NBA award ballots: All-Defense teams
Christopher Kline
All-Defense First Team
- Marcus Smart, BOS
- Mikal Bridges, PHX
- Giannis Antetokounmpo, MIL
- Jaren Jackson Jr., MEM
- Rudy Gobert, UTH
All-Defense Second Team
- Jrue Holiday, MIL
- Herbert Jones, NOP
- Evan Mobley, CLE
- Bam Adebayo, MIA
- Robert Williams III, BOS
Some possible positional fudging to get Herbert Jones on the second team, but he has defended guards more than adequately all season and he’s better than the alternatives (mainly Matisse Thybulle, whose inability to close games is an unfortunate but necessary factor to consider when evaluating the most valuable defenders). The rest is a pretty easy sell.
Lucas Johnson
All-Defense First Team
- Marcus Smart, BOS
- Mikal Bridges, PHX
- Giannis Antetokounmpo, MIL
- Jaren Jackson Jr., MEM
- Robert Williams III, BOS
All-Defense Second Team
- Dejounte Murray, SAS
- Matisse Thybulle, PHI
- Herbert Jones, NOP
- Draymond Green, GSW
- Jarrett Allen, CLE
My All-Defensive teams players were compiled of players either anchoring elite defenses in the NBA or great individual defenders. Thus the reason why Matisse Thybulle of the Sixers and rookie Herbert Jones made the second team.