The 6-foot-11 Bosh, who was named an Eastern Conference starter for February's all-star game, finished with eight first-team votes and 234 points overall; voters picked three full teams with points awarded on a 5-3-1 basis.

For the native of Dallas, the season was a seemingly never-ending series of accomplishments. He began the season coming off his first appearance with the United States national team at the world championship and was named as an all-star game starter for the first time in his career in worldwide voting by fans.

His team goals for the Raptors went down like dominoes.

He wanted to win: The team equalled a franchise record with 47 victories.

He wanted to make the playoffs: Toronto qualified for the post-season for the first time since 2002.

He wanted to have homecourt advantage in the playoffs: Toronto won the Atlantic Division and was the No. 3 seed in the playoffs.

And even though the Raptors were beaten 4-2 by the New Jersey Nets in the first round of the playoffs – a series in which Bosh struggled for the first four games – the accomplishments were impressive.

"This is truly a special honour for me," Bosh said in a statement released by the team. "It shows that my hard work has paid dividends and that I was surrounded by great teammates."

In 69 regular season games, Bosh averaged 22.6 points and 10.7 rebounds per game. He missed 12 games in December with a sore knee and sat out the penultimate game of the regular season to rest.

Bosh also averaged a team-best 17.5 points and 9.0 rebounds in the playoffs.

"He learned a lot from this experience and he understands who much better he's got to get," coach Sam Mitchell said after Bosh's first post-season appearance, a stretch that saw him struggle to deal with consistent double-teams and the overall increase in intensity. "I impressed upon him (that) once you become an all-star, you're going to get the other guys' best every night so you've got to be even better."

Bosh becomes just the second Raptor to ever make an all-NBA team; Vince Carter was elected to the second team in 1999-2000 and the third team in 2000-01.

The first team is made up entirely of Western Conference players. Phoenix teammates Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire join Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs and Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks on the first team.

Joining Bosh on the second team are Houston teammates Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards and Cleveland's LeBron James.

The third team is Detroit's Chauncey Billups, Miami's Dwayne Wade, Denver's Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett of Minnesota and Dwight Howard of Orlando.

The notable absentees from the all-NBA teams were New Jersey guard Jason Kidd and Miami centre Shaquille O'Neal.

Of the 15 players named to the team only five – Nash, Stoudemire, Duncan, James and Billups – play for teams still alive in the playoffs