Houston Rockets P.J. Tucker (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
The NBA All-Defensive Teams were announced Tuesday, and Houston Rockets defensive ace P.J. Tucker was notably absent from both First and Second Teams.
The Houston Rockets are playing the best defense they’ve played since nearly making the NBA Finals a couple of years ago, and one of the main reasons for that is the play of P.J. Tucker. Along with Robert Covington and James Harden, Tucker has been one of the cornerstones of the team’s best-rated defense in the playoffs.
The criteria for earning NBA awards seems to be ever-changing, as sometimes they seem more like popularity contests or based on statistics alone rather than who’s most deserving.