NEW YORK CITY – Marcus Smart of the Boston Celtics and Michal Bridges of the Phoenix Suns lead the 2021-22 Kia NBA All-Defensive Team 1, the NBA announced today.
Smart and Bridges consist of the two guards from the first team of the Kia NBA All-Defensive. Smart, 2021-22 Kia Defensive Player of the Year in the NBA, received 198 points (99 votes for the first team) to win his third NBA first team selection for all defenses. Bridges, who finished second for the NBA Defender of the Year award, received 193 points (95 first-team votes). This is Bridges’ first choice on the NBA’s defensive team (1st team and 2nd team).
Joining Smart and Bridges in the 2021-22 Kia NBA All-Defensive 1st team are Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (171 points; 76 votes for the first team), Milwaukee Bucks striker Janis Adetokunpo (156 points; 63 votes). for the first team) and Memphis Grizzlies striker Jaren Jackson Jr. (153 points; 55 votes for the first team).
The first team in the entire Kia NBA 2021-22 defense:
🏀 Janice Adetokunmpo (Milwaukee) 🏀 Michal Bridges (Phoenix) 🏀 Rudy Robert (Utah) 🏀 Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis) 🏀 Marcus Smart (Boston) pic.twitter.com/YQgyjt9qSP
– NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 21, 2022
Robert, Kia’s three-time defensive player of the year in the NBA, was selected as the NBA’s No. 1 team in all defenses for the sixth straight season. Adetokunmpo, 2019-20 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year and two-time Kia NBA Most Valuable Player, is the No. 1 winner of all NBA teams for the fourth consecutive season. Jackson, a four-year NBA veteran and leader of the 2021-22 game blocks game (2.27), is making his NBA debut for all defenses.
The second team of the Kia NBA All-Defensive 2021-22 consists of Miami striker Heath Bam Adebayo (152 points), Bucks guard Jrou Holiday (89 points), Philadelphia 76ers guard Matisse Tibul (87 points), Celtics center Robert Williams III (70 points) and Golden State Warriors striker Draymond Green (34 points).
2021-22 Kia NBA All-Defensive Second Team:
🏀 Bam Adebayo (Miami) 🏀 Draymond Green (Golden State) 🏀 Jrou Holiday (Milwaukee) 🏀 Mathis Tibul (Philadelphia) 🏀 Robert Williams III (Boston) pic.twitter.com/UJiVcGMyUw
– NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 21, 2022
This is the third NBA selection for all defense teams for Adebayo, fourth for Holiday and second for Tibul. Williams joined Bridges and Jackson as a member of the NBA All-Defensive Team for the first time. Green, Kia’s best defender in the NBA for 2016-17, won his seventh choice in the NBA team for all defenses.
2021-22 The Kia NBA All-Defensive Team was selected from a global panel of 100 sports writers and television operators. Players received two points for each vote for the NBA’s first team for all defenses and one point for each vote for the second team. Voters chose two guards, two strikers and one center for each team, choosing players for the position they play regularly. Players who have received votes in several positions are ranked in the position in which they received the most voting points.
The results of the voting for the 2021-22 Kia NBA All-Defensive Team are below. The “Total Points” category represents the voting points that players receive in each position, not just the position in which they are listed. The vote was made in a table by the independent accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP. The full ballots for each voter will be published on PR.NBA.com after the announcement of all awards at the end of the season.
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