NBA Communications: San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama is the first rookie to be selected to the Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team. The NBA has named an All-Defensive Team (First Team and Second Team) annually since the 1968-69 season. Wembanyama is the sixth rookie to earn a spot on the Kia NBA All-Defensive Team. The other five were Second Team selections: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1969-70), Hakeem Olajuwon (1984-85), Manute Bol (1985-86), David Robinson (1989-90), Tim Duncan (1997-98).
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Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Gobert, Wembanyama lead All-Defensive First Team, one dominated by bigs
nbcsports.com/nba/news/gober… – 4:24 PM
Gobert, Wembanyama lead All-Defensive First Team, one dominated by bigs
nbcsports.com/nba/news/gober… – 4:24 PM
Tom Petrini @RealTomPetrini
Both of Atlanta’s point guards are flirting with Wemby 😭 pic.twitter.com/jtM0QF4Q50 – 4:05 PM
Both of Atlanta’s point guards are flirting with Wemby 😭 pic.twitter.com/jtM0QF4Q50 – 4:05 PM
Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins
Victor Wembanyama accomplished something no other NBA player has ever done. He became the first rookie in league history to be named to the All-Defensive First Team.
Story on the first- and second-team All-Defense selections for the @TheAthleticNBA:
nytimes.com/athletic/55101… – 3:42 PM
Victor Wembanyama accomplished something no other NBA player has ever done. He became the first rookie in league history to be named to the All-Defensive First Team.
Story on the first- and second-team All-Defense selections for the @TheAthleticNBA:
nytimes.com/athletic/55101… – 3:42 PM
BasketNews @BasketNews_com
Good luck to the national teams who will go up against France in Paris Olympics 😅
🇫🇷 Rudy Gobert
🇫🇷 Victor Wembanyama pic.twitter.com/wtOuG12tRL – 3:38 PM
Good luck to the national teams who will go up against France in Paris Olympics 😅
🇫🇷 Rudy Gobert
🇫🇷 Victor Wembanyama pic.twitter.com/wtOuG12tRL – 3:38 PM
Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Wemby getting 8x the voting points for All-Defense over Chet is kinda funny considering the former’s squad was a bottom-10 defense and one of the worst teams in the league while the latter’s was a top-4 defense and a title contender – 2:29 PM
Wemby getting 8x the voting points for All-Defense over Chet is kinda funny considering the former’s squad was a bottom-10 defense and one of the worst teams in the league while the latter’s was a top-4 defense and a title contender – 2:29 PM
Andrew Lopez @_Andrew_Lopez
23-24 1st team: Rudy Gobert, Victor Wembanyama, Bam Adebayo, Herb Jones, Anthony Davis
22-23 1st team: Alex Caurso, Jrue Holiday, Jaren Jackson Jr., Brook Lopez, Evan Mobley
This is the 1st time in NBA history the 1st team has been completely different from year prior. – 2:27 PM
23-24 1st team: Rudy Gobert, Victor Wembanyama, Bam Adebayo, Herb Jones, Anthony Davis
22-23 1st team: Alex Caurso, Jrue Holiday, Jaren Jackson Jr., Brook Lopez, Evan Mobley
This is the 1st time in NBA history the 1st team has been completely different from year prior. – 2:27 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
The Gobert-Wembanyama duo in the NBA All-Defensive First Team 🇫🇷
Check out who else made it to the two season’s best defensive lineups:
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/16… – 2:25 PM
The Gobert-Wembanyama duo in the NBA All-Defensive First Team 🇫🇷
Check out who else made it to the two season’s best defensive lineups:
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/16… – 2:25 PM
CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
NBA All-Defensive Teams: Rudy Gobert, Victor Wembanyama headline list as Celtics, Timberwolves get two apiece cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-a… – 2:13 PM
NBA All-Defensive Teams: Rudy Gobert, Victor Wembanyama headline list as Celtics, Timberwolves get two apiece cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-a… – 2:13 PM
Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Wemby is the first rookie in NBA history to earn a spot on the league’s First-Team All-Defensive squad, the NBA announced.
The other members of the unit are DPOY Rudy Gobert, Bam Adebayo, Herb Jones and Anthony Davis.
Former Spur Derrick White landed on the second team again. – 2:12 PM
Wemby is the first rookie in NBA history to earn a spot on the league’s First-Team All-Defensive squad, the NBA announced.
The other members of the unit are DPOY Rudy Gobert, Bam Adebayo, Herb Jones and Anthony Davis.
Former Spur Derrick White landed on the second team again. – 2:12 PM
Jeff McDonald @JMcDonald_SAEN
More history for Victor Wembanyama.
He becomes the first rookie to be named first-team NBA All-Defense and the youngest player to be named to an All-Defensive of any stripe.
Story here:
expressnews.com/sports/spurs/a… via @expressnews – 2:06 PM
More history for Victor Wembanyama.
He becomes the first rookie to be named first-team NBA All-Defense and the youngest player to be named to an All-Defensive of any stripe.
Story here:
expressnews.com/sports/spurs/a… via @expressnews – 2:06 PM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
History for Victor Wembanyama: He becomes the first rookie in NBA history to be first-team All-Defense.
There have been five other rookies to make the team — Duncan, Robinson, Bol, Olajuwon and Abdul-Jabbar — but all were second-team selections. – 2:03 PM
History for Victor Wembanyama: He becomes the first rookie in NBA history to be first-team All-Defense.
There have been five other rookies to make the team — Duncan, Robinson, Bol, Olajuwon and Abdul-Jabbar — but all were second-team selections. – 2:03 PM
Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes
NBA First-Team All-Defense for 2023-24 season: Herb Jones, Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Davis, Bam Adebayo and Rudy Gobert. pic.twitter.com/ImUAAX5b9U – 2:03 PM
NBA First-Team All-Defense for 2023-24 season: Herb Jones, Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Davis, Bam Adebayo and Rudy Gobert. pic.twitter.com/ImUAAX5b9U – 2:03 PM
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
2023-24 NBA All-Defensive teams:
First team: Rudy Gobert, Victor Wembanyama, Bam Adebayo, Anthony Davis, Herb Jones
Second team: Alex Caruso, Jrue Holiday, Jaden McDaniels, Jalen Suggs, Derrick White – 2:01 PM
2023-24 NBA All-Defensive teams:
First team: Rudy Gobert, Victor Wembanyama, Bam Adebayo, Anthony Davis, Herb Jones
Second team: Alex Caruso, Jrue Holiday, Jaden McDaniels, Jalen Suggs, Derrick White – 2:01 PM
Andrew Lopez @_Andrew_Lopez
Victor Wembanyama becomes the first rookie to make the All-Defensive First Team. – 2:00 PM
Victor Wembanyama becomes the first rookie to make the All-Defensive First Team. – 2:00 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Wembanyama, Holmgren headline NBA All-Rookie teams
nbcsports.com/nba/news/wemba… – 6:11 PM
Wembanyama, Holmgren headline NBA All-Rookie teams
nbcsports.com/nba/news/wemba… – 6:11 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
After 37 seasons on the bench of @Nanterre92, one championship title, two Cups, the Eurochallenge title and the FIBA Europe Cup, French coach Pascal Donnadieu called it a day.
He was instrumental in the creation of the @wemby phenomenon.
As they say in France “chapeau” 👏 pic.twitter.com/W5VSInh0e2 – 5:49 PM
After 37 seasons on the bench of @Nanterre92, one championship title, two Cups, the Eurochallenge title and the FIBA Europe Cup, French coach Pascal Donnadieu called it a day.
He was instrumental in the creation of the @wemby phenomenon.
As they say in France “chapeau” 👏 pic.twitter.com/W5VSInh0e2 – 5:49 PM
CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
NBA All-Rookie Teams: Victor Wembanyama, Chet Holmgren headline, Warriors guard makes First Team
cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-a… – 2:39 PM
NBA All-Rookie Teams: Victor Wembanyama, Chet Holmgren headline, Warriors guard makes First Team
cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-a… – 2:39 PM
More on this storyline
NBA Communications: The complete voting results for the 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Defensive Team: -via Twitter / May 21, 2024
NBA Communications: The 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team: Bam Adebayo of @MiamiHEAT, Anthony Davis of @Lakers, Rudy Gobert of @Timberwolves, Herb Jones of @PelicansNBA, Victor Wembanyama of @spurs -via Twitter / May 21, 2024
Dwight Howard: I have no tension with Shaq and second I don’t hate on other centers ! My favorite player now is Wemby , I said Jokic is Top 5 all time centers now, Embid is a monster, and Boogie cold 🥶 but I felt like Shai deserved MVP this year ! But I’m apologizing to Luka because I didn’t really pay much attention to his impact this season until now so I felt for me not to mention Luka as a snub was terrible on my part 💯 tbh If they gave it to Luka it might not have been a snub to anyone… the man basically averaged a Tripple Dub -via Twitter @DwightHoward / May 20, 2024
