looks like lebron wont be catching kobe in all defensive 1st teams

[HurricaneKid]

Kobe has, over the course of his career, a NEGATIVE defensive RAPM. Which means over the course of 130,000+ possessions he has been a below average defender. I'm not talking about he should have 3 of the 9 All-Def. I mean he shouldn't have any.

This is Derek Jeter winning the Gold Glove when his UZR ratings were the worst of any SS in 70 years.

I laugh every single time a KobeStan tries to bring up defense.

[JohnFreeman]

Lost in all of this is the disgusting outrage that Kobe failed to make not only the 1st, but the 2nd All-D teams himself. This clearly shows the league is biased against him. Consider: when Kobe played this year, the Lakers "locked down" their opponents to a very respectable 105.5 points per game. When he didn't play, they gave up a disgraceful 109.5 points per game. That is a full 4 points per game difference! If you can't grasp what 4 points means in an NBA game, look at it in terms of "Kobe Time" : 4 points = 3 minutes of Kobe @ 2/5 shooting. Surely you can see the impact.

The Silver era is not off to a great start.

Warmest regards,

Ayotunde Ndiaye

[coin24]

Kobe has 9 all defense First teams.
Lebron has 5.



2/5 in the NBA finals

#striveforgreatness

[Droid101]

If it's about Hype, bran would be first team every year.

So... which is it branfans? Hype or ability?

Stay salty my friends.

[chris02jammers]

go fcuk your self

[kennethgriffin]

If it's about Hype, bran would be first team every year.

So... which is it branfans? Hype or ability?

Stay salty my friends.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APgrUnNQPQw#t=0m2s

[russwest0]

Kobe has 9 all defense First teams.
Lebron has 5.



2/5 in the NBA finals

#striveforgreatness

[shrempf_on_rice]

Lost in all of this is the disgusting outrage that Kobe failed to make not only the 1st, but the 2nd All-D teams himself. This clearly shows the league is biased against him. Consider: when Kobe played this year, the Lakers "locked down" their opponents to a very respectable 105.5 points per game. When he didn't play, they gave up a disgraceful 109.5 points per game. That is a full 4 points per game difference! If you can't grasp what 4 points means in an NBA game, look at it in terms of "Kobe Time" : 4 points = 3 minutes of Kobe @ 2/5 shooting. Surely you can see the impact.

The Silver era is not off to a great start.

Warmest regards,

Ayotunde Ndiaye

Because a 36yr old Kobe coming back from injury is sooo relevant to when he was in his prime..

The intelligence level of LeStains is funny as hell..

[NumberSix]

Remember when Bran stans were saying he should be DPOY

Yeah. It was 2 seasons ago.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Are really taking these awards seriously? JAMES HARDEN got a 2nd team vote.

[BigTicket]

Kobe didn't deserve a lot of the all-defense selections he got, but that doesn't mean Lebron should get equally undeserving selections, and this year he just did not do enough to make the 1st team. Honestly he didn't really deserve 2nd team either.

Kobe and Lebron are both great defenders when they make the effort, but most of the time they don't, and I think these awards should go to players that actually play defense every game.

[leMVP]

First, it doesn't matter, he didn't care about defense this year.

Second, No tony allen????

[Dresta]

CP3 gets another 1st team all-defense

Bron obviously didn't deserve it this year (he didn't deserve 2nd team either, so yeah, it is still a popularity vote), because he was often a turnstile defensively, and Miami sucked on defense this year. This also explains how Chris Paul makes FIRST team again, despite not even being close to being the best defender on a very average defensive team, and missing 20 games.

But yeah, moronic Kobe stans, keep believing that CP3 is a better defender than Jimmy Butler, or that Kobe is one of the best nba defenders ever

You poor deluded sacks of shit.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

i think Lebron is fine.
he

[Dresta]

First, it doesn't matter, he didn't care about defense this year.

Second, No tony allen????

Nah CP3 is the far superior defender obviously, can't you see the votes dammit! The votes must be right!!!!