Joakim Noah headlines NBA All-Defensive teams
The NBA revealed their All-Defensive teams for the 2013-14 NBA season Monday, as voted on by a collection of 123 media members and broadcasters.
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah, the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year, headlines the list, earning 105 first-team votes, 13 second-team votes and being left off of five ballots.
The Defensive Player of the Year being left off of five ballots is hardly the most surprising part of the votes, which included nods for noted turnstiles like David Lee and James Harden and votes for lower-impact defenders like Arron Afflalo and DeMar DeRozan.
In any case, here are the first and second team, along with the number of first and second team votes each received.
2013-14 NBA All-Defensive First Team
| POS | Player | 1st | 2nd |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Joakim Noah | 105 | 13 |
| PF | Serge Ibaka | 54 | 44 |
| SF | Paul George | 65 | 31 |
| G/F | Andre Iguodala | 57 | 34 |
| PG | Chris Paul | 64 | 28 |
2013-14 NBA All-Defensive Second Team
| POS | Player | 1st | 2nd |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Roy Hibbert | 15 | 46 |
| F | LeBron James | 57 | 20 |
| F | Kawhi Leonard | 16 | 57 |
| SG | Jimmy Butler | 29 | 45 |
| G | Patrick Beverley | 44 | 24 |
The top vote-getters missing out on the teams were DeAndre Jordan, Anthony Davis, Tony Allen, Tim Duncan and Dwight Howard.