The 2020-21 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert and Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons lead the 2020-21 NBA All-Defensive First Team, the NBA announced today.
Both players received NBA All-Defensive First Team votes on all 100 ballots to finish with 200 points each.
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (176 points; 80 First Team votes) and Milwaukee Bucks all-stars, guard Jrue Holiday (157 points; 65 First Team votes) & forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (135 points; 43 first Team votes) joins Gobert and Simmons on the NBA All-Defensive First Team for NBA 2020-21 season.
Gobert has been named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for the fifth season in a row. This year marks the second straight First Team selection for Simmons, the runner-up for Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year this season. Simmons helped the 76ers finish with the NBA’s second-best defensive rating in the regular season, one spot ahead of the Gobert-led Jazz.
Green has been selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for the fourth time to go with two Second Team honors. Holiday is a First Team honoree for the second time. Antetokounmpo, the 2019-20 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year and a two-time Kia NBA Most Valuable Player, has earned his third consecutive NBA All-Defensive First Team selection.
Who made into All Defensive Second Team ?
The 2020-21 NBA All-Defensive Second Team consists of Miami Heat all-stars, forward Bam Adebayo (111 points) and guard Jimmy Butler (111), 76ers pair, center Joel Embiid (87) and guard Matisse Thybulle (63), and LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard (43).
Leonard has been named to the NBA All-Defensive Team (First Team and Second Team) for the seventh time. This is the fifth NBA All-Defensive Team selection for Butler, the third for Embiid and the second for Adebayo. Thybulle is making his All-Defensive Team debut in his second NBA season.
All Defensive Team selection Process :
The NBA All-Defensive Team was selected by a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. Players were awarded two points for each vote to the NBA All-Defensive First Team and one point for each vote to the Second Team. Voters selected two guards, two forwards and one center for each team, choosing players at the position they play regularly. Players who received votes at multiple positions were slotted at the position at which they received the most votes.
