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Joel Embiid Named to All-NBA Second Team

Kevin Kinkead

By Kevin Kinkead

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Joel got 11 first team votes, 78 second team votes and five third team votes.

The results:

The most important takeaway is that Embiid not making the first team means no supermax trigger. His 2018-2019 salary will start at 25% of the cap, so something around $25 million. He would have earned 30% if he was named league MVP or earned a spot on the first team.

Ben Simmons also got some votes:

Kevin Kinkead

Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com

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