Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard and Warriors forward Draymond Green were the leading vote-getters for the NBA’s All-Defensive teams for the 2015/16 season, with Leonard earning first-team votes from all 130 respondents. Leonard and Green were joined on the NBA All-Defensive first team by center DeAndre Jordan, along with guards Chris Paul and Avery Bradley.
The league also announced its three All-NBA teams for the 2015/16 season, with unanimous MVP Stephen Curry also leading the way in first-team nods (129) and overall points (645). After Curry, LeBron James and Russell Westbrook were the leading vote-getters, followed by Leonard. Jordan also earned a spot on the All-NBA first team.
Here’s more from the week that was:
NBA Draft News
Withdrawals
- Indiana sophomore guard James Blackmon Jr..
- Clemson junior forward Jaron Blossomgame.
- Kentucky freshman guard Isaiah Briscoe.
- Oregon sophomore small forward Dillon Brooks.
- New Mexico sophomore guard Elijah Brown.
- Washington State junior center Conor Clifford.
- Dayton junior guard Charles Cooke.
- Oregon freshman shooting guard Tyler Dorsey.
- Stillman College junior forward D’Andre Downey.
- Purdue sophomore small forward Vince Edwards.
- Villanova junior swingman Josh Hart.
- Washington State junior power forward Josh Hawkinson.
- Wisconsin junior forward Nigel Hayes.
- Washington State junior point guard Ike Iroegbu.
- Kentucky junior forward Marcus Lee.
- Yale sophomore point guard Makai Mason.
- South Florida freshman point guard Jahmal McMurray.
- North Florida junior guard Dallas Moore.
- Mississippi State freshman guard Malik Newman.
- Florida Gulf Coast junior power forward Marc-Eddy Norelia.
- San Diego State sophomore small forward Malik Pope.
- Purdue freshman power forward Caleb Swanigan.
- Idaho State junior point guard Ethan Telfair.
- Maryland sophomore point guard Melo Trimble.
- Nebraska junior small forward Andrew White.
- Portland junior guard Alec Wintering.
Workouts
- Wade Baldwin: Worked out for the Nuggets and Suns.
- DeAndre’ Bembry: Worked out for the Suns.
- Ben Bentil: Worked out for the Pacers and Nuggets.
- Jaron Blossomgame: Worked out for the Suns.
- Joel Bolomboy: Worked out for the Hawks and Bucks.
- Isaiah Briscoe: Worked out for the Hawks and Wolves.
- Malcolm Brogdon: Worked out for the Clippers and Suns.
- Michael Bryson: Worked out for the Suns.
- Kyle Collinsworth: Worked out for the Wolves.
- Stacy Davis: Worked out for the Suns.
- Majok Deng: Worked out for the Wolves.
- Cheick Diallo: Worked out for the Hawks.
- Tyler Dorsey: Worked out for the Jazz.
- A.J. English: Worked out for the Clippers.
- Kay Felder: Worked out for the Pacers.
- Yogi Ferrell: Worked out for the Jazz.
- Dorian Finney-Smith: Worked out for Jazz, Suns and Wolves.
- Anthony Gill: Worked out for the Nuggets.
- Josh Hart: Worked out for the Hawks.
- Nigel Hayes: Worked out for the Jazz.
- Danuel House: Worked out for the Clippers.
- Demetrius Jackson: Worked out for the Suns.
- Venky Jois: Worked out for the Kings.
- Damion Lee: Worked out for the Suns.
- Shawn Long: Worked out for the Bucks.
- Thon Maker: Worked out for the Jazz.
- Armani Moore: Worked out for the Pacers.
- Malik Newman: Worked out for the Knicks.
- Retin Obasohan: Worked out for the Suns.
- Gary Payton II: Worked out for the Hawks and Clippers.
- Marshall Plumlee: Worked out for the Clippers.
- Taurean Prince: Worked out for the Suns.
- Jalen Reynolds: Worked out for the Jazz.
- Diamond Stone: Worked out for the Hawks.
- Rasheed Sulaimon: Worked out for the Pacers.
- Caleb Swanigan: Worked out for the Pacers.
- Mike Tobey: Worked out for the Kings and Jazz.
- Jarrod Uthoff: Worked out for the Suns.
- Fred VanVleet: Worked out for the Wolves.
- Gavin Ware: Worked out for the Jazz.
- James Webb III: Worked out for the Suns.
Miscellaneous News
- The Grizzlies hired David Fizdale as their new head coach.
- Nuggets swingman Will Barton changed agents and is now represented by Travis King of Relatively Sports.
- Jordan Ott, an assistant coach with the Hawks and former assistant at Michigan State, is joining new Nets coach Kenny Atkinson‘s staff as an assistant coach and manager of advanced scouting.
- The Nets are planning on holding another free agent mini-camp next month and the invitees will include Quinn Cook, Alex Stepheson, Scotty Hopson, Jerrelle Benimon, Alex Kirk, Kwame Vaughn and McKenzie Moore.