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Cavaliers' Evan Mabley Headlines NBA's all-defensive team

Evan Mobley, the striker of Cleveland Cavaliers, the NBA defensive player this season, headed the all-defensive team of the league, which was announced on Thursday.

Mobley, who was also an all-defensive selection of the first team for the 2022-23 season, was in the first team from Atlanta Guard Dyson, the Oklahoma City Guard Luguentz, the Golden State striker Draymmond Green and the Houston-Wachmann Amen Thompson.

The 23-year-old Mobley achieved an average of 1.6 blocks for the 64-grade cavaliers and has established himself in his first four seasons as one of the most versatile men in the league. He received 99 out of 100 votes from the first team, and he and Daniels were the only players who were called all 100 ballot papers.

Green, the only other former defensive player of the year (2017) who was selected for the first team this season, is now a five -time selection of the first team after an average of 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks for the Warriors this season. He had 91 votes of the first team.

Green's nine overall all-defensive team selections are together with the Hall of Famers Dennis Johnson, Michael Jordan, Jason Kidd, Hakeem Olajuwon, Gary Payton and the other future Hall of Famer, Chris Paul.

Daniels, there and Thompson were all -defense selection for the first time.

Daniels led the NBA with an average of 3 steals per game in his first year with the Hawks this season, and his 229 steals were the most from every player in the NBA since Payton in 1996 had 231.

There, one of the best on-ball defenders in the NBA to the extent, achieved an average of 1.1 steals per game for the 68-weight donner.

Thompson has now achieved an average of 1.4 steals and 1.3 blocks for Houston, since the Swingman immediately became one of the best perimeter defenders in the league in the second year.

The second team showed the Portland striker Toumani Camara, the Minnesota Center Rudy Gobert, striker Jaren Jackson Jr., the Oklahoma City Guard Jalen Williams and the La Clippers Center Ivica Zubac.

Gobert, last year of the defense lawyer of the year and four-time winner of this award, received his eighth all-defensive selection of his career. This was his first second team, while Jackson's defensive players made three all-defensive teams in 2023.

Camara, Williams and Zubac are now the first selection of the all-defense.

The all-defensive teams are the penultimate award of this year's schedule for the end of the season this year. The all-NBA teams will be announced on Friday evening.

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