All Defensive Teams announced

[InRareForm]

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/5/9/2162158/dwight-howard-rajon-rondo-nba-all-defense-team

how did DRose get four first place votes? wtf

First team: All-Defensive First Team (in order of vote point totals): Dwight Howard, Rajon Rondo, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett

Second team: All-Defensive 2nd Team (in order of vote point totals): Tony Allen, Chris Paul, Tyson Chandler, Andre Iguodala, Joakim Noah

[Dex]

Where is Bonner on this list?

[Sportstudi]

Kobe being in the 1st team is a joke. Tony Allen should be there instead. I'm not even sure if Kobe deserves the 2nd team. That's definitely not bashing on Kobe, but he is not the defender anymore he once was (especially in the beginning of his career). IMO the decision to put him in the 1st team was just based on his overall career achievements.

[Spurtacus]

Where is Bonner on this list?

He gave all his cupcakes to Pop for playing minutes. No more cupcakes to buy votes.

[Baron Davιs]

Kobe on that llist?

ROFLOMG

[NewcastleKEG]

KOBE AGAIN ! ! ! ! !

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Last year was laughable and this year is just an atrocity

[redzero]

He has been riding on his reputation for years.

[Mugen]

:lmao @ Kobe being anywhere near an All Defensive Team list since 2002

[hater]

:lol kobe

[in2deep]

:lol Bryant

[NewcastleKEG]

If Kobe was worth a shit on defense anymore then Paul and Dirk wouldn't have run circles around the Lakers

He's the 3rd best defender on his own team......come on voters. What a joke

I haven't seen Kobe D anyone up on defense since Pierce punked him in the 2008 Finals

[Ghazi]

Tyson :clap

[Ashy Larry]

:lmao @ Kobe being anywhere near an All Defensive Team list since 2002


i'll say at least 2007 or 08 .... he hasnt done anything this year that really stands out .... hell, D Wade average one block per game. Thats more than anything Bryant has done.

[lefty]

Kobe played great D from 2000 to 2002

Then....

[IronMaxipad]

Kobe? :lol His defense was terrible all year long. Can't count how many times he leaves shooters wide open for 3's.

[z0sa]

Kobe :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[Mugen]

i'll say at least 2007 or 08 .... he hasnt done anything this year that really stands out .... hell, D Wade average one block per game. Thats more than anything Bryant has done.

the last time Kobe played above average defense was against Barbossa in the olympics. He hasn't played 1st team worthy defense since he had shaq and horry backin him up.

i agree, for him to make it this year is a slap in the face to any legit defender in the league this year. I bet Tony Allen dropped his crack pipe when he heard Kobe got picked ahead of him.

[daslicer]

:lol What a joke that Kobe gets on the list after being lit up badly by the mavs role players. I can't understand how this guy can be consider a great defender when he couldn't even check an over the hill Peja and a streaky player Jason Terry. Hell Ginobili did a better job on Terry last year then what Kobe did this year in the playoffs. I said it a few months ago that he was a shitty defender and that he gets the first team defensive selection due to it being popularity contest among these nerdy journalists.

[cheguevara]

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Kobe :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

[endrity]

The fact that Tony Allen isn't the second name on that team right after Dwight Howard, both unanimous selection, shows how much these writers know.

[BRHornet45]

lol Kobe ... fucking rigged NBA

[Axe Murderer]

this list is an atrocity with KG on it. Move Noah up to the 1st team and the 2nd team spot belongs to none other than the European PF Killa himself, Aaron Gray

[TD21-FTW]

LOL Noah played 48 games and he make it to the second team.

[TD21-FTW]

First team: All-Defensive First Team (in order of vote point totals): Dwight Howard, Rajon Rondo, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett


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[TD21-FTW]

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[TD21-FTW]

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[LnGrrrR]

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/5/9/2162158/dwight-howard-rajon-rondo-nba-all-defense-team

how did DRose get four first place votes? wtf

First team: All-Defensive First Team (in order of vote point totals): Dwight Howard, Rajon Rondo, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett

Second team: All-Defensive 2nd Team (in order of vote point totals): Tony Allen, Chris Paul, Tyson Chandler, Andre Iguodala, Joakim Noah

Wade should be up there instead of Kobe.

[LnGrrrR]

Much like shit bags last four all-star games.

Glad you agree that Kobe's selection doesn't have merit. :tu

[Cry Havoc]

Tony Allen is a better defender now than Kobe has EVER been.

[Leetonidas]

Kobe Bryant? REALLY? Sefolosha should have his spot, and if that asswipe is on first team then the tired old shit bag deserves at least 2nd team.

[Leetonidas]

And Wade has been very good on defense this year. Miami's defense isn't stifling because of Joel Alexander and Chris Bosh, I know that.

[HarlemHeat37]

:lol not only does Kobe not deserve this, but he is arguably not even an average defender anymore..

He literally never defends the other team's best player..he's constantly getting torched by guys like Battier and other offensive scrubs, because he leaves them wide open all game long..he doesn't get steals or block shots at a high rate..

What exactly does he do on D?..

To put things in perspective..the Lakers D had a defensive rating of 105 when Kobe was on the floor..when he was off, they had a rating of 100..LA's D was 5 points worse when Kobe was on the floor..not only is that a shitty rating, but it's also the worst rating of any Lakers player, this season..amazing..

[RedsLakers24]

Kobe, LOL, this is worse than Jeter getting a gold glove.

[Josepatches_]

KOBE AGAIN ! ! ! ! !

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Last year was laughable and this year is just an atrocity


Enough said

[baseline bum]

LOL Kobe All-Defensive First Team. Next thing you know they'll give Artest the citizenship award.

[crc21209]

:lol Kobe. Oh how the media creates such lies.....

[Ashy Larry]

Glad you agree that Kobe's selection doesn't have merit. :tu


honestly it doesnt but most laker fans think it's an honor, even though they know he doesnt deserve the shit.......

our fanbase can really look like a bunch of dumbasses....... i see why you guys always dropping heatrocks on our asses.

[rayjayjohnson]

where the fuck is bogut? he lead the league in blocks but isn't on either team? fucked up.

[Killakobe81]

Kobe being in the 1st team is a joke. Tony Allen should be there instead. I'm not even sure if Kobe deserves the 2nd team. That's definitely not bashing on Kobe, but he is not the defender anymore he once was (especially in the beginning of his career). IMO the decision to put him in the 1st team was just based on his overall career achievements.

I say 2nd team at best ...and that is a stretch. honorable mention at worst.But I can see why peole feel he doesnt deserve that either. Kobe at times seems just as goood as ever ...at other times not any better defensively than Fisher ...TBH.

Maybe they are making up for the MVP he was robbed of ... LOL

Teasing ...

[ploto]

he gets the first team defensive selection due to it being popularity contest among these nerdy journalists.

NBA head coaches choose the All-defensive team with no voting for your own player. Max votes=29. IIRC you get 2 points for a first team vote and 1 for a second, so max total is 58.

[baseline bum]

I say 2nd team at best ...and that is a stretch. honorable mention at worst.But I can see why peole feel he doesnt deserve that either. Kobe at times seems just as goood as ever ...at other times not any better defensively than Fisher ...TBH.

Maybe they are making up for the MVP he was robbed of ... LOL

Teasing ...

They made up for that by giving LeBron's first MVP to Kobe in 08.

[Cry Havoc]

honorable mention at worst.

Uh, no. Not even. He's not even an honorable mention in the West.

[Killakobe81]

Uh, no. Not even. He's not even an honorable mention in the West.

Maybe not but who cares? Media award. Like i said at times he looks like young Kobe at others he looks like old Derek fisher ...

I could, care less ...put him on all defensive sieve for all i care. But he does get to add it to his resume ... LOL.

[ploto]

Media award.

Coaches award

[LnGrrrR]

our fanbase can really look like a bunch of dumbasses....... i see why you guys always dropping heatrocks on our asses.

There's a few good ones in your crowd. And a few dumb ones.

[arles]

KB24
:lmao :lmao :lmao

[Booharv]

:lmao :lmao :lmao Kobe over Iguodala and Allen.

[DAF86]

Wade should be up there instead of Kobe.

+1

The Heat are so good defensively mostly becuse of Lebron and Wade, not only they lock you up on the perimeter they're also a presence inside. They make players change a lot of shots coming to block from the weak side.

[HarlemHeat37]

BTW, Noah making it is also a horrible pick..he's extremely overrated, and he has no business being on an All-NBA D team for this season..

Deng, Ronnie Brewer > Noah, defensively..

It should have been..

G Tony Allen
G Andre Iggy
F King James
F Kevin Garnett
C Dwight Howard

G Dwyane Wade
G Ronnie Brewer
F Luol Deng
F Josh Smith
C Tyson Chandler

I can see arguments for Chris Paul, Nene, Kyle Lowry, Chuck Hayes, Bynum, Bogut, Duncan and Aldridge, too..

[Killakobe81]

Award is shit.. almost all of them this year are pretty debatable ...

[dallaskd]

Ibaka?

[birdy219]

where the fuck is bogut? he lead the league in blocks but isn't on either team? fucked up.

This.... Bogut and Sefalosa were definitely robbed.

[cobbler]

hahahahaahahahahahahahahaahahahahaha

[Killakobe81]

hahahahaahahahahahahahahaahahahahaha

LOL I concur, who cares? Does Kobe making the list or not, change your perception of him as a player?

Those that find him overrated will still do. Same with his fanbois, they will follow him until the end ...

[BanditHiro]

hahahahaahahahahahahahahaahahahahaha

i bet that is all you hear as you roll around the town

[cobbler]

LOL I concur, who cares? Does Kobe making the list or not, change your perception of him as a player?

Those that find him overrated will still do. Same with his fanbois, they will follow him until the end ...

I have been on record as long as I have been posting here that all the regular season and voted on awards are trinkets. All that really matters is who won the last game of the playoffs.

If everyone wants to belittlle this trinket selection as being absurd then I certainly dont want to hear how all those trinket selections of the past made another players resume better than some others. You cannot have it both ways.

[cobbler]

i bet that is all you hear as you roll around the town

Actually no. I get nothing but respect and positive comments as most civil and intelligent people well, just know better and wouldn't embarrass themselves like that. I have though volunteered at many hospitals and the poor little children in the mental wards giggle out of simple ignorance of not being incorporated into society. How's that shoe fit? :lol

[Ashy Larry]

This.... Bogut and Sefalosa were definitely robbed.


especially him .....