Congrats to Marcus Smart on being named to the NBA 1st Team All Defense

Marcus Smart makes NBA All-Defensive for the first time -- and it's on the first team. pic.twitter.com/IkfegQS4wf

— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) May 22, 2019

Finally! Marcus Smart has been one of the league's best defenders for a few years now. Whether it was because he was coming off the bench or he didn't have the big All-Star name of other players, he's been snubbed previously. Nice to see him get his just due this time around.

The first place votes for James Harden and Steph Curry (and the 2nd for Kyrie Irving for that matter) tell you all you need to know on why Smart may have been snubbed in years past. Not everyone with a vote has brain cells.