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And it's not even close I didnt think Rivers had his best year defensively. He also gets a ton of his time vs second units as well: this isnt the guy they have out their designated to stop the John Wall's and Steph Curry's of the world at all.

I also think Marcus Smart is a better candidate than Avery Bradley who didnt play up to his defensive reputation earlier in the year and missed time due to injury. Zach Lowe also talked about this yesterday: at some point the fact the on/off data year after year never favors Bradley isnt just totally irrelevant and 100% noise anymore.

I was fine with most of these picks though. Only things I would say would be

a) Chris Paul's season got underappreciated by many if injuries dont matter to you enough that Avery Bardley is on all NBA defense or KD is second team then CP3 should be in over DeRozan.

b) I have a tough time with Jokic as the 3rd team center.....you cant just ignore the first 20ish games he didnt even start in this discussion. In particular a Jokic case over Marc Gasol is a tough one to make.

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