NBA All Defensive Teams - 1980's
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| 1980's |
| 1989-90 |
| FIRST TEAM Dennis Rodman, Detroit Buck Williams, Portland Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Michael Jordan, Chicago Joe Dumars, Detroit
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| 1988-89 |
| FIRST TEAM Dennis Rodman, Detroit Larry Nance, Cleveland Mark Eaton, Utah Michael Jordan, Chicago Joe Dumars, Detroit
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| 1987-88 |
| FIRST TEAM Kevin McHale, Boston Rodney McCray, Houston Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Michael Cooper, Los Angeles Lakers Michael Jordan, Chicago
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| 1986-87 |
| FIRST TEAM Kevin McHale, Boston Michael Cooper, Los Angeles Lakers Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Alvin Robertson, San Antonio Dennis Johnson, Boston
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| 1985-86 |
| FIRST TEAM Paul Pressey, Milwaukee Kevin McHale, Boston Mark Eaton, Utah Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee Maurice Cheeks, Philadelphia
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| 1984-85 |
| FIRST TEAM Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee Paul Pressey, Milwaukee Mark Eaton, Utah Michael Cooper, Los Angeles Lakers Maurice Cheeks, Philadelphia
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| 1983-84 |
| FIRST TEAM Bobby Jones, Philadelphia Michael Cooper, Los Angeles Wayne Rollins, Atlanta Maurice Cheeks, Philadelphia Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee
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| 1982-83 |
| FIRST TEAM Bobby Jones, Philadelphia Dan Roundfield, Atlanta Moses Malone, Philadelphia Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee Dennis Johnson, Phoenix (tie) Maurice Cheeks, Philadelphia (tie)
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| 1981-82 |
| FIRST TEAM Bobby Jones, Philadelphia Dan Roundfield, Atlanta Caldwell Jones, Philadelphia Michael Cooper, Los Angeles Dennis Johnson, Phoenix
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| 1980-81 |
| FIRST TEAM Bobby Jones, Philadelphia Caldwell Jones, Philadelphia Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Dennis Johnson, Phoenix Micheal Ray Richardson, New York
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