How All-NBA team voting results changes max contract and salary for Zach LaVine, Devin Booker and others

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At long last, the All-NBA Teams for the 2021-22 season have been revealed.

At the end of every regular season, a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters vote on who they believe were the six best guards, six best forwards and three best centers of the season. Those 15 players are split between three teams based on their position and how many First Team, Second Team and Third Team votes they receive.

While the accolades will forever be attached to names, one notable wrinkle is how All-NBA voting impacts player salaries. Long story short: players can earn more based on whether or not they get voted All-NBA.

For those interested in all of the details, you can read up on all of the rules here. To see which players were impacted this year, keep reading!

Who made All-NBA teams in 2022

The 15 players to earn All-NBA this season are as follows:

  • First Team: Luka Doncic, Devin Booker, Jayson Tatum, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic
  • Second Team: Ja Morant, Stephen Curry, DeMar DeRozan, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid
  • Third Team: Chris Paul, Trae Young, LeBron James, Pascal Siakam, Karl-Anthony Towns

Not only is making an All-NBA Team one of the highest honors a player can receive, but a selection can determine their future earnings.

According to ESPN's front office insider and cap expert Bobby Marks, there are five particular players who are impacted financially by this season's All-NBA results.

MORE: Complete list of NBA awards

Player salaries, max contracts impacted by 2022 All-NBA results

Devin Booker, Karl-Anthony Towns

Both Booker and Town are examples of players currently under contract who just unlocked more lucrative extensions by making All-NBA in 2022.

In 2018, Booker signed a five-year, $158 million extension with the Suns. While he still has two more seasons remaining on his contract, earning an All-NBA selection makes him eligible to sign a four-year, $211 million supermax extension this offseason.

Towns is in the same boat as Booker, having signed a five-year extension in 2018.

Trae Young

The No. 5 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, Young signed a five-year extension with the Hawks ahead of the 2021-22 season. The first season of his extension is 2022-23.

Even though he already signed the contract, the value of it just went up because it has not yet kicked in.

Having made All-NBA this season, Young's extension signed last offseason will increase from a total of $177 million to $212 million.

Ja Morant

As TSN's Gilbert McGregor explained, one way for a player to become supermax eligible is by earning two All-NBA selections in their first four seasons.

The No. 2 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, this marks Morant's first All-NBA selection, so he'll have to earn an All-NBA selection next season to be eligible for a supermax extension that could be worth over $220 million. 

Marks adds that Morant is eligible to sign a five-year, $186 million extension this offseason.

Zach LaVine

LaVine is arguably the biggest name in this summer's free agent class.

Because LaVine did not make an All-NBA Team, he is not eligible for a supermax extension.

LaVine signed a four-year, $78 million contract with the Bulls in 2018, making him an unrestricted free agent this offseason. The most he can sign with the Bulls is a five-year, $212.3 million contract. The most he can sign with another team is a four-year, $157.4 million contract.

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Scott Rafferty is an experienced NBA journalist who first started writing for The Sporting News in 2017. There are few things he appreciates more than a Nikola Jokic no-look pass, Klay Thompson heat check or Giannis Antetokounmpo eurostep. He's a member of the NBA Global team.