The ones you can defend against, the ones you can defend against! Only 4 players in NBA history have entered the double first team five times

In the current NBA, the word "offense and defense" has actually been used a little bit, and many players who only play a small part of the offense and defense are called offense and defense integration. In fact, this is still far from that. Players who have entered the first team of the best team and the first team of the best team at least five times can be called a true combination of offense and defense. Looking at NBA history, there are only the four players below who can do this.

4: James (5 times)

James entered the Double First Team in a total of five times in his career. In fact, he has always been a player with a balanced performance on both offense and defense, especially during the Heat. In the 12-13 season, James averaged 26.8 points, 8 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 1.7 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game. That year, he led the Heat to a crazy 27 consecutive wins. In the end, he was only one vote away from winning the unanimous MVP, but unfortunately that vote was given to Anthony. And on the defensive end, James entered the first team of the best defensive team, but in the DPOY Award selection, he lost to Gasol in the second team. This is also the closest James has ever won the MVP+DPOY Award in a single season, and it is also the biggest regret in his career.

James entered the Double First Team three times in four seasons with the Heat, and only failed to do it in the 13-14 season. James entered the double first team two times in the Cavaliers. In 2009 and 2010, James won the MVP for two consecutive years, and also entered the defensive end for a while. He can be said to be a top player with both offense and defense. However, after leaving the Heat, James never got a double first match again. Most of the time it was because he had to save energy on the defensive end, which is also the common point of older players.

3: Duncan (7 times)

Duncan is recognized as the No. 1 power forward in NBA history. Everyone knows his personal abilities. He has led the Spurs in 19 seasons in his career and has never missed the playoffs, won five championships, and won three FMVPs. All of this depends on Duncan's unsolvable performance on both offense and defense. In his second season of his career, Duncan averaged 21.7 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. While entering the first round, he also entered the first defense. That season he also led the Spurs to win the first championship in team history. Since then, he has entered the Double First Team for five consecutive times. In 2002 and 2003, he has won MVP twice, and his dominance is no less than O'Neal. He even defeated the Lakers led by O'Neal many times, and his performance is not inferior.

In the 2006-07 season, Duncan entered the Double First Team for the last time in his career. That year, he also led the Spurs to the championship. Although Duncan later was able to enter the best and best defensive team, his physical strength decreased due to his age and physical strength, his playing time decreased to a certain extent. Although Duncan does not have DPOY, no one will deny his ability on the defensive end.

2: Kobe (8 times)

Everyone knows Kobe's performance on the court. He is very competitive, so he often defends the opponent's first star in the game, and he is also the core of the team on the offensive end. He can be said to be the real player you can defend the most and the player you can fight the most. Kobe's first double first team was in the 202-03 season. That year, he averaged 30 points, 6.9 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 2.2 steals, and 0.8 blocks. His performance on both offense and defense was very strong. At the beginning of that season, the Lakers began to think about who O'Neal or Kobe is the team's future core.

Then in 2004, Kobe entered the Double First Team again, but that year the Lakers failed to compete for the championship, so the team broke up the OK combination. Since then, Kobe entered the Double First Team six consecutive times in 2006-11. At that time, he was the well-deserved best player in the league. While the offensive end was unsolvable, he was full of oppression in the defensive end, so the Lakers won two championships in 2009 and 2010.

1: Jordan (9 times)

The player ranked first is Jordan. Although he has only played for 15 seasons, he has a lot of value in these 15 seasons. In the 87-88 season, Jordan averaged 35 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 3.2 steals and 1.6 blocks per game. That year, he won two honors: MVP and DPOY, which is a well-deserved combination of offense and defense. After that, Jordan continued to break through the limit. After entering the 1990s, Jordan led the Bulls to complete two three consecutive championships, and personally achieved three consecutive FMVP achievements.

During this period, Jordan entered the double team in a row, and only once in his career, he did not enter the defensive team when he entered the best team. As long as he stood on the court, he would definitely do his best on both offense and defense. This is Jordan's game state, and he is also the well-deserved best player in NBA history. It’s a pity that Jordan retired twice in the middle, and both were at his peak, otherwise his honor would have been higher.