Duncan, Bowen on All Defensive Team

[duncan228]

http://www.nba.com/news/alldefensive_070430.html

Kobe, Camby, Bell round out the first team.

Second Team: Wallace, Kidd, Prince, Garnett and Hinrich

[ambchang]

Some dude voted for Elson? Gotta be a Spurs homer.

[hitmanyr2k]

Kobe being on the first team (or any all-defense team for that matter) is ridiculous. No point guards at all on the first team? Hinrich should be there easily.

[Texas_Ranger]

No surprise.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Props to Bowen and Duncan, but damn that sucks for Bruce. He dominated the compe ion in the coaches' eyes, but is only DPOY runner up. Horse .

[Kori Ellis]

NEW YORK, April 30, 2007 – Bruce Bowen and Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs highlight the 2006-07 NBA All-Defensive Teams, the NBA announced today. Duncan leads all players with his 10th selection, while his teammate Bowen, the leading vote-getter, earns his seventh appearance.

Also selected to the First Team is 2006-07 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Camby of the Denver Nuggets at center, his third such honor. Rounding out the First Team are guards Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, who earns his seventh selection, and Raja Bell of the Phoenix Suns, making his first appearance on an All-Defensive team.

Bowen’s and Duncan’s defense helped the Spurs hold opponents to 90.1 ppg (first in NBA) and .433 from the field (third). San Antonio has finished in the top five in both categories in each of Duncan’s 10 seasons. Camby led the NBA in blocks (3.30 bpg) to go along with 11.7 rpg (tied for fourth in NBA). Bryant ranked 17th in steals with 1.44 per game, while Bell often matches up against the opposition’s best offensive player.

The NBA All-Defensive Second Team consists of Chicago teammates Ben Wallace and Kirk Hinrich, New Jersey’s Jason Kidd, Detroit’s Tayshaun Prince and Minnesota’s Kevin Garnett.

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.

Attached are the results for the 2006-07 NBA All-Defensive Teams:

2006-07 NBA ALL-DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM: Position Player, Team 1st 2nd Points
Forward Bruce Bowen, San Antonionio 19 4 42
Forward Tim Duncan, San Antonio 16 4 36
Center Marcus Camby, Denver 11 12 34
Guard Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers 14 4 32
Guard Raja Bell, Phoenix 7 11 25


2006-07 NBA ALL-DEFENSIVE SECOND TEAM Position Player, Team 1st 2nd Points
Center Ben Wallace, Chicago 12 9 33
Guard Jason Kidd, New Jersey 8 7 23
Forward Tayshaun Prince, Detroit 7 7 21
Forward Kevin Garnett, Minnesota 8 4 20
Guard Kirk Hinrich, Chicago 7 4 18


Other players receiving votes, with point totals (First Team votes in parentheses): Shane Battier, Houston, 17 (6); Shawn Marion, Phoenix, 15 (5); Chauncey Billups, Detroit, 13 (5); Ron Artest, Sacramento, 12 (4); Gerald Wallace, Charlotte, 11 (2); Alonzo Mourning, Miami, 9 (4); Devin Harris, Dallas, 8 (2); Tyson Chandler, New Orleans/Oklahoma City, 8 (2); Josh Howard, Dallas, 7; Emeka Okafor, Charlotte, 6 (1); Luol Deng, Chicago, 5 (2); Rasheed Wallace, Detroit, 5 (1); Dwight Howard, Orlando, 5 (1); Andrei Kirilenko, Utah, 5; Josh Smith, Atlanta, 4 (1); Manu Ginobili, San Antonio, 4 (1); Richard Hamilton, Detroit, 3 (1); Jermaine O’Neal, Indiana, 3 (1); Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia, 3; Deron Williams, Utah, 3; Elton Brand, L.A. Clippers, 2 (1); Dwyane Wade, Miami, 2; Trenton Hassell, Minnesota, 2 (1); Tony Parker, San Antonio, 2; Caron Butler, Washington, 2; Chris Duhon, Chicago, 1; Allen Iverson, Denver, 1; Udonis Haslem, Miami, 1; Richard Jefferson, New Jersey, 1; Chris Paul, New Orleans/Oklahoma City, 1; Andre Miller, Philadelphia, 1; Joel Przybilla, Portland, 1; Francisco Elson, San Antonio, 1; Chris Bosh, Toronto, 1; Gilbert Arenas, Washington, 1.

[Kori Ellis]

This is the second year in a row Bowen has been the leading vote getter. I guess the coaches appreciate him more than the journalists.

[duncan228]

Kori- thanks for putting up the article. I got sidetracked and you got in before I got back!

[BeerIsGood!]

This the second year in a row Bowen has been the leading vote getter. I guess the coaches appreciate him more than the journalists.

Mainly because the coaches see first hand the impact Bowen has on their team's offense while the journalists are busy stuffing their face and getting sauced. The Journalists looked at the obvious (most blocks) and decided that equated defensive player of the year.

[Borosai]

Yay.

[hitmanyr2k]

Mainly because the coaches see first hand the impact Bowen has on their team's offense while the journalists are busy stuffing their face and getting sauced. The Journalists looked at the obvious (most blocks) and decided that equated defensive player of the year.

I'm not sure the coaches are any better than the journalists because if they seriously think Kobe Bryant played any kind of defense this year to be put over guys like Hinrich, Battier, and Shawn Marion they're idiots.

[TDMVPDPOY]

jkidd hahaha once again on ALL D team.....has he done anything besides statpadding?

[jmard5]

Kudos to both Duncan and Bowen.

[lefty]

Yay.

George "Violator" Karl ; sig worthy

[TDMVPDPOY]

ONCE AGAIN that list is d up

did kobe even play defense this year?
KG?

WTF is jermaine oneal, ron artest, gwallace, battier?

at least they didnt have marion on the list since his defense evolves around statpadding, has he ever shut down any player yet

[bdictjames]

I know, Battier should have deserved a spot on that Second Team.

But overall

Coaches' opinion >>> Sportswriter's opinion

Bowen or TD should have won the defensive pleyer award this year.

[Spurminator]

Wow, Camby was one point from being on the SECOND team.... How ridiculous would that have looked???

[planaria]

This is the second year in a row Bowen has been the leading vote getter. I guess the coaches appreciate him more than the journalists.

I´d surely vote Duncan (or even Bowen) instead of Camby, but I really think it´s happened more due Camby´s direct compe ion (Ben Wallace) than other think.

That said, Battier was absurdly snubbed. KG?! What a joke!

[AZLouis]

Marion was snubbed as well. He finished 4th in DPOY voting and didn't even get 2nd team love.

[itzsoweezee]

kobe on the first team is a joke

[Testing]

Kobe is a pretty good defender...he shut down Wade in that one game this season against the Heat, and also was good against Lebron as well.

What I don't understand is Raja Bell making first team...over Heinrich and Battier? Battier seriously got jobbed.

[bigfish22]

Good to see TP and Manu getting some votes down there too.




On another note, what do you think the score would be if the first team played the second team with these matchups?

Camby v Big Ben
Duncan v KG
Bowen v Tayshaun
Kobe v Kidd
Raja v Hinrich

[Cry Havoc]

Good to see TP and Manu getting some votes down there too.




On another note, what do you think the score would be if the first team played the second team with these matchups?

Camby v Big Ben
Duncan v KG
Bowen v Tayshaun
Kobe v Kidd
Raja v Hinrich

Double-digit win for the first team.

[Rummpd]

Kobe has never deserved first team ever.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Kobe over Battier or Hinrich? Dumb.