Serge Ibaka, 2012 All-Defensive first team
Tyson Chandler won Defensive Player of the Year in 2011-12 for almost single-handedly turning the Knicks from a bad defensive team into one of the best. But he wasn’t even selected for the All-Defensive first team; back then, coaches voted for All-Defensive teams while the media voted for DPOY. Instead, coaches were more intrigued by Serge Ibaka’s impressive block numbers and less dissuaded by his tendency to bite for every pump fake in his younger days.