While Draymond Green collected a nod to the NBA’s All-Defensive First team, another member of the Golden State Warriors earned a vote for the All-Defensive second team.
After continually providing a consistently solid effort on the defensive side of the floor in his first full season in the Bay Area, Andrew Wiggins notched one vote for the All-Defensive second team.
Via @IanBegley on Twitter:
NYK’s Julius Randle (4 second-team votes) & Nerlens Noel (1 second-team vote) both received All Defensive Team votes. Full list of players who received votes but didn’t make a team are here (total points include the votes a player received outside of his listed position): pic.twitter.com/aGxiqMRvjY
— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) June 14, 2021
The 26-year-old forward helped Green pushed the Warriors to a top-five defensive rating in the 2020-21 season at 109.7. The former first overall pick averaged one block (tying a career-high) and 0.9 steals per contest with the Warriors in 71 games during the 2020-21 campaign.
Wiggins notched seven games with three or more steals and eight games with three or more blocks. Against the Pacers in January, the Kansas Jayhawks product registered a career-high five blocks in a single contest.
Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and Matisse Thybulle, Miami’s Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler and Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard rounded out the All-Defensive second team.
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