NBA announces 2020-21 All-Defensive Teams

This marks Gobert’s fifth straight appearance on the All-Defensive First Team, and the second consecutive All-Defensive First Team honor for Simmons.

Warriors forward Draymond Green garnered 176 points (including 80 First Team votes). Green was named Defensive Player of the Year in the 2016-17 season. This listing is his fourth First Team honor, and his sixth total All-Defensive team. Two Bucks players rounded out the All-Defensive First Team this season.

Guard Jrue Holiday netted 157 points (65 First Team) and All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, the 2020 Defensive Player of the Year, earned 135 total points (43 First Team). Antetokounmpo has just made his third straight All-Defensive First Team, and his fourth All-Defensive team overall. This is Holiday’s second All-Defensive First Team appearance and his third overall All-Defensive team.

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Two All-Defensive First-Teamers have unlock contract bonuses associated with the honor. Bobby Marks of ESPN tweets that Gobert has made a $500K bonus for the inclusion this season. Marks adds (Twitter link) that Holiday will pocket a cool $100K for making All-Defensive First Team. Holiday has other contract incentives associated with further postseason advances.

Here are the full voting results for the All-Defensive First and Second Teams, with each player’s point total noted in parentheses:

First Team:

• Ben Simmons, G, Sixers (200)
• Rudy Gobert, C, Jazz (200)
• Draymond Green, F, Warriors (176)
• Jrue Holiday, G, Bucks (157)
• Giannis Antetokounmpo, F, Bucks (135)

Second Team:

• Bam Adebayo, F/C, Heat (111)
• Jimmy Butler, F, Heat (111)
• Joel Embiid, C, Sixers (87)
• Matisse Thybulle, G, Sixers (63)
• Kawhi Leonard, F, Clippers (43)

You can find the full voting results right here.