regular season.
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E.
NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
The NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award is an annual honor given to the league’s most outstanding player in a reserve role, recognizing the top-performing non-starter each season.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: All-NBA First Team Target entity description: The All-NBA First Team is an annual honor recognizing the five best players of a given NBA season, as selected by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
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A.
NBA All-Defensive Team
The NBA All-Defensive Team is an annual honor recognizing the league’s best defensive players at each position, as voted on by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
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B.
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
The NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual honor given to the league’s most outstanding defensive player over the regular season.
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C.
NBA Most Valuable Player Award
The NBA Most Valuable Player Award is an annual honor given to the player judged to be the most outstanding during the National Basketball Association’s regular season.
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D.
NBA Most Improved Player Award
The NBA Most Improved Player Award is an annual honor given to the player who has demonstrated the greatest year-over-year improvement in performance during the regular season.
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E.
NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
The NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award is an annual honor given to the league’s most outstanding player in a reserve role, recognizing the top-performing non-starter each season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Basketball Association honor
ⓘ
annual sports award ⓘ basketball award ⓘ |
| appliesTo | NBA players ⓘ |
| confersTitle |
All-NBA First Team
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
All-NBA First Team selection
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criterion | performance in regular season ⓘ |
| eligibility | players who appeared in the NBA during that season ⓘ |
| era | Began in BAA era before NBA merger ⓘ |
| governingBody |
NBA Board of Governors
ⓘ
surface form:
NBA league office
|
| hasCategory |
NBA Awards
ⓘ
surface form:
NBA regular season awards
basketball all-star and all-league teams ⓘ |
| hasPart |
All-NBA Second Team
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All-NBA Third Team ⓘ |
| inception | 1946 ⓘ |
| isConsidered | one of the highest individual regular-season honors in the NBA ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialAnnouncements | English ⓘ |
| league | National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | national sports media ⓘ |
| notableMultipleTimeSelections |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kobe Bryant ⓘ LeBron James ⓘ Michael Jordan ⓘ Tim Duncan ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayers | 5 ⓘ |
| organizer | National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| partOf |
NBA All-NBA Team
ⓘ
surface form:
All-NBA Team
|
| relatedTo |
NBA All-Defensive Team
ⓘ
NBA All-Rookie Team ⓘ NBA All-Star Game ⓘ NBA Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ |
| seasonFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| selectionBasis | individual performance rather than team success ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | media panel voting ⓘ |
| selectionPeriod | entire regular season ⓘ |
| selectionTiming | after conclusion of regular season ⓘ |
| selectionType | postseason media award ⓘ |
| shortName |
All-NBA First Team
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
All-NBA 1st Team
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| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| teamSize | five-man lineup ⓘ |
| typicalAnnouncementFormat |
media broadcast
ⓘ
press release ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Hall of Fame consideration
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contract incentives ⓘ evaluating player legacy ⓘ |
| voters |
broadcasters
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sportswriters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: All-NBA First Team Description of subject: The All-NBA First Team is an annual honor recognizing the five best players of a given NBA season, as selected by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
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this entity surface form:
All-NBA First Team selection
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Earl Monroe
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All-NBA Team selection
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All-NBA Team selection
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All-NBA Team selection
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All-NBA Team selection
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All-NBA 1st Team
this entity surface form:
All-NBA First Team selection
this entity surface form:
below All-NBA First Team
this entity surface form:
All-NBA First Team selection
this entity surface form:
All-NBA First Team selection
subject surface form:
George Mikan
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All-NBA First Team 2023
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All-NBA First Team 2024
subject surface form:
Bob Pettit
this entity surface form:
All-NBA First Team selection
this entity surface form:
Kevin Durant – All-NBA First Team