Re: Rudy Gobert, Ben Simmons Headline All-Defensive Team As Unanimous Picks

[RealGM Wiretap]

The NBA has announced its 20-21 All-Defensive Team, headlined by unanimous selections for Rudy Gobert and Ben Simmons. Rounding out the First Team are Draymond Green, Jrue Holiday and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

On the All-Defensive Second Team are Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Joel Embiid, Matisse Thybulle and Kawhi Leonard.

Via RealGM Staff Report

[Revived]

Bam Adebayo over DeAndre Ayton? Lol

[Patsfan1081]

Bam Adebayo over DeAndre Ayton? Lol

Yes Bam over the guy with a career negative defensive box(a zero this year).....

[Rashidi]

Bam Adebayo over DeAndre Ayton? Lol

Adebayo: 23 DRB%, 1.7 STL%, 3.2 BLK%
Ayton: 26 DRB%, 1.0 STL%, 3.4 BLK%

Miami: 111.2 DRTG (7th)
Phoenix: 111.3 DRTG (9th)

Center DRPM
8.00 Gobert
4.98 Capela
3.78 Adebayo
3.53 Turner
3.22 Ayton
2.98 Embiid

I don't think you understand what "lol" means. That would have been Ayton making it over Clint Capela.

[ALPHAandOMEGA]

Not sure why we have an all defensive team...no one plays defense in the NBA anymore.

Who else misses watching Payton, Artest, Bowen, Rodman, young iverson, etc hound the offense?
Much preferred the NBA when final game scores were in the upper 90s to low 100s.
So much emphasis on scoring now its become painfully boring.

[tigerae]

Bam Adebayo over DeAndre Ayton? Lol

Adebayo: 23 DRB%, 1.7 STL%, 3.2 BLK%
Ayton: 26 DRB%, 1.0 STL%, 3.4 BLK%

Miami: 111.2 DRTG (7th)
Phoenix: 111.3 DRTG (9th)

Center DRPM
8.00 Gobert
4.98 Capela
3.78 Adebayo
3.53 Turner
3.22 Ayton
2.98 Embiid

I don't think you understand what "lol" means. That would have been Ayton making it over Clint Capela.

So basically Ayton or Adebayo should not been there and instead Capela should have received the nod.

[Rashidi]

Not sure why we have an all defensive team...no one plays defense in the NBA anymore.

Who else misses watching Payton, Artest, Bowen, Rodman, young iverson, etc hound the offense?
Much preferred the NBA when final game scores were in the upper 90s to low 100s.
So much emphasis on scoring now its become painfully boring.

Lol that era literally featured a 69-65 Conference Finals playoff game where both teams shot 35-36% (04 Pistons/Pacers G6)

Get outta here with that nonsense. It was the least popular era of the last 30 years. The whole reason the rules were changed to open up offense is because of how stale the on-court product was.

[The_Hater]

Not sure why we have an all defensive team...no one plays defense in the NBA anymore.

Who else misses watching Payton, Artest, Bowen, Rodman, young iverson, etc hound the offense?
Much preferred the NBA when final game scores were in the upper 90s to low 100s.
So much emphasis on scoring now its become painfully boring.

Got news for you. Those players you listed wouldn’t be able to defend in today’s NBA either.

It’s not that players decided to stop playing defense, it’s the exact opposite, it’s that offences have increased the pace, the floor spacing and the ball movement making them extremely difficult to defend now. Those players played in the 90’s and 00’s when team offenses were very basic.