The biggest reason is the dirty tag.
Experts will only look at rebounds and blocked stats.
Maybe if Pop paraded Bowen to the press for DPOY much like Carlisle did for Artest, Bowen would've won.
I hate it when teams parade their players to the press.
Lakers and Spurs franchises have a chance to both have three all time players with 8 or more seasons on the ADTs. Both Bowen and Kobe are sitting on 7. Lakers have Kareem with 11, and Coop with 8. Spurs have Duncan with 10 and DRob with 8.
Duncan may go down with the most in history when he retires. He has 5 more chances, including this year, to get two more awards.
1982-1983 Sidney Moncrief Milwaukee Bucks
1983-1984 Sidney Moncrief Milwaukee Bucks
1984-1985 Mark Eaton Utah Jazz
1985-1986 Alvin Robertson San Antonio Spurs
1986-1987 Michael Cooper Los Angeles Lakers
1987-1988 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls
1988-1989 Mark Eaton Utah Jazz
1989-1990 Dennis Rodman Detroit Pistons
1990-1991 Dennis Rodman Detroit Pistons
1991-1992 David Robinson San Antonio Spurs
1992-1993 Hakeem Olajuwon Houston Rockets
1993-1994 Hakeem Olajuwon Houston Rockets
1994-1995 Dikembe Mutombo Denver Nuggets
1995-1996 Gary Payton Seattle SuperSonics
1996-1997 Dikembe Mutombo Atlanta Hawks
1997-1998 Dikembe Mutombo Atlanta Hawks
1998-1999 Alonzo Mourning Miami Heat
1999-2000 Alonzo Mourning Miami Heat
2000-2001 Dikembe Mutombo Philadelphia 76ers
2001-2002 Ben Wallace Detroit Pistons
2002-2003 Ben Wallace Detroit Pistons
2003-2004 Ron Artest Indiana Pacers
2004-2005 Ben Wallace Detroit Pistons
2005-2006 Ben Wallace Detroit Pistons
2006-2007 Marcus Camby Denver Nuggets
The "nobody wins in a small market" argument doesn't exactly work.
I can remember loathing Jordan in his prime, UNTIL, he played for the '92 Dream Team (angelic choir music plays in background). Once I got to see him and root for him in the Olympics, I started appreciating him for the player that he was.
I just think that too many people dislike Bruce for doing his job so well. The only time people watch him (that aren't Spurs fans) is when he's locking down their best player. If more people got a chance to truly appreciate him, I think he'd have been more successful.
You'll notice as the TV ratings get more important, the small markets win less and less.
Namely, with no regard to the opposing players' health!? In other words, just play DIRTY!
Cheese, whine, etc.Namely, with no regard to the opposing players' health!? In other words, just play DIRTY!
If you seriously think defense = steals and blocks, then you are completely out of your league here. Might I suggest one of the kiddie sites like www.azcentral.com.
Dirtiest Player Of the Year
He should be automatic.
Bowen is a much better defender than Camby Marcus has stats though i also think he is better than Battier ...but KG wins this year sorry
There will be a number 12 hanging at the AT&T center one day.
One of ben wallaces dpoy is tainted, and he knows he shouldnt even had won it that year, yeh the year he took out his closest rival to the dpoy out of the contest, ron artest.
Ben also missed a few games that season, but the dpoy is a joke compared to the mvp, if you missed more than 10 games in the season dont even bother thinkn about winning mvp aka duncan and shaq in 05/06 (nashs first mvp) and ben won the dpoy despite missing a handful of games.
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