All-Defensive teams announced.

[Martti.]

Pretty old news, but not here yet.

1st team -

C - Dwight
F - Garnett
F - Lebron
G - Kobe
G - Paul.

2nd team -

C - Duncan
F - Artest
F - Battier
G - D-Wade
G - Rondo

Only one complaint - Lebron. I admit he has improved his defense, but Artest and Battier are both better defensively. Better on-ball defenders. Sure Lebron does his chase-down blocks, but tha's not enough. But yeah, the writers think he's the 2nd best defender in the league.

[dopeboy]

Lebron is better this season. Through out their career, both those guys are better.
Personally I would swap Rondo and Paul in this list.

[Lamrock]

I'd swap KG with one of the Rockets forwards, and Kobe with Rondo, but overall an excellent pair of teams.

[tee-pane]

Wow, two Rockets. Hope their defense can stop Kobe!

[AMenace]

I would swap Lebron with Artest.

Overall a good lineup.

[Modifly]

I'd swap KG with either Artest or Battier. Boston's defense sucks this year, especially in the playoffs.

[Lamrock]

Perhaps the reason Boston's defense sucks is because KG is out?

[Modifly]

Perhaps the reason Boston's defense sucks is because KG is out?

True, and that proves that KG deserves to be on the first team. I love it so much when you post after me, you always correct my stupid mistakes or add to my arguments.

[homicide1550]

Wow! No Birdman.. He is probably third team.. Tough to contend with Howard and Duncan at center..

[benji]

Boston's defense sucks this year

Weird, you'd think a team that sucked on defense wouldn't finish second in the league.

[Oskar]

Rondo deserves the 1st team more than either Kobe or CP3, especially CP3. I could get a few steals in the NBA jumping around for all the balls and gambling all the time. That wouldn't mean I'd be a good defender.

[dopeboy]

One guy that was left out of All-Defensive team, is Billups. Everyone knows how he outplayed Paul in 1st round. I wouldn't say that CP3 isn't good defensively. It's just that there are few guys who are smarter defensively.

[CMJ3]

No love for the Birdman or Dahntay Jones? two of the main reasons why the Nuggets are a much improved team this year.

[Modifly]

Birdman should be up there too.

[dopeboy]

Birdman didn't play enough minutes to get himself in as well as Dahntay, Lowry etc. If they played around 30 mins per game, maybe someone of them could get in.

[NovU]

One guy that was left out of All-Defensive team, is Billups. Everyone knows how he outplayed Paul in 1st round. I wouldn't say that CP3 isn't good defensively. It's just that there are few guys who are smarter defensively.

Yeah, it's noteworthy that Billups brought defensive intensity to the team. Just that # doesn't show in stats.

[shadowgrin]

No love for the Birdman or Dahntay Jones? two of the main reasons why the Nuggets are a much improved team this year.

Yeah, Billups did nothing. Nothing!

[Lamrock]

And Dahntay Jones is terrible.

[Andrew]

5/5 on the first team, 4/5 on the second team, 9/10 overall and 22/25 on my predictions so far. You know something's up when I'm doing decently on the award predictions.

[MikeMan™]

CP3 and Rondo are Gamblers .
They don't defend well one on one .
I agree with Kobe and Dwight but LeBron ? don't think so Shane's a better defender than him . . .