Cleveland鈥檚 Evan Mobley, the this season, was also the top vote-getter for the NBA鈥檚 All-Defensive team that was revealed on Thursday.
Mobley got 99 first-team votes from a global panel of 100 writers and broadcasters who cover the NBA and cast ballots to determine award winners. He was a second-team pick on the lone other ballot.
Atlanta鈥檚 Dyson Daniels, Oklahoma City鈥檚 Luguentz Dort, Golden State鈥檚 Draymond Green and Houston鈥檚 Amen Thompson rounded out the first team. Daniels joined Mobley as the only players to appear on all 100 ballots; Daniels got 91 first-team nods and nine second-team votes.
Dort appeared on 99 ballots, Green 鈥� now a five-time first-team selection and a nine-time All-Defensive pick overall 鈥� appeared on 98 ballots and Thompson was on 97 ballots.
The second team was Portland鈥檚 Toumani Camara, Minnesota鈥檚 Rudy Gobert, Memphis鈥� Jaren Jackson Jr., Oklahoma City鈥檚 Jalen Williams and the Los Angeles Clippers鈥� Ivica Zubac.
Gobert is now an eight-time All-Defensive team selection.
Ballots were cast shortly before the start of the playoffs. The final awards to be handed out by the league to recognize excellence in this regular season will come Friday, when the All-NBA teams are unveiled.
The other awards that were part of that voting process and have already been unveiled: Oklahoma City's , Cleveland鈥檚 Kenny Atkinson winning , Atlanta鈥檚 Dyson Daniels winning , San Antonio鈥檚 Stephon Castle winning , Cleveland鈥檚 Evan Mobley winning , New York鈥檚 Jalen Brunson winning and Boston鈥檚 Payton Pritchard winning
Other awards announced by the league since the end of the regular season: Golden State鈥檚 Stephen Curry won the , Warriors teammate Draymond Green won the , Oklahoma City鈥檚 Sam Presti won and Boston鈥檚 Jrue Holiday won the for the second time in his career as well as the league鈥檚 award.
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