All-Defensive Teams Announced- Duncan Second Team

[duncan228]

Howard, Bryant headline 2008-09 NBA All-Defensive First Team
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.

[tp2021]

No Bruce.

[DPG21920]

Derek Fisher

[DPG21920]

No Bruce.

No playing time.

[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.

What a ing joke these lists are.

[024]

jokes aside, another accomplishment duncan can add to his loooooooooonnnggg list.

[lefty]

Lebron and Garnett over Duncan ?


Are you ing kidding me ?

[SA210]

No Bruce.

Thanks Pop!

[FromWayDowntown]

Should make 12 straight years of being First or Second Team All-NBA and First or Second Team All-Defense for Timmy.

By the way, by making his 12th All-Defense team, Duncan sets a record for most selections to such teams in history (since they came into existence). He had been tied with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bobby Jones with 11 nods as an All-Defense player.

Nobody had ever made 12 All-Defense teams.

Now someone has.

[duncan228]

Nobody had ever made 12 All-Defense teams.

Now someone has.

What an amazing career, an amazing resume. He's been such a gift to the game.

[Thomas82]

When do they announce the All-NBA teams? They better have Tim on the first team this year.

[Thomas82]

What an amazing career, an amazing resume. He's been such a gift to the game.

+1
He is the gift that keeps on giving.

[Spurs Brazil]

Congrats TD!

[thekingrobert]

Garnett huh WOW

[ambchang]

I was just thinking last night that All-NBA and All-D teams are better indicators of a player's excellence as compared to MVPs and DPOYs because the former were selected by coaches, while the later by the press.

Then this list came out, and we have CP3 on the 1st team. WTH? I thought coaches actually know what they are doing.

[Lady M]

I'm not sure the coaches are the best for voting
When you see some defense you know they don't know what it means

[ducks]

I'm not sure the coaches are the best for voting
When you see some defense you know they don't know what it means

yeah I am sure you are more qualified

[samikeyp]

If they would have correctly listed him at his position, forward, he might have made first team.

[DPG21920]

So who on these lists deserves to be there then?

[Obstructed_View]

Jason Kidd got a first team vote.

[Brutalis]

If they would have correctly listed him at his position, forward, he might have made first team.

[Mugen]

Maybe Tim should start punking more euro point guards and barking like a dog if he wants to make it to the 1st team.

[duncan228]

Duncan earns defensive mention, Bowen does not
By Jeff McDonald

One Spurs player's All-Defensive streak has continued. Another's has been broken.

Tim Duncan earned his 12th consecutive mention on the NBA's annual defensive honor roll, released this afternoon. Duncan was a second-team honoree, selected in a vote of all 30 NBA coaches.

Meanwhile, Bruce Bowen failed to garner a spot on either team for the first time since 1999-2000. He had been a first-team honoree for five straight seasons before breaking his All-Defensive streak this season.

Limited to a reserve role this season, Bowen do not draw a single vote from the league's coaches.

This year's first team consisted of Orlando's Dwight Howard (the leading vote-getter), Los Angeles' Kobe Bryant, Cleveland's LeBron James, New Orleans' Chris Paul and Boston's Kevin Garnett.

Joining Duncan on the second team are Miami's Dwyane Wade, Boston's Rajon Rondo, and the Houston duo of Shane Battier and Ron Artest.

[timvp]

J.R. Smith got a first team vote? Holy .

Any yeah, CP3 doesn't deserve first team. He's obviously good at stealing the ball but that's about all he does well defensively. Rondo is a better defender ... heck, Wade probably deserves it more than CP3. Kidd is still a better defender than CP3.

But I will give credit to CP3 because he's not nearly as bad as AI or Larry Hughes when it comes to living off of steals. He actually gets a good amount of his steals by swarming down on bigs or hawking his own man. He's not a passing lane .

[ploto]

Thought Wade might make the first team- and even possibly Battier over KG this season.

It is interesting that the coaches consider Duncan a center. Makes me wonder if he will be considered a center for the all-NBA team (although voted differently).