All-NBA Second Team
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The All-NBA Second Team is an annual honor recognizing five of the NBA’s best players at their positions, ranked just below the league’s top All-NBA First Team selections.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| All-NBA Second Team canonical | 26 |
| All-BAA Second Team | 1 |
| All-NBA Second Team 2022 | 1 |
| All-NBA Second Team selection | 1 |
| Russell Westbrook – All-NBA Second Team | 1 |
| below All-NBA Second Team | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T391937 — 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 Second Team Context triple: [Kevin McHale, awardReceived, All-NBA Second Team]
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A.
All-NBA First Team
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Second Team Target entity description: The All-NBA Second Team is an annual honor recognizing five of the NBA’s best players at their positions, ranked just below the league’s top All-NBA First Team selections.
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A.
All-NBA First Team
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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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Basketball Association honor
ⓘ
basketball award ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
being among the NBA’s best players
ⓘ
performance in a given NBA season ⓘ |
| category | individual player award ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | top-tier professional league ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBy | All-NBA Third Team ⓘ |
| follows | All-NBA First Team ⓘ |
| frequency | annually ⓘ |
| genderCategory | men’s professional basketball ⓘ |
| governingBody | NBA Board of Governors ⓘ |
| hasAwardType | postseason media-voted honor ⓘ |
| hasHigherRankedTeam | All-NBA First Team ⓘ |
| hasLowerRankedTeam | All-NBA Third Team ⓘ |
| historicalPositionStructure |
traditional positions
ⓘ
two guards, two forwards, one center ⓘ |
| inception | 1946 ⓘ |
| isNonPositionalSince | 2023 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| league | National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
one of three main All-NBA teams
ⓘ
recognizes players ranked just below All-NBA First Team selections ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayers | 5 ⓘ |
| originalName |
All-NBA Second Team
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
All-BAA Second Team
|
| partOf |
NBA All-NBA Team
ⓘ
surface form:
All-NBA Teams
|
| positionInSeries | 2 ⓘ |
| presentedBy | National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
All-NBA First Team
ⓘ
All-NBA Third Team ⓘ NBA All-Defensive Team ⓘ NBA All-Rookie Team ⓘ NBA Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ |
| relativeRank | second team ⓘ |
| ruleChange | positionless voting introduced for All-NBA teams in the 2023 collective bargaining agreement ⓘ |
| scope | league-wide ⓘ |
| selectionBasis |
perceived overall excellence
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player position ⓘ regular season performance ⓘ |
| selectionTiming | after conclusion of regular season ⓘ |
| selectionType | annual honor ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| teamCountInSystem | 3 ⓘ |
| teamSize | five-man lineup ⓘ |
| votedBy |
media panel
ⓘ
sportswriters and broadcasters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: All-NBA Second Team Description of subject: The All-NBA Second Team is an annual honor recognizing five of the NBA’s best players at their positions, ranked just below the league’s top All-NBA First Team selections.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
All-BAA Second Team
this entity surface form:
below All-NBA Second Team
subject surface form:
Jo Jo White
this entity surface form:
All-NBA Second Team 2022
subject surface form:
Bob Pettit
this entity surface form:
All-NBA Second Team selection
this entity surface form:
Russell Westbrook – All-NBA Second Team