By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Portland Trail Blazers forward Toumani Camara from Belgium, Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert from France, and LA Clippers center Ivica Zubac from Croatia are members of the second All-Defensive team of the NBA.
Per the press release: Αtlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort, Golden State Warriors forward-center Draymond Green, Cleveland Cavaliers forward-center Evan Mobley, and Houston Rockets guard-forward Amen Thompson have been selected to the 2024-25 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team.
Daniels, Dort, and Thompson have been named to the Kia NBA All-Defensive Team (First or Second Team) for the first time. Green has earned his fifth First Team honor and ninth All-Defensive Team selection overall. For Mobley, the 2024-25 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, this marks his second First Team recognition (also in 2022-23).
The 2024-25 Kia NBA All-Defensive Second Team consists of Portland Trail Blazers forward Toumani Camara, Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert, Memphis Grizzlies forward-center Jaren Jackson Jr., Oklahoma City guard-forward Jalen Williams, and LA Clippers center Ivica Zubac.
Camara, Williams, and Zubac are first-time selections to the Kia NBA All-Defensive Team. This is the eighth All-Defensive Team honor for Gobert and the third for Jackson, with both players earning a Second Team spot for the first time.
A global media panel of 100 voters selected five players for the Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team and five players for the Kia NBA All-Defensive Second Team at any position. Players received two points for each First Team vote and one point for each Second Team vote.
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