At the Hive · May 21, 2015
Why didn't Kidd-Gilchrist make an NBA All-Defensive team?
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Michael Kidd-Gilchrist did not make an NBA All-Defensive team this season. Kidd-Gilchrist finished ninth in Defensive Player of the Year voting, but received the 15th most votes in All-Defense. Why is that, you ask? Take a look at who made the All-Defensive teams this season.
All-Defensive First Team
All-Defensive Second Team
Runner Ups
As you can see above, All-Defensive teams use position as a main criteria. That means that players who aren't necessarily top-10 defenders, like DeAndre Jordan, have found slots on the squads. Those votes would likely have gone elsewhere had voters not been constrained to positional voting.