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Golden State Warriors fans pined for Andre Iguodala for years and although he wasn't consistent offensively, the national media took notice of what he did for the team on the defensive end this past season.
All-Defensive First Teamer Andre Iguodala led the NBA in plus/minus (+9.0) and tied for eighth in defensive rating (96.9), per @nbastats
— GSWStats (@gswstats) June 2, 2014
And given that he's known for his defensive ability, it's almost surprising that he's just now earning his first NBA All-Defensive First Team selection after his 10th season.
Iguodala earned 57 first team votes and 148 total points to get the first NBA All-Defensive First Team selection - and just the second defensive recognition of any kind - of his career. He was last selected to the All-Defensive Team in 2011 when he earned a second team selection.
|
Player |
1st Team FWD |
1st Team CTR |
1st Team GRD |
Total First Team Votes |
2nd Team FWD |
2nd Team CTR |
2nd Team GRD |
Second Team Votes |
Total points |
|
Noah, Joakim |
18 |
87 |
0 |
105 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
13 |
223 |
|
George, Paul |
40 |
0 |
25 |
65 |
26 |
0 |
5 |
31 |
161 |
|
Paul, Chris |
0 |
0 |
64 |
64 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
28 |
156 |
|
Ibaka, Serge |
53 |
1 |
0 |
54 |
42 |
2 |
0 |
44 |
152 |
|
Iguodala, Andre |
27 |
0 |
30 |
57 |
22 |
0 |
12 |
34 |
148 |
|
Player |
1st Team FWD |
1st Team CTR |
1st Team GRD |
Total First Team Votes |
2nd Team FWD |
2nd Team CTR |
2nd Team GRD |
Second Team Votes |
Total points |
|
James, LeBron |
55 |
0 |
2 |
57 |
18 |
0 |
2 |
20 |
134 |
|
Beverly, Patrick |
1 |
0 |
43 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
24 |
112 |
|
Butler, Jimmy |
1 |
0 |
28 |
29 |
2 |
0 |
43 |
45 |
103 |
|
Leonard, Kawhi |
11 |
0 |
5 |
16 |
44 |
0 |
13 |
57 |
89 |
|
Hibbert, Roy |
0 |
15 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
46 |
0 |
46 |
76 |
Vote breakdown for the 2014 NBA All-Defensive First and Second Teams (scroll left to right to view full table).
For the Warriors' organization, the selection is almost as significant of a milestone: not only is Iguodala the first Warriors player to earn All-Defensive recognition since Latrell Sprewell was named to the second team back in the 1993-94 season, but he's just the second player to be named to the First Team in franchise history and the first guard to do so.
Andre Iguodala (2013-14) joins Nate Thurmond (1968-69, 1970-71) as the only All-Defensive First Team members in Warriors history
— GSWStats (@gswstats) June 2, 2014
No other Warriors player earned first team votes this season - Klay Thompson (5) and Andrew Bogut (4) were the only other Warriors to receive multiple votes.
If it wasn't already strange enough that a Warriors player got consideration for his defensive contributions, we also know that David Lee earned as many votes as Draymond Green.
David Lee received one vote for the NBA's All-Defensive teams. Klay Thompson had five, Andrew Bogut four, Draymond Green one.
— Diamond Leung (@diamond83) June 2, 2014
And thanks to voting transparency, we know exactly who voted for Lee (Al McCoy/KTAR Phoenix) - I don't know whether it makes it better or worse that it wasn't a local guy. But shout out to ESPN's Mike Tirico for giving Draymond Green a vote - I'll listen to his commentary in a whole new light now.
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