Dejounte Left Off of All-NBA Defensive Teams

[Barfunk]

And Duncan was MVP, finals MVP, all nba first team and all defensive first team that year

Yeah, I was just pointing out how great Duncan was on that side of the ball. Kobe had no business making the Defensive First Team more than Duncan, I mean in my opinion that is. The mainstream fans will beg to differ of course.

[spurraider21]

Yeah, I was just pointing out how great Duncan was on that side of the ball. Kobe had no business making the Defensive First Team more than Duncan, I mean in my opinion that is. The mainstream fans will beg to differ of course.

i agree but thats a really poor argument for it. all defensive awards should not be lifetime achievement awards. player A shouldnt make more all-defensive teams than player B because player A was really dominant in a given finals game.

its also usually quite different between bigs/guards. for most of the league's history, we think of dominant defenders are rim protectors. 23 of the last 31 DPOY's have been centers.