Joakim Noah makes 2nd team all defense, five Bulls receive votes

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Per the official NBA press release, the voting broke down like this: 1st teamName1st votes 2nd votes Points CenterDwight Howard27 2 56 GuardRajon Rondo16 7 39 ForwardLeBron James 17 4 38 GuardKobe Bryant13733 ForwardKevin Garnett15333 2nd teamName1st votes 2nd votes...

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By: Doug Thonus

 

[Scoot26]

Derrick Rose received 14 pts? I would rank 3 guys on our team ahead of him (Noah, Deng, Brewer) yet Rose received the most votes besides Noah, who had 15.

 

[AE23]

Congrats, to Noah, Man how I do hate all those 1st teamers.(except DHoward if he comes here).

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

Rose deserved 0 votes. Kobe Bryant deserved about 0 himself. Other guys deserved it WAY more.

 

[houheffna]

Rose deserved 0 votes. Kobe Bryant deserved about 0 himself. Other guys deserved it WAY more.

I agree on Rose, he is not there yet.

You have a serious mad on for Kobe though. Kobe is one of the great defenders at his position...and though some of it may be built on reputation from his past...that is no different from other superstars in NBA history. You also said that you would take 39 year old Jordan over Kobe...I don't get that either. Kobe is very good, if no longer great, defensively.

 

[sach1]

Deng should be there. He has been solid all year without him I don't think we would have won 62 games.

 

[Glide2keva]

Noah and Kobe being there is a joke.

Deng not being on there at all is a joke.

Rose should've gotten some votes, his defense is improved.

 

[houheffna]

Its not the all improved defense...its all defense...I don't see how ANYBODY can say that Rose deserves votes and Kobe does not, when Kobe is one of the best perimeter defenders in the league even at this advanced stage in his career...makes no sense.

I can see Deng possibly being on there...but then again, there's Tony Allen and Grant Hill who are better defenders one-on-one...I thought Allen was a SF but they have him in as a guard.

Noah is tough now that I look at it...thought he got in as a center...he was voted in as a forward....I don't know about that one...

I think they got the PGs right...Rondo and Paul are good players defensively at that position...

 

[daddies3angels]

Im surprised he got this cause he missed so many games. Congrats to him though

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

I don't like how they do the voting. Here are my top defenders by position:

C:
Dwight Howard - post defender/screen-and-roll defender/weak-side defender/defends rim
Kendrick Perkins - great post defender (specialist)
Joakim Noah - post defender/all screen plays/help(perimeter) defender/weak-side/defends rim decently/scraps for looseballs
Tyson Chandler - post defender/screen-and-roll defender/weak-side defender/defends rim decently
*hon. mention: Emeka Okafor, Tim Duncan, Andrew Bogut, Samuel Dalembert, Chuck Hayes, Marcus Camby

PF:
Kevin Garnett - best screen-and-roll defender in league/defends rim decently/great weak-side defender/help defender
Serge Ibaka - great all around shot blocker/defends all screen plays
Taj Gibson - defends post/defends rim/help(perimeter) defender)/very good all-around shot-blocker
Josh Smith - weak-side defender/help(perimeter) defender/defends rim decently/defends all screen plays in the lane/great all-around shot-blocker/great transition defender/in the passing lanes

SF:
Shane Battier - tight on-ball defender/denies ball with length/quick reacting/very good post defender/help defender/scraps for looseballs
LeBron James - best transition defender in league/quickness and speed to cut off penetration on-ball/weak-side defender/in the passing lanes
Luol Deng - tight on-ball defender/denies ball with length/speed to cut off-penetration on-ball/help defender
Gerald Wallace - transition defender/all-around shot-blocker/weak-side defender/help defender/decent post defender/in the passing lanes
Andre Iguodala - quick and fast on-ball defender to help cut off penetration/weak-side defender/decent perimeter post defender/in the passing lanes
Ron Artest - all-around post defender/transition defender/tenacious on-ball defender/quick reacting with length to cut off penetration/in the passing lanes
Trevor Ariza - length in passing lanes/quick on-ball defender
*hon. mention: Grant Hill

SG:
Thabo Sefolosha - speed and length to deny ball and penetration/quick reacting/weak-side defender/in passing lanes/tight on-ball defender
Tony Allen - tenacious on-ball defender/quick reacting/scraps for looseballs
Dwyane Wade - decent on-ball defender/in passing lanes/great weak-side defender
Ronnie Brewer - great transition defender/in passing lanes/quick reacting and fast on-ball defender
Kobe Bryant - tenacious on-ball defender/weak-side defender

PG:
Rajon Rondo - great transition defender/in the passing lanes/tenacious on-ball defender/cuts of penetration with quickness/scraps for looseballs/denies ball with length
Chris Paul - fast and quick reacting and tenacious on-ball defender/weak-side defender/in the passing lanes
Kirk Hinrich - tenacious and one of most quick and fast reacting on-ball defender in the league/scraps for looseballs
Mike Conley, Jr. - one of fastest on-ball defenders in the league/in the passing lanes
Jrue Holiday - tenacious on-ball defender/quick reacting and fast on-ball defender

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

^include Emeka Okafor atop the honorable mentions for C