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.
not bad
CP3 and Kobe on that list is pathetic.
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 ing joke these lists are.
-via the Spurs forum post I made
Lebron and Garnett over Duncan ?
Are you ing kidding me ?
^ this ... and ^^ this
bowen didn't even get one vote? jeezus
find it hard to believe any of this matters
people only remember championships
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.
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.
He didn't even get to play this season. Amare Stoudamire deserves more votes than Bowen for this season.
Bowen played a total of 44 seconds (including the Mavs series) this season
cia pop
Chris Paul on the first team?? What a ing joke.
Duncan on the second team makes sense, he didn't have the best year defensively.
Lebron = FAIL
CP3 = FAIL
Kobe = FAIL
KG = FAIL
The 2nd team should be the first team..All-defensive team is a joke now
How the F' did JR Smith get 2 votes and 1 of those was a 1st place vote
Love the avatar
Is that Doug Christie?
Or Kidd ?
J Kidd...its from some arena video they play at the AAC
Ah, ok
2nd team is better defensively
The second team defense is easily better than the first. NBA fails.
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.
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.
I'm starting to hate the NBA more and more
Really...........
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