NBA All-Defensive Team

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National Basketball Association honor basketball award

The NBA All-Defensive Team is an annual honor recognizing the league’s best defensive players at each position, as voted on by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.

Aliases (5)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Basketball Association honor → basketball award →
awardedFor	excellence in defensive play →
category	NBA awards → basketball trophies and awards →
country	United States →
firstSeason	1968–69 →
frequency	annual →
governingBody	NBA Board of Governors →
hasComponent	NBA All-Defensive First Team → NBA All-Defensive Second Team →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.nba.com →
inception	1968–69 NBA season →
isRelatedTo	NBA All-NBA Team → NBA All-Rookie Team → NBA All-Star Game → NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award →
languageOfName	English →
league	National Basketball Association →
level	professional →
notableMultipleTimeSelection	Dennis Rodman → Gary Payton → Hakeem Olajuwon → Kawhi Leonard → Kevin Garnett → Kobe Bryant → Michael Jordan → Scottie Pippen → Tim Duncan →
numberOfTeams	2 →
originalPositions	one center → two forwards → two guards →
playersPerTeam	5 →
presentedBy	National Basketball Association →
purpose	to recognize the best defensive players in the NBA →
region	North America →
scope	league-wide →
selectionCriteria	defensive performance → regular-season play →
selectionMethod	media panel voting →
sport	basketball →
timeOfYearAwarded	after conclusion of NBA regular season →
totalPlayersPerSeason	10 →
votingPanel	broadcasters → sportswriters →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ben Simmons ("NBA All-Defensive First Team") → Ben Simmons ("NBA All-Defensive Second Team") → DJ ("NBA All-Defensive First Team selection") → Dwight Howard ("NBA All-Defensive Team selection") → Gary Payton ("NBA All-Defensive First Team selection") → Joel Embiid ("NBA All-Defensive Team selection") → Kawhi Leonard ("NBA All-Defensive Team selection") → Kevin McHale ("NBA All-Defensive First Team") → Kevin McHale ("NBA All-Defensive Second Team") → Rajon Rondo → Willis Reed ("NBA All-Defensive Team selection") →	awardReceived
NBA All-Defensive Team ("NBA All-Defensive First Team") → NBA All-Defensive Team ("NBA All-Defensive Second Team") →	hasComponent
Walt Frazier ("NBA All-Defensive First Team") →	AllDefensiveSelection
Giannis Antetokounmpo ("NBA All-Defensive First Team") →	AllDefensiveTeamSelection
Jimmy Butler ("NBA All-Defensive Team selection") →	hasWonHonor
NBA Awards ("NBA All-Defensive Team selections") →	includes
Chauncey Billups ("NBA All-Defensive Second Team") →	NBAAllDefensiveTeamSelection
All-NBA Second Team →	relatedAward
All-NBA First Team →	relatedTo