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Nuggets center a First Team selection for the second-straight year.

Camby Named to 2007-08 NBA All-Defensive First Team


DENVER, May 12 -- Denver Nuggets center Marcus Camby was selected to the 2007-08 NBA All-Defensive First Team, the NBA announced today.

Camby earned his second-straight All-Defensive First Team honor after leading the league in blocks for the third-straight season (3.61 bpg) and ranking second in rebounds with a career-high 13.1 rpg. He joined Dikembe Mutombo (1993-96) as the only players in NBA history to lead the league in blocks for three-consecutive seasons. This marks the fourth-straight year he has earned All-Defensive Team honors after making the Second Team in 2004-05 and ’05-06.

Camby, the 2006-07 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, is one of two players in Nuggets history chosen to the All-Defensive First Team, along with Bobby Jones (1976-77 and ’77-78). With this year’s selection, Camby surpasses T.R. Dunn as the only player in team history to have been honored for their defense on four occasions (Dunn was named to the Second Team in 1982-83, ’83-84 and ’84-85).

Also selected to the First Team are teammates Bruce Bowen and Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs, guard Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and forward Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics.

The NBA All-Defensive Second Team consists of Shane Battier of the Houston Rockets, New Orleans’ Chris Paul, Orlando’s Dwight Howard, Detroit’s Tayshaun Prince and Phoenix’s Raja Bell.

The voting panel consisted of the NBA’s 30 head coaches, who were asked to select NBA All-Defensive First and Second Teams by position. Coaches were not permitted to vote for players from their own team. Two points were awarded for a First Team vote and one point was awarded for a Second Team vote.

Listed below are the results for the 2007-08 NBA All-Defensive Teams:

First Team
Position Player, Team 1st Team Votes 2nd Team Votes Total Points
Forward Kevin Garnett, Boston 24 4 52
Guard Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers 24 4 52
Center Marcus Camby, Denver 14 9 37
Guard/Forward Bruce Bowen, San Antonio 13 10 36
Forward Tim Duncan, San Antonio 12 9 33
Second Team
Position Player, Team 1st Team Votes 2nd Team Votes Total Points
Forward Shane Battier, Houston 9 11 29
Guard Chris Paul, New Orleans 10 6 26
Center Dwight Howard, Orlando 8 9 25
Forward Tayshaun Prince, Detroit 3 14 20
Guard Raja Bell, Phoenix 4 10 18
Other Players Receiving Votes
(First Team Votes in Parentheses) Chauncey Billups, Detroit, 14 (5); Jason Kidd, Dallas, 13 (4); Rasheed Wallace, Detroit, 13 (3); Rajon Rondo, Boston, 11 (3); Deron Williams, Utah, 8, (3); Josh Smith, Atlanta, 8, (3); Ron Artest, Sacramento, 8 (2); Tyson Chandler, New Orleans, 8 (1); Andrei Kirilenko, Utah, 6; Derek Fisher, Los Angeles Lakers, 4 (1); LeBron James, Cleveland, 4 (1); Manu Ginobili, San Antonio, 4 (1); Kirk Hinrich, Chicago, 3 (1); Samuel Dalembert, Philadelphia, 3 (1); Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia, 1 (2); Brandon Roy, Portland, 2; Paul Pierce, Boston, 2; Andre Miller, Philadelphia, 1; Andres Nocioni, Chicago, 1; Baron Davis, Golden State, 1; Caron Butler, Washington, 1; Chris Bosh, Toronto, 1; Dikembe Mutombo, Houston, 1; Josh Howard, Dallas, 1; Richard Hamilton, Detroit, 1; Ronnie Brewer, Utah, 1.