ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM

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All-Defensive First Team

C- Dwight Howard [ 2 time DPOY ]
F- Gerald Wallace [1st time on all-first team ]
F- LeBron James [ 2nd straight year on all-first team ]
G- Kobe Bryant [ 5th straight time on all-first team]
G- Rajon Rondo [ 1st time on all-first team ]

All-Defensive Second Team

C- Tim Duncan
F- Anderson Verajao
F- Josh Smith
G- Dwyane Wade
G- Thabo Sefolosha

Other players receiving votes, with point totals (First Team votes in parentheses):

Jason Kidd, Dallas, 12 (4);
Marcus Camby, Portland, 12 (1);
Ron Artest, 11 (3);
Deron Williams, Utah, 10, (2);
Kirk Hinrich, Chicago, 9 (1);
Andrew Bogut, Milwaukee, 8;
Luc Mbah a Moute, Milwaukee, 8 (1);
Arron Afflalo, Denver, 6 (1);
Kenyon Martin, Denver, 5 (1);
Kevin Garnett, Boston, 5 (1);
Grant Hill, Phoenix, 4 (2);
Joakim Noah, Chicago, 4;
Kendrick Perkins, Boston, 4 (1);
Shane Battier, Houston, 4 (1);
Andrei Kirilenko, Utah, 3 (1);
Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City, 3;
Trevor Ariza, Houston, 3 (1);
Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia, 2;
George Hill, San Antonio, 2 (1);
Jermaine ONeal, Miami, 2 (1);
Joe Johnson, Atlanta, 2 (1);
Lamar Odom, L.A. Lakers, 2 (1);
Luis Scola, Houston, 2;
Manu Ginobili, San Antonio, 2 (1);
Nicolas Batum, Portland, 2;

FC wrote:

The best shut down defenders are(no order)

sefolosha
igoudala
battier
hinrich
ak47
kobe(when he actually decides to try to shut down usually hes a help defender)
grant hill(when completely healthy hell of defender)
affalo(ucla love )
Artest
k-mart
kg
perkins

Best help defenders
Lebron
Josh Smith
Dwayne Wade
Rondo

Most annoying defensive players:
Verajao
Rondo
Scola
Hinrich

rondo is lockdonw..he has a saying that he screams throughout the whole game " Not a fuckin bucket"

Ryan... I actually think LeBron's blocks have covered his lock down defense. I mean when everyone (EVERYONE) says LeBron is nothing more than chase down blocks, what else can you say?

Anyway, my only reason for LeBron not on 1st team is that he cares too much about fouls. That's why he is ANOTHER defender in the 4th/OT than the other 3 quarters. Guarding Melo and Rose will get you in early foul troubles is you have seen their style of playing.

Kibby wrote:

ROFL. I think LeBron should just stop blocking people because it's grossly covering his lock down defense. Anyway, I have Kenyon Martin ahead of him

My List (1st team):

Rajon Rondo
Kobe Bryant
Kenyon Martin
Gerald Wallace
Dwight Howard [not sure though]

2nd team

Dwyane Wade
Ron Artest
LeBron James
Tim Duncan/OR KG idk
Kendrick Perkins.

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Is Dwight a good lock down defender though?

WTF?! KENYON MARTIN?

Dude uses his fouls right and sometimes blocks a shot or two, but I wouldn't put him ahead of Josh Smith or LeBron James. In my eyes he a fouler and a hatchet artist.

What?

Kenyon Martin?

I would rather put Oden,Perkins,Noah or someone else like Camby there

@Nick C: Kenyon Martin is a good defender from what I saw. He guards players pretty good. Plus I don't see how Josh Smith is a better defender than LeBron.

@Darko: I forgot about Camby (the others are Centers) but I think if he were young, Camby could be in the list too. May be he could go in 2nd team.

Kibby wrote:

@Nick C: Kenyon Martin is a good defender from what I saw. He guards players pretty good. Plus I don't see how Josh Smith is a better defender than LeBron.

@Darko: I forgot about Camby (the others are Centers) but I think if he were young, Camby could be in the list too. May be he could go in 2nd team.

I would like to see Oden next year in any All NBA Defensive Team hopefully.

If Camby was young,this wouldn't be even a battle.He would have been in the All NBA first team and maybe DPOY :O