All-NBA Third Team
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The All-NBA Third Team is an annual honor recognizing one of the league’s top groups of players at each position, ranked just below the First and Second All-NBA Teams.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| All-NBA Third Team canonical | 25 |
| All-NBA Third Team 1992–93 | 1 |
| All-NBA Third Team 2022 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T398810 — 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 Third Team Context triple: [Gilbert Arenas, awardReceived, All-NBA Third Team]
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A.
All-NBA Second Team
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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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.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Third Team Target entity description: The All-NBA Third Team is an annual honor recognizing one of the league’s top groups of players at each position, ranked just below the First and Second All-NBA Teams.
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A.
All-NBA Second Team
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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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.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Basketball Association honor
ⓘ
basketball award ⓘ |
| appliesTo | NBA players ⓘ |
| awardLevel | third team ⓘ |
| confersStatus |
All-NBA selection
ⓘ
linked to:
NBA All-NBA Team
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | modern NBA era ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
NBA awards
ⓘ
linked to:
NBA Awards
annual sporting events in the United States ⓘ basketball trophies and awards ⓘ |
| impactOn |
Hall of Fame consideration
ⓘ
contract incentives ⓘ player legacy ⓘ |
| inception | 1988 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| league | National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayers | 5 ⓘ |
| partOf |
All-NBA Teams
ⓘ
linked to:
NBA All-NBA Team
|
| presentedBy | National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
All-NBA First Team
ⓘ
All-NBA Second Team ⓘ NBA All-Star Game ⓘ NBA Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ |
| relativeRank |
below All-NBA First Team
ⓘ
linked to:
All-NBA First Team
below All-NBA Second Team ⓘ
linked to:
All-NBA Second Team
|
| selectionBasis | regular season performance ⓘ |
| selectionBody | panel of sportswriters and broadcasters ⓘ |
| selectionType | end-of-season honor ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| timeOfAward | after regular season ⓘ |
| traditionalPositions |
one center
ⓘ
two forwards ⓘ two guards ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: All-NBA Third Team Description of subject: The All-NBA Third Team is an annual honor recognizing one of the league’s top groups of players at each position, ranked just below the First and Second All-NBA Teams.
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