On May 10, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced the best defensive team, and the first team of the best defensive team were Caruso, Holloday, Jaren Jackson Jr., Da Lopez, and Mobley. The All-Defensive Second Team are: Adebayo, Anunobi, Dillon, Dream, White. The Lakers' two veterans (Caruso and Da Lo) were selected for a team, and the Celtics' Smart, the Bucks' alphabet brother, and the Lakers' thick eyebrows were lost. The 21-year-old Mobley is the youngest player in history to be named to the All-Time Defensive First Team.
Of the five named to the First Team, Holladay is the player who has been named to the All-Defensive Team the most times, and has been named to the All-Defensive Team five times in his career, three of them as a First Team. Da Lowe and Jaren Jackson Jr. are both two-time All-Defensive Team names, with Mobley and Caruso both first-time picks. In terms of votes, this year's best defensive player Jaren Jackson Jr. received 96 first votes for a total of 195 points. Holiday received 94 first votes for a total of 192 points. Da Lo 181 points, Mobley 132 points and Caruso 125 points.
Of the five named to the second team, Chase Dream is the player who has been named to the All-Defensive Team the most times, and has been named to the All-Defensive Team eight times in his career, four of which are in the First Team. Adebayo was named to the All-Defensive Team four times, all of them in the second team. The other three were selected for the first time. In terms of votes, White scored 99 points, Chase Dream 89 points, Anunobi 81 points, Dillon 54 points, and Adebayo 53 points.
According to official voting data, the Lakers star Thick Eyebrows only got 9 second-team votes in the forward position, only 9 points, 72 points away from Anunoby (81 points), the lowest position in the second-team forward position!
He has won 3 blocks and was named to the All-Defensive Team 4 times. In the regular season this season, Thick Eyebrows averaged 25.9 points, 12.5 boards, 2.6 assists, 1.1 steals and 2.0 blocks per game. So far in the playoffs, Thick Eyebrow has averaged 21.4 points, 14 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 3.7 blocks per game, and is the first in the league in rebounds and blocks.
Among the unselected defenders, Smart was the most voted out of last season's defensive player, scoring 35 points; Among the unselected forwards, Alphabet Brother had the highest number of votes, scoring 60 points. He updated on social media: "I'm tired of this disrespect. I'm coming." Among the unselected centers, Claxton had the highest number of votes, scoring 25 points.