Defensive Player of Year Rudy Gobert, other finalists highlight NBA All-Defensive teams

Gobert, who claimed his third Defensive Player of the Year award last week, and Simmons, who finished second, were the only two players who were named to all 100 ballots by the global panel of sportswriters asked to vote on each of the league’s individual season-long awards.

Gobert and Simmons were followed in the voting by Green .

For Gobert, who reclaimed his mantle as the league’s best defensive player last week, this marks the fifth straight time he has been named to the All-Defensive first team, while it is the second straight time for Simmons and third for Antetokounmpo.

Leonard, meanwhile, has now made it seven times , the most of any player who was named to either team this season.

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