NBA All-Defensive Team

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The NBA All-Defensive Team is the NBA's annual honor given to the best defensive players in the NBA during the regular season. The team was first selected following the 1968-69 NBA season.[1] The voting is done by the 30 NBA head coaches; the coaches are not allowed to vote for players on their own team.[2] The team is composed of two five-man teams, a first and second team, comprising 10 roster spots. Players receive 2 points for a first-team vote and 1 point for a second-team vote. The top 5 vote-getters make the first team with the next 5 making the second team. In the case of a tie at the 5th position of either team the roster is extended. If the first team consists of 6 players due to a tie the second team will consist of at least 5 players with the potential for more in the event of additional ties. This has occurred several times, most recently in 2005-06 when Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd tied in votes leading there to be 6 players on the first team and 5 on the second for a total of 11. No respect is given to position. For example, in 2005-06 the second team had three forwards, one center, and one guard.[2]

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bobby Jones hold the record for most total selections with 11.[3] Scottie Pippen and Tim Duncan are tied for second place with ten total honors.[3] Michael Jordan and Gary Payton share the record for most NBA All-Defensive First Team selections with nine.[3] Pippen and Jones made the First Team eight times each.[3] Other great defenders such as Dennis Rodman and Walt Frazier made All-Defensive First Team seven times.[3]

  1. ^ NBA Postseason Awards All-Defensive Teams, nba.com/history, accessed January 17, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Ben Wallace Tops 2005-06 NBA All-Defensive Team Selections, nba.com, accessed January 17, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e All-Defense Selections by Player, basketball-reference.com, accessed May 7, 2007.


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