NBA All-Defensive Team: James Harden With Two 1st Team Votes 🤣
2018-19 NBA ALL-DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM
Position | Player, Team | 1st Team (2 pts) | 2nd Team (1 pt) | Total points | All-Defensive Selections
C | Rudy Gobert, Utah | 97 | 2 | 196 | 3 (three 1st)
F | Paul George, Oklahoma City | 96 | 3 | 195 | 4 (two 1st, two 2nd)
F | Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee | 94 | 5 | 193 | 2 (one 1st, one 2nd)
G | Marcus Smart, Boston | 63 | 19 | 145 | 1
G | Eric Bledsoe, Milwaukee | 36 | 28 | 100 | 1
2018-19 NBA ALL-DEFENSIVE SECOND TEAM
Position | Player, Team | 1st Team (2 pts) | 2nd Team (1 pt) | Total points | All-Defensive Selections
G | Jrue Holiday, New Orleans | 31 | 28 | 90 | 2 (one 1st, one 2nd)
G | Klay Thompson, Golden State | 23 | 36 | 82 | 1
C | Joel Embiid, Philadelphia | 4 | 72 | 80 | 2 (two 2nd)
F | Draymond Green, Golden State | 2 | 57 | 61 | 5 (three 1st, two 2nd)
F | Kawhi Leonard, Toronto | 5 | 29 | 39 | 5 (three 1st, two 2nd)
Below are the other players who received votes for the 2018-19 NBA All-Defensive Teams, listed by the position at which they received the most votes.
OTHER PLAYERS RECEIVING VOTES: GUARDS
Position, Player | 1st Team (2 pts) | 2nd Team (1 pt) | Total points
Danny Green, Toronto | 19 | 28 | 66
Patrick Beverley, LA Clippers | 14 | 20 | 48
Derrick White, San Antonio | 4 | 7 | 15
Jimmy Butler, Philadelphia | 2 | 5 | 9
Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City | 2 | 5 | 9
Chris Paul, Houston | 1 | 5 | 7
James Harden, Houston | 2 | -- | 4
Malcolm Brogdon, Milwaukee | 1 | 1 | 3
Kyle Lowry, Toronto | -- | 3 | 3
Josh Richardson, Miami | -- | 3 | 3
Stephen Curry, Golden State | 1 | -- | 2
Donovan Mitchell, Utah | -- | 2 | 2
Ben Simmons, Philadelphia | -- | 2 | 2
Bradley Beal, Washington | -- | 1 | 1
Jaylen Brown, Boston | -- | 1 | 1
Mike Conley, Memphis | -- | 1 | 1
Terrance Ferguson, Oklahoma City | -- | 1 | 1
De’Aaron Fox, Sacramento | -- | 1 | 1
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, LA Clippers | -- | 1 | 1
Gary Harris, Denver | -- | 1 | 1
Andre Iguodala, Golden State | -- | 1 | 1
Kyrie Irving, Boston | -- | 1 | 1
Damian Lillard, Portland | -- | 1 | 1
Ricky Rubio, Utah | -- | 1 | 1
OTHER PLAYERS RECEIVING VOTES: FORWARDS
Position, Player | 1st Team (2 pts) | 2nd Team (1 pt) | Total points
P.J. Tucker, Houston | 1 | 36 | 38
Pascal Siakam Toronto | -- | 24 | 24
Robert Covington, Minnesota | 1 | 3 | 5
Paul Millsap, Denver | -- | 5 | 5
Kevin Durant, Golden State | -- | 4 | 4
Al Horford, Boston | -- | 4 | 4
Anthony Davis, New Orleans | -- | 2 | 2
Derrick Favors, Utah | -- | 2 | 2
Joe Ingles, Utah | -- | 2 | 2
Thaddeus Young, Indiana | -- | 2 | 2
Kyle Anderson, Memphis | -- | 1 | 1
Jordan Bell, Golden State | -- | 1 | 1
Ed Davis, Brooklyn | -- | 1 | 1
Khris Middleton, Milwaukee | -- | 1 | 1
OTHER PLAYERS RECEIVING VOTES: CENTERS
Position, Player | 1st Team (2 pts) | 2nd Team (1 pt) | Total points
Myles Turner, Indiana | 1 | 37 | 39
Bam Adebayo, Miami | -- | 1 | 1
Andre Drummond, Detroit | -- | 1 | 1
Nikola Jokić, Denver | -- | 1 | 1
Brook Lopez, Milwaukee | -- | 1 | 1
Odds on why the two voters chose Harden:
Idiots (-120)
Sarcastic Joke (Even)
They should watch the playoffs before giving these awards out, Green should be first team he can guard the 1-5 and Gobert got exposed in the Houston series, he can't guard on the perimeter.
Just imagine a a game/series between the first team and the second team.
SWEEEEEP
SBR PRO
Harden's 1v1 defense is actually not too bad. He guarded Durant in the playoffs at times and did fairly well.
But no he doesn't deserve any votes
He is not bad just has lapses, has really good hands. Nobody has more block/steals than him, but non statistical defense is much more important and he is about average. But if you just look at the numbers he has the best block/steal numbers of any guard.