All-Defensive Teams Announced

[duncan228]

Howard, Bryant headline 2008-09 NBA All-Defensive First Team (http://www.nba.com/2009/news/05/06/defensive.team/index.html)
By Official Release

NEW YORK, May 6, 2009 -- Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, winner of the 2008-09 Defensive Player of the Year Award presented by Kia Motors, and guard Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers headline the NBA All-Defensive First Team, the NBA announced today. By totaling 55 points overall, including 27 First Team votes, Howard edged Bryant (53 points overall and 24 First Team votes) as the leading vote-getter.

Also selected to the All-Defensive First Team are forward LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers (47 points), New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul (36 points) and Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett (35 points).

Howard led the league in rebounds (13.8 ppg) and blocks (2.9 bpg), becoming only the fifth player to lead the league in both categories in the same season (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, L.A. Lakers, 1975-76; Bill Walton, Portland 1976-77; Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston, 1989-90; Ben Wallace, Detroit, 2001-02). Howard and the Magic held opponents under 100 points 54 times this season -- compiling a 43-11 record in those games.

The NBA All-Defensive Second Team consists of center Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs, guards Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat and Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics, and forwards Shane Battier and Ron Artest of the Houston Rockets. Duncan has been selected to the NBA All-Defensive team 12 consecutive seasons.

The voting panel consisted of the NBA's 30 head coaches, who were asked to select NBA All-Defensive First and Second Teams by position. Coaches were not permitted to vote for players from their own team. Two points were awarded for a First Team vote and one point was awarded for a Second Team vote.

Below are the results for the 2008-09 NBA All-Defensive Teams balloting:

2008-09 NBA ALL-DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM
Position Player, Team 1st 2nd Points

Center Dwight Howard, Orlando 27 1 55
Guard Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers 24 5 53
Forward LeBron James, Cleveland 22 3 47
Guard Chris Paul, New Orleans 15 6 36
Forward Kevin Garnett, Boston 13 9 35

2008-09 NBA ALL-DEFENSIVE SECOND TEAM
Position Player, Team 1st 2nd Points

Center Tim Duncan, San Antonio 10 10 30
Guard Dwyane Wade, Miami 9 8 26
Guard Rajon Rondo, Boston 4 15 23
Forward Shane Battier, Houston 6 10 22
Forward Ron Artest, Houston 5 12 22


Other players receiving votes, with point totals (First Team votes in parentheses): Tayshaun Prince, Detroit, 15 (3); Raja Bell, Charlotte, 8 (2); Joel Przybilla, Portland, 7 (1); Chauncey Billups, Denver, 5; Ronnie Brewer, Utah, 5 (1); Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia, 5; Yao Ming, Houston, 5; Emeka Okafor, Charlotte, 5 (1); Kendrick Perkins, Boston, 4 (1); Samuel Dalembert, Philadelphia, 3; Derek Fisher, L.A. Lakers, 3 (1); Udonis Haslem, Miami, 3; Jason Kidd, Dallas, 3 (1); Anderson Varejao, Cleveland, 3; Deron Williams, Utah, 3; Trevor Ariza, L.A. Lakers, 2; Kirk Hinrich, Chicago, 2; Joe Johnson, Atlanta, 2 (1); Andrei Kirilenko, Utah, 2 (1); David Lee, New York, 2 (1); James Posey, New Orleans, 2; J.R. Smith, Denver, 2 (1); Gerald Wallace, Charlotte, 2; Nenê, Denver, 1; Chris Andersen, Denver, 1; Pau Gasol, L.A. Lakers, 1; Antonio McDyess, Detroit, 1; Andre Miller, Philadelphia, 1; Travis Outlaw, Portland, 1; Brandon Roy, Portland, 1; Rasheed Wallace, Detroit, 1.

[dirk4mvp]

All-Defensive Teams Announced
Guard Chris Paul, New Orleans 15 6 36


:lol

[BandWagon Cavs Fan]

not bad

[IronMexican]

CP3 and Kobe on that list is pathetic.

[balli]

Chrissy Paul? GMAFB. Oh, but he gets a lot of steals right? Yeah, GMAFB.

As long as they're giving a first team spot to a broken down KG who didn't play all spring, I'd have like to have seen Duncan there instead so they could put a true center in the second team's, y'know, center spot. Though neither was even close this year, IMO.

What a fucking joke these lists are.

-via the Spurs forum post I made

[lefty]

Lebron and Garnett over Duncan ?


Are you fucking kidding me ?

[anonoftheinternets]

^ this ... and ^^ this

[BlackSwordsMan]

bowen didn't even get one vote? jeezus

[BlackSwordsMan]

find it hard to believe any of this shit matters
people only remember championships

[sook]

Chris Paul wtf?

Why do they incorporate how good a player is offensively when coming up with the teams? Shane is a better defender than everyone up there other than garnett and dwight.

He is coming back from a really bad ankle injury and started coming back into form just earlier this month.

Last year he was top 3 in dpoy voting but couldn't even make the first team. Sad thing the NBA is.

[sook]

Chris Paul wtf?

Why do they incorporate how good a player is offensively when coming up with the teams? Shane is a better defender than everyone up there other than garnett and dwight.

He is coming back from a really bad ankle injury and started coming back into form just earlier this month.

Last year he was top 3 in dpoy voting but couldn't even make the first team. Sad thing the NBA is.

[IronMexican]

bowen didn't even get one vote? jeezus

He didn't even get to play this season. Amare Stoudamire deserves more votes than Bowen for this season.

[lefty]

bowen didn't even get one vote? jeezus

Bowen played a total of 44 seconds (including the Mavs series) this season

[BlackSwordsMan]

cia pop

[td4mvp21]

Chris Paul on the first team?? What a fucking joke.

Duncan on the second team makes sense, he didn't have the best year defensively.

[sribb43]

Lebron = FAIL
CP3 = FAIL
Kobe = FAIL
KG = FAIL

The 2nd team should be the first team..All-defensive team is a joke now

[sribb43]

How the F' did JR Smith get 2 votes and 1 of those was a 1st place vote :wow

[lefty]

Lebron = FAIL
CP3 = FAIL
Kobe = FAIL
KG = FAIL

The 2nd team should be the first team..All-defensive team is a joke now

Love the avatar

Is that Doug Christie?

Or Kidd ?

[sribb43]

Love the avatar

Is that Doug Christie?

Or Kidd ?

J Kidd...its from some arena video they play at the AAC

[lefty]

J Kidd...its from some arena video they play at the AAC

Ah, ok

[La Peace]

2nd team is better defensively

[GuerillaBlack]

The second team defense is easily better than the first. NBA fails.

[hhml]

The defensive awards have been a joked for a while now, just like the MVP system, and everything else in the NBA. How does Kobe's name keep appearing on all defensive or 2nd defensive team so much? He never plays any defense anymore.

[jmanu20]

Chris Andersen finishes 2nd in the league in blocks and received only ONE vote?

LeBron and Kobe only made 1st-team b/c of their superstar status IMO.

Artest deserves first team more than KG or LeBron.

[lefty]

I'm starting to hate the NBA more and more



Really...........

[endrity]

Lebron = FAIL
CP3 = FAIL
Kobe = FAIL
KG = FAIL

The 2nd team should be the first team..All-defensive team is a joke now

This!

Other than Howard none of the other guys really deserves to be on the All-Defense first team. Kobe played some of the shittiest defense in his career this year, and as good as LBJ was, his defensive importance is nowhere close to Battier's. And KG didn't play almost half a season.

But the most ridiculous is CP3. The guy is actually a bad one on one defender, guys can easily drive on him. Rajon Rondo, Heinrich, Kidd to mention a few are all MUCH SUPERIOR defenders than him. It's absolute bullshit.

[Homeland Security]

i'm starting to hate the nba more and more



really...........
ThREAT AlERT!!!!!!

[La Peace]

Best defense is a good offense?

[Ghazi]

Im not sure why some have a problem w/ James. His defense has been really good this year, on the ball and off the ball.

CP3 simply does nto belong. His on the ball defense is pretty bad. he can't help it, simply lacks the physical tools.

Rajon Rondo belonged on 1st team IMO.

[Lars]

What a joke.

[gaKNOW!blee]

2nd team >> 1st team

[Chris Fall]

Sons don't fallt the coaches for voting for me. They fell into my trap of believing I'm just that good.

[sribb43]

You would have thought the NBA guys from ESPN voted for this..Barry, Mashburn, Wilbon, Magic, Stuart Scott, Jalen and Legler

[LeCrab]

Don't hate the shellfish. Hate the game.

My D traps these crab bitches like steel fishnets.

Y'all are just some hatin jellyfish.

[JoeTait75]

LeBron James without question deserves to be first-team All-Defense. Anyone who says he doesn't either a.) hasn't watched the NBA this year or b.) is a hater.

[FaithInOne]

The NBA puts out an awesome product :lmao

[sribb43]

I'm surprised Steve Nash didnt find himself on that list the way the coaches voted

[lefty]

ThREAT AlERT!!!!!!

WTF ???? :lol

[lefty]

LeBron James without question deserves to be first-team All-Defense. Anyone who says he doesn't either a.) hasn't watched the NBA this year or b.) is a hater.

I love LBJ, trust me, but over Duncan?

That's media coscksucking

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

I'm surprised Steve Nash didnt find himself on that list the way the coaches voted

See everyone knows he sucks at defense though. I could see Matty Bricks making it because the local media overglorifies his "foul the shit out of you" defense.

[JoeTait75]

I love LBJ, trust me, but over Duncan?

That's media coscksucking

Then maybe Tim should have been there over Garnett, a guy who didn't even play the last quarter of the season.

[RsxPiimp]

LeBron James without question deserves to be first-team All-Defense. Anyone who says he doesn't either a.) hasn't watched the NBA this year or b.) is a hater.

Not over Battier. Never.

[endrity]

^ Exactly, as good as LBJ has been on defense this year, he doesn't come close to matching the defensive work, night in and night out that a Battier, Artest, or even Iguodala, does. Sorry, he completely deserved the MVP, and I might go along that this should be his second, but there are other forwards whose defense is much more vital to their team than LeBron's is.

[me15lo]

Guard Chris Paul, New Orleans 15 6 36


chauncey's killing a plant or a puppy right now

[me15lo]

what a f'n joke that 1st team is

[BandWagon Cavs Fan]

Chris Paul broke the steals record of course they gonna put him on there clowns

[BandWagon Cavs Fan]

then maybe tim should have been there over garnett, a guy who didn't even play the last quarter of the season.

+1

[Allanon]

Center Dwight Howard, Orlando 27 1 55
Guard Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers 24 5 53
Forward LeBron James, Cleveland 22 3 47
Guard Chris Paul, New Orleans 15 6 36
Forward Kevin Garnett, Boston 13 9 35


This list looks right to me. We think of these guys as scorers and forget how good these superstars are defensively.

When Kobe/DWade/LeBron want to lock you down, you stay locked down.

I mean seriously, how many times do you see LeBron's guy score on him? Or how many times has Kobe's guy scored on him? Kobe plays alot of help defense, that's about the only time his man scores on him.

I see Battier and Artest's name coming up.... Kobe averaged 28 points versus Battier and Artest this year, that's 1 point more than his average. Brandon Roy lit up both Artest and Battier for 27 points during the first round, 5 above his average.

Duncan's defense was good this year, it wasn't great. KG's a great defender, he missed the last part of the season though. I guess that one's a toss-up.

[KSeal]

This is such a crock of bullshit, Kobe, CP3, and KG should be nowhere near first team. Kobe plays about 5 mins of actually defense a game and gets burned backdoor about 30 times a game. CP3, are you fucking kidding me? KG was injured for basically the whole second half of the year. This shit is a joke, guys simply got on the first team because of their names.

[duncan228]

LeBron, on being picked for the All-Defensive First Team:


It was a big goal of mine to become a better defensive player. I decided to take a little more onus on that end of the floor. It's humbling and a great feat for myself because I really enjoy that side of the floor. I thank the coaches for seeing that I picked up my game on that end. It's humbling.

It's all about pride. I just take pride on that end of the court. I'm just as locked in on that end as I am on the offensive end.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/wires/05/06/2030.ap.bkn.all.defensive.team.1st.ld.writethru.03 03/

[Amaso]

This list looks right to me. We think of these guys as scorers and forget how good these superstars are defensively.

When Kobe/DWade/LeBron want to lock you down, you stay locked down.

I mean seriously, how many times do you see LeBron's guy score on him? Or how many times has Kobe's guy scored on him? Kobe plays alot of help defense, that's about the only time his man scores on him.

I see Battier and Artest's name coming up.... Kobe averaged 28 points versus Battier and Artest this year, that's 1 point more than his average. Brandon Roy lit up both Artest and Battier for 27 points during the first round, 5 above his average.

Duncan's defense was good this year, it wasn't great. KG's a great defender, he missed the last part of the season though. I guess that one's a toss-up.

That's a pretty good assessment. I dont know if I would call Dwayne Wade or Lebron lock down defenders though.

[jack sommerset]

I think CP3 is little bitch but he led the league in steals for 2 straight years. So WTF are you people talking about when u say he does not deserve to be there ....He belongs on that list and LOL at Bowen not getting a single vote!

[endrity]

Yes because obviously steals = good defense. That is why AI was such a great defender as well.

[jack sommerset]

I could only imagine the Spew fans on this site if Parker led the league in steals and didnot make the all defense team.

[endrity]

And they would be wrong.

They would be even more wrong given the fact that they have had Bowen on their team for all these years teaching them what real man on man defense is.

[BandWagon Cavs Fan]

I could only imagine the Spew fans on this site if Parker led the league in steals and didnot make the all defense team.

exactly......

[poop]

this whole 'Howard as the greatest defender' thing is a joke.

[LnGrrrR]

Total diss/screwjob on Scalabrine... I bet he's gonna come out fired up for tonight! :D

[KSeal]

Total diss/screwjob on Scalabrine... I bet he's gonna come out fired up for tonight! :D

Scalabrine is so pale and pasty that when they wear the home white uni's he looks like he's running around naked with just Celtic stickers on. :lmao

[JamStone]

Did you really think that was funny?

[LnGrrrR]

Did you really think that was funny?

Yes. But then again, every time I picture Scalabrine I laugh. I don't see how anyone couldn't really.

All he's missing is the short shorts of the 80's.

[BandWagon Cavs Fan]

Yes. But then again, every time I picture Scalabrine I laugh. I don't see how anyone couldn't really.

All he's missing is the short shorts of the 80's.

wtf is up with that dingy ass headband he always wears???? embarassing

[KSeal]

Did you really think that was funny?

Are you kidding? Scal is the funniest looking NBA player ever, there is no denying it. :lmao

[Ghazi]

Some of these 1st place votes simply make no sense. Raja Bell? Kendrick perkins? Jason Kidd/ Derrick FISHER? and so on...

FIRST place votes?

[KSeal]

Yeah Derek Fisher makes absolutely no sense, that man is complete garbage on the defensive end. Bell and Perkins at least make some sense, Fisher doesn't at all.

[LnGrrrR]

wtf is up with that dingy ass headband he always wears???? embarassing

I was wondering about that too, but they said in the last game it has special padding to help him with head blows, because he's had concussions.

[IronMexican]

I wish Scalebrine went to UCLA.

[Yuushi12]

i would say lebron was a good defender during the olympics, using his height advantage over the europeans. but in the nba? nah.

[Killakobe81]

Kobe is ALL NBA Defense when Motivated ...but to be fairr he is the roamer ...so he can dig down and double when needed ...
Only guys I have seen light Kobe up this year was Roy in Portland ...and maybe JR Smith in Denver and Manu had a nice game against him as well in SA ...

CP3 is the travesty he cant gaurd anyone at PG ...

But if he desreves to be there KOBE sure does ...

[Killakobe81]

Artest is not a great defender anymore either good but not great like Rodman with the Bull overrated Shane is really good so is Iguadola

[Spursfan092120]

Lebron = FAIL
CP3 = FAIL
Kobe = FAIL
KG = FAIL

The 2nd team should be the first team..All-defensive team is a joke now
:tu agreed 100%...it's all about the name now...just like MVP. 2nd team should definitely be first team.

[Spursfan092120]

Artest is not a great defender anymore either good but not great like Rodman with the Bull overrated Shane is really good so is Iguadola
disagree..I think Artest is still a great defender...Battier is better, but Artest is really good.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

When the fuck did All defensive team become the same exact fucking thing as all-NBA. It's fucking sickening that Kobe has made all team defense as much as he has. Sickening. Chris Paul? Are you fucking shitting me?
They should rename DPOY to Blocker Of The Year and rename all-defense to All-Stat Stuffer

Chris Paul? Seriously?? Seriously???

[Imposter Cleaner]

all-offensive team:

Center Yao Ming
Guard Westbrook
Guard Jason Kidd
Forward Kevin Durant
Forward Jeff Green

[KidCongo]

:tu agreed 100%...it's all about the name now...just like MVP. 2nd team should definitely be first team.

If you don't think LeBron is the deserving MVP and won it on name, I can't take you serious.

[1Parker1]

:lmao @ KG being First team after missing practically 3 months.

[ElNono]

Wow, that's terrible. Lebron? CP3? Seriously?

[pauls931]

Looks more like a popular player list.

[poop]

yes i think we can all agree the DPOY award as well as the all-defensive teams have been a joke the last few years, they have simply become the Popular Players list.

[resistanze]

Howard - Yes
Garnett - missed a lot of time, should be on 2nd team
LeBron - vastly improved D, should be on 2nd team though
Kobe - lol
CP3 - lol

[ElNono]

To Kobe's credit, he can be a great defender when he wants to be. He just hasn't tried hard enough this season.