Rockets are not sold! How difficult is it to defend before the age of 23? Amen is the 6th person in history, who is the top 5?

On May 23, the NBA announced the list of the best defensive team today, with Rockets guard Amen successfully selected for the best defensive team. Not only has he become the youngest player in the Rockets history to be selected as the first team of the best defensive team, he is also the seventh player in NBA history to be selected as the first team at the age of 22 or before (simply understood that it is less than 23 years old). Let’s take a look at who the first 6 players are.

Kobe

Kobe's strong defensive ability is well known, and he has been selected into the Best Team in a total of 11 times in his career. Since Kobe entered the NBA directly from high school, although he was selected for the All-Squad in the 99/00 season and was less than 22 years old at the time, it was already the fourth season of Kobe's career. In the regular season that season, Kobe averaged 22.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.9 blocks per game. Not only was he selected for the first defense, but he was also selected for the second team of the All-Squad.

Ibaka

Ibaka was the No. 24 pick in the first round in 2008. In his third season of his career, the November 12 season, he ushered in a qualitative change, averaging 9.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game in the regular season. Not only did he become the blocking king that season, he was also selected for the All-Defensive Team. In addition, this season, Ibaka also helped the Thunder break out of the West and reach the finals.

Jaren Jackson Jr.

Jaren Jackson Jr. was the No. 4 pick in the first round in 2018 and was less than 19 years old when he entered the league. In the 21/22 season, in the fourth season of his career, 3J was selected into the All-Squad Team with averaging 16.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.9 steals and 2.3 blocks per game in the regular season. A year later, in the 22/23 season, Jaren Jackson Jr. won the best defensive player. As the first round No. 3 pick in 2021, Mobley has been known for defense and frame protection since college, and has the title of Garnett Jr. In the 22/23 season, entering the second season of the league, Mobley made great progress on the defensive end. The regular season averaged 16.2 points, 9 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.5 blocks per game and was selected as the first defense. Although the data is not very good, the opponent's shooting percentage is very good on the court, which is a typical representative of his defensive ability.

Wenban Yama, the No. 2023 pick, showed superior defense and frame protection ability in the rookie season. In the 23/24 season, the regular average of 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.2 steals and 3.6 blocks, he was selected as the best defense, and since then he has surpassed Kobe to become the youngest player in history to be selected as the first defense. In fact, if Wenban Yama does not miss the game due to injury this season, first defense and the best defensive player are sure to be sure.

It is worth mentioning that if the conditions are not limited to being selected as the first defense before the age of 23, but are relaxed to being selected as the best defensive lineup (the second defense is also counted), there will be Jabbar, Wilkes, Olajuwon, Duncan, Kirilianko, Howard, Paul, Antetokounmpo, Adebayo, Sages and others.