May 7, 2009 (Part 5); NBA All-Defensive Teams announced

News just in!

This year's NBA All-Defensive Teams are finally assembled. These are the players who exemplified the ethic of defense this season.

Dwight Howard, the Defensive Player of the Year, headlined the First Team with 55 total points, with 27 first-place votes.

First-place votes are considered as two points, while second-place votes count as one.

The voting panel consists of all 30 NBA head coaches, who were asked to select NBA All-Defensive First and Second Teams via their position. They cannot vote a player from their own team.

Here are the players who are part of the First and Second Teams.

2008-09 NBA All-Defensive First Team
(Position, Team, Player, 1st Place Vote, 2nd Place Vote, Total Points)
C ORL Dwight Howard 27 1 55
G LAL Kobe Bryant 24 5 53
F CLE LeBron James 22 3 47
G NOH Chris Paul 15 6 36
F BOS Kevin Garnett 13 9 35

2008-09 NBA All-Defensive Second Team
C SAS Tim Duncan 10 10 30
G MIA Dwyane Wade 9 8 26
G BOS Rajon Rondo 4 15 23
F HOU Shane Battier 6 10 22
F HOU Ron Artest 5 12 22

And here's the rundown on how many times these players have been selected to the Defensive Teams in their career.

12 times- Tim Duncan (1997-2009)
10 times- Kevin Garnett (1999-2009)
9 times- Kobe Bryant (1999-2004, 2005-2009)
4 times- Ron Artest (2002-2004, 2005-2006, 2008-2009)
2 times- Shane Battier (2007-2009), Dwight Howard (2007-2009), Dwyane Wade (2004-2005, 2008-2009), Chris Paul (2007-2009)
1 time- LeBron James, Rajon Rondo

And by the way, only one game will be played in the Playoffs, and that's Game 2 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Atlanta Hawks, LIVE at 8:00 AM Manila time.

So there you have it! Are your bets in? What are your reactions to it? Is it the right lineup? Let me know! Let's talk about it! :)

The Wizard was here... :)