Honestly Wembanyama’s stocks numbers are more gaudy, so I expect AD will lose the votes from the folks who just look at blocks and steals moving forward.
Tall_Succotash
Ppl just were not impressed with the lakers this season ..if bron don’t make at least second team that will confirm it for me.
winter-r0se
ad should be first team all defense every season he’s healthy. he’s that good
so much of the nba and defensive awards in general are based on narratives. certain players skating by getting a few extra defensive teams based on rep rather than reality. also s/o alex caruso, wasn’t getting recognition on the lakers but he is on the bulls
Maxime2k
I’d still take a first team spot tho. Other 4 players got strong cases for their votes as well. Although we can argue that AD is our entire defense, the voters take the overall team defensive performance into consideration as well
seanffy
Can anyone pull up how Gobert did defensively the year he had dlo ? Trying to see something here 🙃
JokerInside1
Seeing Caruso on an all defensive team again just hurts even more. The fact we were not willing to pay that man 10 million a season pains my soul… Choosing THT over him will forever be one of the worst decisions
IlGrandBoss
We used have an all defense team guard. Tells you a lot how shitte was that off season.
_bmg52588_
Bam got more votes than AD lmfao
Public-Product-1503
It’s a team defence award let’s be real unless you get crazy block /stat numbers. Defence is hard to judge especially for casuals n medis . He got it so I’m happy for him , our team defence needs to be better for him ti get these awards unless he kept up his near 3 blocks a game bit for start of year
What is painful is losing Caruso . Also can’t help but feel this is a slight inditement on Vogel . Guy wanted to play Bradley for so long over Caruso . Wasn’t till g6 of finals Caruso got to start n partly that’s cos Bradley never came to the bubble. Had Caruso been played more by Vogel mb the idiots in charge psy him
Dgwdum
I’ve said it before but if you offer an AD Center swap to Miami or Minnesota, they would personally drive their guys to the airport. If the wolves had AD the series wouldn’t have gone to 7
Arcanus124
Honestly, I don’t think the disrespect is too heavy. Compare his amount to the next guy. Jaden McDaniels is probably more disrespected considering that D. White got more than him, not that D. White is not a good defender, but McDaniels is phenomenal in comparison.
Musa_2050
Just enjoy he made it. Shoutout to Caruso 😭
Birdman905
Lol…. Without AD on the team, the Lakers would have gotten the first pick in the draft…. those who vote understand absolutely nothing
outsidehere
Goalposts keep moving
buttsworth
Lol. Number of votes doesn’t show up in the accolades just that he made it. He gets penalized for the Lakers team defense (it’s not necessarily fair but it is what it is). I’d want AD as a defender over everyone on 1st team all-defense with the exception of Wembanyana.
Ia_in_4
The fact that the future coach was one of the 8 guys to not have ad on a team is elite for our chemistry lol
Which-Resident7670
This is wild, what AD do? I guess just play for the lakers?
EpicMusic13
Below Bam and Herb? Who the fuck is herb
juicewar01
Well, most of these voting dudes are neck deep in analytics and it actually is a bad case for AD. LA sucks defensively given how AD is carrying the entire defense all season long on his back.. add the fact that he is relied upon to score as well.
The eye test though you can clearly see how fuckin awesome he is defensively and how he literally does everything.
Such-Masterpiece-182
So damn ridiculous
thebraavosi1
Laker tax
Consistent_Owl4593
Sabonis got a first place vote none of these awards have meaning anymore
itsnotreallyme0
If only lakers could’ve been 7seed like heat😒 or 14seed like spurs😒
Heat play in the extremely tough East too!!!!!
strikedizzle
Herb Jones? I swear if AD wasn’t a Laker he’d be dpoy
1why
The laker bias is unsurprisingly strong here. Ad is great defensively but to be shocked he’s the lowest voted guy on 1st team is ridiculous. This is the same guy who got dismantled by Sabonis all season. Part of the same team that consistently got 110+ scored on their heads with a ton of average players having career or season highs against us. Please be realistic. Or play some basketball yourself if you find this hard to understand
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Honestly Wembanyama’s stocks numbers are more gaudy, so I expect AD will lose the votes from the folks who just look at blocks and steals moving forward.
Ppl just were not impressed with the lakers this season ..if bron don’t make at least second team that will confirm it for me.
ad should be first team all defense every season he’s healthy. he’s that good
so much of the nba and defensive awards in general are based on narratives. certain players skating by getting a few extra defensive teams based on rep rather than reality. also s/o alex caruso, wasn’t getting recognition on the lakers but he is on the bulls
I’d still take a first team spot tho. Other 4 players got strong cases for their votes as well. Although we can argue that AD is our entire defense, the voters take the overall team defensive performance into consideration as well
Can anyone pull up how Gobert did defensively the year he had dlo ? Trying to see something here 🙃
Seeing Caruso on an all defensive team again just hurts even more. The fact we were not willing to pay that man 10 million a season pains my soul… Choosing THT over him will forever be one of the worst decisions
We used have an all defense team guard. Tells you a lot how shitte was that off season.
Bam got more votes than AD lmfao
It’s a team defence award let’s be real unless you get crazy block /stat numbers. Defence is hard to judge especially for casuals n medis . He got it so I’m happy for him , our team defence needs to be better for him ti get these awards unless he kept up his near 3 blocks a game bit for start of year
What is painful is losing Caruso . Also can’t help but feel this is a slight inditement on Vogel . Guy wanted to play Bradley for so long over Caruso . Wasn’t till g6 of finals Caruso got to start n partly that’s cos Bradley never came to the bubble. Had Caruso been played more by Vogel mb the idiots in charge psy him
I’ve said it before but if you offer an AD Center swap to Miami or Minnesota, they would personally drive their guys to the airport. If the wolves had AD the series wouldn’t have gone to 7
Honestly, I don’t think the disrespect is too heavy. Compare his amount to the next guy. Jaden McDaniels is probably more disrespected considering that D. White got more than him, not that D. White is not a good defender, but McDaniels is phenomenal in comparison.
Just enjoy he made it. Shoutout to Caruso 😭
Lol…. Without AD on the team, the Lakers would have gotten the first pick in the draft…. those who vote understand absolutely nothing
Goalposts keep moving
Lol. Number of votes doesn’t show up in the accolades just that he made it. He gets penalized for the Lakers team defense (it’s not necessarily fair but it is what it is). I’d want AD as a defender over everyone on 1st team all-defense with the exception of Wembanyana.
The fact that the future coach was one of the 8 guys to not have ad on a team is elite for our chemistry lol
This is wild, what AD do? I guess just play for the lakers?
Below Bam and Herb? Who the fuck is herb
Well, most of these voting dudes are neck deep in analytics and it actually is a bad case for AD. LA sucks defensively given how AD is carrying the entire defense all season long on his back.. add the fact that he is relied upon to score as well.
The eye test though you can clearly see how fuckin awesome he is defensively and how he literally does everything.
So damn ridiculous
Laker tax
Sabonis got a first place vote none of these awards have meaning anymore
If only lakers could’ve been 7seed like heat😒 or 14seed like spurs😒
Heat play in the extremely tough East too!!!!!
Herb Jones? I swear if AD wasn’t a Laker he’d be dpoy
The laker bias is unsurprisingly strong here. Ad is great defensively but to be shocked he’s the lowest voted guy on 1st team is ridiculous. This is the same guy who got dismantled by Sabonis all season. Part of the same team that consistently got 110+ scored on their heads with a ton of average players having career or season highs against us. Please be realistic. Or play some basketball yourself if you find this hard to understand