Clippers' Chris Paul named to NBA All-Defensive First Team
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Since joining the LA Clippers in 2011, point guard Chris Paul has been a member of the NBA All-Defensive First Team at the end of every season. He added a sixth consecutive season to that accomplishment on Monday.
Paul joined Golden State's Draymond Green, Utah's Rudy Gobert, San Antonio's Kawhi Leonard and Houston's Patrick Beverly on the All-Defensive First Team.
The selection is the seventh overall for Paul, who averaged 1.95 steals per game (third in the NBA).
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Receiving 61 First Team votes, Paul becomes the ninth player in NBA history to have been named to the First Team seven times or more.