The league has officially announced the voting results for its two 2020-21 All-Defensive teams. Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the Defensive Player of the Year for the third time in four seasons, and Sixers guard Ben Simmons each appeared on the All-Defensive First Team lists of all 100 tallied ballots, for a perfect total of 200 points.
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:
You can find the full voting results right here.
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