2018-2019 nba all-defensive first team

[steffie]

2018-19 NBA ALL-DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM

Position | Player, Team | 1st Team (2 pts) | 2nd Team (1 pt) | Total points | All-Defensive Selections

C | Rudy Gobert, Utah | 97 | 2 | 196 | 3 (three 1st)
F | Paul George, Oklahoma City | 96 | 3 | 195 | 4 (two 1st, two 2nd)
F | Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee | 94 | 5 | 193 | 2 (one 1st, one 2nd)
G | Marcus Smart, Boston | 63 | 19 | 145 | 1
G | Eric Bledsoe, Milwaukee | 36 | 28 | 100 | 1

What do you think?

[SHowley2003]

2018-19 NBA ALL-DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM

Position | Player, Team | 1st Team (2 pts) | 2nd Team (1 pt) | Total points | All-Defensive Selections

C | Rudy Gobert, Utah | 97 | 2 | 196 | 3 (three 1st)
F | Paul George, Oklahoma City | 96 | 3 | 195 | 4 (two 1st, two 2nd)
F | Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee | 94 | 5 | 193 | 2 (one 1st, one 2nd)
G | Marcus Smart, Boston | 63 | 19 | 145 | 1
G | Eric Bledsoe, Milwaukee | 36 | 28 | 100 | 1

What do you think?

The guards surprise me. I believe Smart deserves to be in the conversation, but 1st team? As a Celtics fan I'm thinking back to Tony Allen and Avery Bradley. They were elite when healthy. Smart hustles and he can cover all 5 positions. He is a top defender in the league, but is he really one of the top two at the guard position?

Then Bledsoe. I don't watch him enough, I'll admit that. However, I have never been concerned about him as a defender when the Bucks matched up against the C's. I'm biased though. I think he is trash as a player (#OsheemanTriggered)

Where is Klay, CP3, Patrick Beverley and Jrue Holiday? All players I don't follow on a day-to-day basis, but all guards that I think about when I think of strong defenders.

[steffie]

In fact, I am also very surprised at the choice of the position of the defender, Bledsoe, I think he is no better than Holiday!

Klay,Jrue Holiday,they are in second team,but Beverley,pj tucker are also good defender in the nba!Here is second team:

Position | Player, Team | 1st Team (2 pts) | 2nd Team (1 pt) | Total points | All-Defensive Selections

G | Jrue Holiday, New Orleans | 31 | 28 | 90 | 2 (one 1st, one 2nd)
G | Klay Thompson, Golden State | 23 | 36 | 82 | 1
C | Joel Embiid, Philadelphia | 4 | 72 | 80 | 2 (two 2nd)
F | Draymond Green, Golden State | 2 | 57 | 61 | 5 (three 1st, two 2nd)
F | Kawhi Leonard, Toronto | 5 | 29 | 39 | 5 (three 1st, two 2nd)

[Pathora]

Felt like Myles Turner should've been near where Embiid was, especially since Joel missed nearly 20 games. Its usually a reputation award though so the same guys usually win it a lot. James Harden getting 2 First Place votes is a crime. I have a feeling the one 1st place vote for Myles is from Reggie Miller, he was pumping him up a lot.

[blinkme323]

Felt like Myles Turner should've been near where Embiid was, especially since Joel missed nearly 20 games. Its usually a reputation award though so the same guys usually win it a lot. James Harden getting 2 First Place votes is a crime. I have a feeling the one 1st place vote for Myles is from Reggie Miller, he was pumping him up a lot.

Embiid contested more shots than anyone in the league despite missing those 20 games...

[blinkme323]

Felt like Myles Turner should've been near where Embiid was, especially since Joel missed nearly 20 games. Its usually a reputation award though so the same guys usually win it a lot. James Harden getting 2 First Place votes is a crime. I have a feeling the one 1st place vote for Myles is from Reggie Miller, he was pumping him up a lot.

Embiid contested more shots than anyone in the league despite missing those 20 games. You can make a strong argument that he should have been first team.

[ninjacookies]

As expected. Gobert will win DPOY.

[yiguiri2002]

Wow, can't believe Paul George was so close to beat Rudy AND Giannis for DPOY. He's been great this year but that would've been a straight up steal.

Also, who didn't have them on their teams at all?

[dasiegel]

not sure why klay isn't 1st team and has never been on a list bf. you need to lock down a defender, who you putting on him, smart or klay?

anyone see the WCF, lilliard was completely useless the last 5 minutes of game 4. klay locked him up completely~!

[yiguiri2002]

Felt like Myles Turner should've been near where Embiid was, especially since Joel missed nearly 20 games. Its usually a reputation award though so the same guys usually win it a lot. James Harden getting 2 First Place votes is a crime. I have a feeling the one 1st place vote for Myles is from Reggie Miller, he was pumping him up a lot.

This is sadly true. Hopefully some day this will change. I do think there needs to be a shakeup in the voters, there are too many ESPN/Turner people on it.

FWIW Embiid did play more minutes than Turner. I think he should have been in the 2nd team over any of the guys there but it might take some time to change perceptions.

[oshmeehan]

I know it's different voters, but it was hilarious a few years back when Marc Gasol won DPOY, but was only named to the 2nd Team.