The three finalists for the Defense of the Year award, Center Rudy Gobert From Utah Jazz, Ranger Ben Simmons From Philadelphia 76ers and beyond Draymond Green From the Golden State Warriors, they were among 10 players selected for the NBA’s Defensive Ideal Team.
Joubert, who won third prize for Defender of the Year last week, and Simmons, who finished second in the vote, were the only players to appear on 100 ballots by the World Committee of Journalists who were asked to vote for the awards. this year. Joining them on their first perfect defensive team was Green and a pair of Milwaukee Bucks, the goalkeeper. Jrue holiday and the wing Giannis Antikonmo.
For Joubert, this is the fifth consecutive time he has made the perfect defensive team, while this is the second consecutive time for Simmons and third for Antetokounmpo.
The second perfect defensive team appeared Kohi Leonard, the Los Angeles Clippers star, plus two of his teammates, a goalkeeper Matisse Thibault and the center Joel Embiid From the 76ers, the forward Jimmy Butler and the center Pam Adebayo Dale Miami Heat.
Joubert and Simmons were followed in voting by Green (80 first-team votes, 96 total), Holiday (65 first-team votes, 92 total) and Antetokonmo (43 first-team votes, 92 total).
In a strange situation, Adebayo and Butler finished sixth with 37 first-team votes and 37 second-team votes each, while Embiid ranked eighth, Thibault ninth and Leonard tenth.
The players who received the most votes among those who were not in the starting lineup or substitute team were Michael Bridges Phoenix Suns, who received four first-team votes and 35 overall votes; Miles Turner About the Indiana Pacers, who received five first-team votes and was on 19 ballots, and Clint Chapel, the Atlanta Hawks Center, which made the support team with 36 ballots.
Green was selected to join the defensive team six times (four as a starter and two as a backup), while Holiday made the team’s first career debut in his first season with Milwaukee.
For his part, Leonard has made seven appearances (including three at the start), the highest total for any player to be selected for any team this year. Butler has five picks, Embiid has three picks, Adebayo has two, and Thybulle was first picked.