Jazz All-Star forward Andrei Kirilenko has been named the NBA's All-Defensive Second Team, the league announced Monday. The first team features San Antonio's Bruce Bowen and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers at the guard spots, recently chosen 2003-04 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Ron Artest of Indiana and leading NBA MVP candidate Kevin Garnett of Minnesota at the forward positions and two-time Defensive Player of the Year Ben Wallace of Detroit at center. Kirilenko is joined on the second team by two-time NBA MVP Tim Duncan of San Antonio at forward, Sacramento's Doug Christie and New Jersey's Jason Kidd at the guard spots and Portland's Theo Ratliff at center. The voting panel consisted of the NBA's 29 head coaches, who were asked to select the teams by position, with two points awarded to first-team choices and one to second-team selections. Full article ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AK47 has done so much this year. He has such a bright future, and he was very deserving of this award.
He definitely deserves this, he's like the only guy in the Jazz apart from Sloan and Arroyo who're capable of anything. He does everything well, especially defense, so it comes as no surprise. Maybe someday he'll be all first team.
I always thought Kirilenko was going to get defensive player this year, being top 5 in blocks and steals, too bad he didnt.
