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Zach Lowe's All-NBA & All-Defensive

Posted on 4/13/18 at 4:53 pm
Posted by Mystery
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 4/13/18 at 4:53 pm
LINK

All-NBA

First Team

G: James Harden
G: Damian Lillard
F: LeBron James
F: Giannis Antetokounmpo
C: Anthony Davis

Second Team

G: Russell Westbrook
G: Victor Oladipo
F: Kevin Durant
F: LaMarcus Aldridge
C: Joel Embiid

Third Team

G: Stephen Curry
G: Chris Paul
F: Ben Simmons
F: Jimmy Butler
C: Nikola Jokic



All-Defensive

First Team

G: Chris Paul
G: Victor Oladipo
F: Giannis Antetokounmpo
F: Anthony Davis
C: Rudy Gobert

Second Team

G: Josh Richardson
G: Jrue Holiday
F: Robert Covington
F: Draymond Green
C: Joel Embiid

quote:

• Holiday checked in right behind Richardson on that blocked shots list, and wormed his way inside jerseys at three positions for a thin team that needed every bit of his positional versatility. He was often the Pelicans' best option against George/Durant types



Glad to see Zach has Jrue on there.
This post was edited on 4/13/18 at 5:20 pm
Posted by TotesMcGotes
New York, New York
Member since Mar 2009
27900 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 5:14 pm to
Pretty sure Lowe had healthy Pels finishing 12th in the West.

Idiot.
Posted by TotesMcGotes
New York, New York
Member since Mar 2009
27900 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 5:15 pm to
Also, Embiid is going to bitch so hard if AD makes first team at C.
Posted by jprdbulldog20
Member since Feb 2013
20339 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 5:25 pm to
Paul over Jrue is pretty comical (for defense)
This post was edited on 4/13/18 at 5:28 pm
Posted by Colonel Flagg
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2010
23375 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 5:32 pm to
quote:

Also, Embiid is going to bitch so hard if AD makes first team at C.


If Cousins wouldn’t have got hurt Davis and Cousins would be 1st team. He needs to quit his bitching.

Jrue should have been first team on defense.
This post was edited on 4/13/18 at 5:33 pm
Posted by htran90
BC
Member since Dec 2012
31892 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 5:40 pm to
Honestly it should go

1st team
AD, Lebron, embiid

2nd team
Durant, giannis, jokic/gobert

3rd team
Butler, LMA, jokic/gobert

Simmons has been phenomenal, but gobert needs some love.
Posted by KingSpeed
Member since Apr 2018
18 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 5:48 pm to
Pretty cool we have two All NBA MVP candidates playing each other in the first round.
Posted by kfizzle85
Member since Dec 2005
22022 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 5:56 pm to
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This post was edited on 8/30/19 at 4:43 pm
Posted by Mystery
Member since Jan 2009
9072 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 6:40 pm to
He talks about it in the link too
Posted by NOFOX
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2014
10115 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 7:15 pm to
quote:

Paul over Jrue is pretty comical (for defense)


He has some weird thing about putting a pure point on the first team. So Jrue wasn’t eligible (in his mind) for that spot. For some reason he has no issue using two combo guards on the 2nd team.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
36341 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 7:18 pm to
quote:

He has some weird thing about putting a pure point on the first team. So Jrue wasn’t eligible (in his mind) for that spot. For some reason he has no issue using two combo guards on the 2nd team.

Yea, that was stupid. It's not like Jrue is a pure shooting guard either. He's 16th in the league in assists ffs.

ETA: I could understand if he said he couldn't put two Pelican players on the 1st team all defense because their team defense wasn't good enough to justify that, but his excuse was pretty lame.
This post was edited on 4/13/18 at 7:20 pm
Posted by KingSpeed
Member since Apr 2018
18 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 8:44 pm to
Is Jrue good at defense? I've watched only a few Pelicans games, a couple of them in person, and last time we played you guys, Dame dropped 41. Jrue is awesome on offense though. He had a triple double that game. I will give you the first matchup of the season. Dame shot terribly but I'm not convinced that was because of Jrue. We'll see how he plays in the playoffs. If the Pelicans beat us in the series, I'll big your team's biggest fan.
Posted by theducks
Where The Blazers Play
Member since Aug 2013
14211 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 9:28 pm to
Jrue is sneaky one of the best two way combo guards in the league.
Posted by CocoLoco
Member since Jan 2012
29108 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 10:06 pm to
Jrue was on CJ mainly. I imagine that’s how this series will be too
Posted by Froman
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
38622 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 10:29 pm to
Jrue is known for his defense. And yeah, I don’t believe they had him on Dame much.
Posted by unctiger4
Member since Mar 2015
2369 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 10:44 pm to
Love Zach Lowe but Paul over Jrue is a crime for 1st-team all defense considering Jrue's ability to guard positions 1-3 and Paul missing so many games
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
29739 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 10:54 pm to
quote:

Is Jrue good at defense?


Well he will make at least 2nd team all defense this year, so yeah.
The blazers are one of the best in the NBA at scoring off picks. We usually switch everything, and teams know this, so they will always get jrue away from the offensive sets if they can.
Posted by 504Voodoo
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2012
13766 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 11:22 pm to
Zach just released his podcast on his season awards with Kevin Arnovitz on the 11th
Posted by kysportsman
Kentucky
Member since Mar 2012
1323 posts
Posted on 4/14/18 at 1:41 pm to
KAT should be in there. Look at his numbers and shooting % and a PER of 25.
Also, he hasn’t missed a game in his first 3 seasons.
Posted by SLafourche07
Member since Feb 2008
10038 posts
Posted on 4/14/18 at 2:16 pm to
quote:

Also, he hasn’t missed a game in his first 3 seasons



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