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The NBA All-Defensive Team is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) honor given since the 1968–69 NBA season to the best defensive players during the regular season. The All-Defensive Team is generally composed of ten players in two five-man lineups, a first and a second team.
The San Antonio center has become the first player in NBA history to make the league's All-Defensive first team as a rookie. The league announced the teams on Tuesday, and Wembanyama appeared on ...
The NBA announced its All-Defensive teams for the 2023-24 season on Tuesday, with Minnesota Timberwolves center and Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert leading the way as the only unanimous ...
The All-NBA Team originally had two teams, but since 1988 it is typically composed of three five-man lineups—a first, second, and third team. From 1956 through 2023 , [ 4 ] voters selected two guards , two forwards , and one center for each team. [ 1 ]
9× NBA All-Star 2× All-NBA First Team NBA Defensive Player of the Year 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team NBA steals leader 2× Summer Olympics Gold: 1996, 2000 2× FIBA Americas Championship Gold (1999), Silver (1989) [162] 2013: Richie Guerin: G: 6× NBA All-Star 3× All-NBA Second Team [162] 2013: Dawn Staley: G: 2× Naismith Award (Virginia ...
Adebayo, a three-time NBA All-Star, joins Alonzo Mourning (made First Team twice with the Heat in 1998-99 and 1999-00) and LeBron James (made First Team three times with the Heat in 2010-11, 2011 ...
Only rookie to make the All-Defensive First Team; Victor Wembanyama, 2023–24 [21] Shortest player to make the All-NBA team; Isaiah Thomas (5-foot-9-inches) was included on All-NBA Second Team, 2016–17 [22] Youngest/Oldest MVP winner; Youngest: Derrick Rose at 22 years and 191 days old, 2010–11 [23] Oldest: Karl Malone at 35 years and 284 ...
The Defensive Player of the Year was joined by Mikal Bridges, Rudy Gobert, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Giannis Antetokounmpo on the first team. Celtics' Marcus Smart leads NBA's All-Defensive first team ...