All-NBA Team picks: Nikola Jokic edges Joel Embiid for top center slot; three unanimous First Team choices

CBS Sports experts picked three All-NBA Teams as well as All-Defensive and All-Rookie Teams

With the 2022-23 NBA postseason now in full gear, the last bit of regular-season business still on the table is the announcement of the individual awards and accolades. We posted our staff predictions here, with the three MVP finalists getting at least two votes apiece. NBA awards are starting to be handed out this week (Jaren Jackson Jr. won Defensive Player of the Year on Monday), but it will still be a while before the 2022-23 All-NBA Teams are unveiled.

But you don't have to wait for our picks. The CBS Sports staff voted for three All-NBA Teams as well as All-Defensive and All-Rookie Teams for the regular season. A couple of notes: Three players were unanimous First Team All-NBA picks, and neither Joel Embiid nor Nikola Jokic, the ultimate vote splitters, was one of them. Also, just one player was voted All-NBA and All-Defense (second team). 

The All-NBA teams, in particular, were brutally tough calls. There is sure to be a lot of disagreement, but the one thing we can all surely agree on is that every player on this list had a spectacular season. As a staff, we did our best to reward the right ones. 

2022-23 All-NBA Teams

First Team	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC SG	Stephen Curry GS PG	Jayson Tatum BOS PF	Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL PF	Nikola Jokic DEN C
Second Team	Luka Doncic DAL PG	Donovan Mitchell CLE SG	Jaylen Brown BOS SF	Jimmy Butler MIA SF	Joel Embiid PHI C
Third Team	De'Aaron Fox SAC PG	Damian Lillard POR PG	LeBron James LAL SF	Lauri Markkanen UTA SF	Domantas Sabonis SAC C

Gilgeous-Alexander, Antetokounmpo and Tatum were the three unanimous first-team selections. Meanwhile, at the center position, Jokic got five first-place votes, while Joel Embiid got the remaining three.

2022-23 All-Defensive teams

First Team	Jrue Holiday MIL PG	Alex Caruso CHI SG	Evan Mobley CLE PF	Jaren Jackson Jr. MEM PF	Brook Lopez MIL C
Second Team	Derrick White BOS SG	Dillon Brooks MEM SF	Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL PF	Draymond Green GS PF	Jarrett Allen CLE C

Jackson Jr. and Lopez were the two unanimous first-team selections here. Giannis, meanwhile, is the only member of our All-NBA Teams to also make an All-Defensive squad.

2022-23 All-Rookie Teams

First Team	Jaden Ivey DET SG	Jalen Williams OKC SF	Paolo Banchero ORL PF	Keegan Murray SAC PF	Walker Kessler UTA C
Second Team	Tari Eason HOU F	Bennedict Mathurin IND SF	Jabari Smith HOU PF	Jeremy Sochan SA PF	Jalen Duren DET C

Banchero, the presumptive Rookie of the Year, along with Williams and Kessler were unanimous first-team picks.