In-depth analysis: Kobe has been selected for the first defense 9 times. Is there any moisture?

There are actually not many stars in the NBA who are both offensive and defensive in the true sense, and Kobe is one of them.

Because a person's physical fitness is limited after all, it is generally difficult for you to put in 100% of your offensive end while also having a large output on the defensive end. The simplest example:

McDy and Harden were not only not bad at the beginning of their careers, but also outstanding, but when they became the stars and took the banner on the offensive end, their defense declined. It was not that they were not capable, but that their physical fitness was not distributed enough.

But Kobe and Jordan are exceptions. Their popularity with basketball has exceeded a certain level, and they are willing to spare no effort on both the offensive and defensive ends.

However, recently, former NBA player Jeff Teague questioned Kobe's defense. He believed that Kobe only had serious defense in the first 4-5 years of his career, and was mixed up behind him. He was selected for one defense and two defense entirely because the coaches selected him.

Is this really the case? Let’s analyze in detail:

First understand the selection rules

Before 2014, the NBA’s best defensive team was voted for by the head coaches of 30 teams. After 2014, it will be elected by media voting. Kobe was selected before 2014, and Kobe was selected for the best defensive team 12 times, and the coach was selected.

In addition, the selection of the best defensive player is voted by the media. This is different from the original selection of the best defensive team, and it is also the reason why sometimes the best defensive player cannot enter the best defensive team first team, because the voters are different!

Secondly, let’s look at Kobe’s selection situation 9 times, and Kobe’s 9 defenses were in the 99-00 season, 2002-03 season, 2004 season, 2005-06 season to 2010-11 season.

In the past 9 seasons, Kobe has been selected for the best defensive team, which means that in the eyes of the coach, Kobe is one of the two best defenders in the season! There is no doubt about this.

Let's first verify the media voting situation. Let's take a look at the ranking of Kobe in the voting for the best defensive player in these 9 seasons:

99-00 season, Kobe ranked 5th in the voting for the best defensive player and 2nd in the defender. This means that Kobe was selected for the first defense without any dispute, and he was recognized by the coach and the media, and both those who understand the ball and those who don’t understand the ball have been shot. In the 02-03 season, Kobe ranked 8th overall and ranked 3rd among the defenders. In the coach's vote, Kobe is the top 2, and in the media vote, Kobe is the third. Although it is a bit different, the defense ability of a coach and the media recognized guard will not be poor. In the

03-04 season, Kobe ranked 10th overall and 2nd among the defenders. Like the 99-00 season, there is no dispute that it was selected for the first defense. In the

05-06 season, there was only one defender among the top 15, and Kobe, Bowen and Kidd were selected together. In the 2006-07 season, Bowen and Hinrich were among the top 15, and Kobe beat Hinrich to be selected. In the past two seasons, Kobe's selection for the first defense is a bit far-fetched. It should be an encouragement for Kobe to take into account the defense while scoring crazy, but if he doesn't enter the first defense, Kobe is definitely at the level of the second defense. In the

07-08 season, Kobe ranked fifth and second in the defender. No dispute! In the 08-09 season, Kobe ranked 7th and 3rd in the defender, and finally beat Wade to be selected for the first defense. In the 2009-10 season, Kobe ranked fourth in the defender. I can only say that I regret Wade. In fact, Wade does perform better than Kobe. Wade defends with one defense and Kobe defends with two defenses.

In the 10-11 season, Kobe ranked 11th overall and ranked third among the defenders, eventually defeating Tony Allen to be selected for the first defense.

Conclusion

It can be seen that Kobe's defensive level is mostly verified and recognized by the coach and the media.

Kobe was selected for the first defense season 9 times and ranked in the top two defenders in the best defensive player vote three times, which is a defense that the media and the coach recognize together.

4 times ranked in the top 4 in the defenders. Although there were differences between media voting and coach voting, no matter how you calculate, they are the top 4 in the guaranteed position, which is also the level of at least two defenses.

The other two times, because there were too many excellent defenses in other positions, the defenders were basically unable to rank, and Kobe did take advantage of the position.

Now, there are players who come out to question Kobe's defensive ability. It can only be said that he questioned not only Kobe's defensive ability, but also the coaches of 30 teams at that time and media reporters participating in the voting of the best defensive player.

I have to say that Teague is also very hard-working for traffic. He doesn't watch the video, check the data, and even doesn't check the logic, so he just starts to speak.