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Zero Lakers Players Made The All-Defensive Teams, Even Though They Had The Best Defense In The League

Orlando Silva
Jun 15, 2021
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The Los Angeles Lakers players were snubbed of the 2021 All-Defensive Teams despite having the best defensive rating in the league. The purple and gold put together excellent defenders, including 2020 DPOY award finalist Anthony Davis, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Dennis Schroder, and Alex Caruso. 

In recent hours, the NBA announced the All-Defensive Teams, full of the best defensive players in the association. 

Rudy Gobert, Ben Simmons, Draymond Green, Jrue Holiday and forward Giannis Antetokounmpo are part of the All-Defensive First Team. 

Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Joel Embiid, Matisse Thybulle and Kawhi Leonard are part of the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. 

As you can see, there’s no Lakers player on the list despite the team being the top-ranked defense in the league (106.8 defensive rating). It seems like it was more of a collective effort from the team than anything. 

The Lakers had the league’s best defensive rating this season.

They have 0 All-Defense players. pic.twitter.com/NZQUa31ewg

— StatMuse (@statmuse) June 14, 2021

Last year, Anthony Davis finished second in the DPOY ballot, losing the award to Giannis Antetokounmpo. Injuries deprived him of having a similar season, missing several games for the Lakers. 

Credit: NBA

Davis did receive votes, just like Caruso, Schroder, and Caldwell-Pope, but they weren’t enough to get them a spot in any All-Defensive Team. This was the first season since 1999/2000 that the Lakers finished as the top-ranked defense in the league, but not a single player received All-Defensive Team honors. 

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Orlando Silva has been a part of Fadeaway World for over three years now, starting in March 2019. Trade rumors, hottest news, controversies, and basketball gossip have become his specialties. After several years of seeing the Spurs dominate the playoffs, they've become his favorite team as players for the franchise either rise to the occasion or fall completely from grace. When he's not talking about the NBA, Orlando can be seen watching other sports, making music, or enjoying television series.
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