NBA: Victor Wembanyama Makes History With All-defensive Team Selection

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama became the first rookie to be voted to the NBA바카라�s All-Defensive first team when the league unveiled the voting on Tuesday. (More Sports News)

Wembanyama received 98 of a possible 99 first-team votes to add to an impressive list of accolades after his first NBA season.

Rudy Gobert, the NBA바카라�s Defensive Player of the Year, was the only unanimous first-team selection.

Gobert and Wembanyama were joined on the first team by the Miami Heat바카라�s Bam Adebayo, the Los Angeles Lakers바카라� Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans바카라� Herb Jones.

Gobert was voted All-Defence for the seventh time in his career, all on the first team.

Adebayo, long considered a top-tier defender, was selected to the first team for the first time in his career. Even the veterans, however, were appreciative of Wembanyama바카라�s rookie campaign.

바카라�Coming into this league, obviously he had high expectations because he's 7-3 and shooting step-back 3s. I think a lot of people paid attention more to that than what he actually did on the defensive end,바카라� Adebayo said of Wembanyama. 바카라�So, for him to get first team, first come around, it's obviously a great accolade for him.바카라�

Wembanyama led the league with 3.58 blocked shots per game, over a block more per game than any other player. The towering Frenchman was also eighth in the league at 10.6 rebounds per game and ranked in the top 25 with 1.24 steals per game.

This was the first season of position-less voting for the All-Defence teams, leading to a strong preference for interior defenders, but perimeter players were well-represented on the second team.

The Chicago Bulls바카라� Alex Caruso, the Orlando Magic바카라�s Jalen Suggs, the Minnesota Timberwolves바카라� Jaden McDaniels and Boston Celtics backcourt mates Jrue Holiday and Derrick White were voted to the All-Defensive second team.

The league will announce its three All-NBA teams on Wednesday.