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at the media trying to prematurely and out of left field install Anthony Davis as some kind of compe or for the award this season..Even Zach Lowe in his last and Final podcast for Grantland stated that he began to regret his AD for DPOY pick after watching Leonard terrorize Durant in the season opener..Kawhi's nighly wreckage on that front can't simply go unnoticed..It is staggering ownage of his match-up that he is now even going for the outright humiliating blocks of opponent shots (averaging 2 BLKs per game
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Dude is playing lights out D right now. As usual, per par tbqh.
Durant-check
Melo-check
Let's keep it going Kawhi.
Second best sf in the league, TBH... That move he did on Melo, faked his ass out and blocked him twice...
Casual fans still think Melo>Leonard, hopefully this game opened their eyes, Leonard is the much better player, it's not close.
KawhiAlpha just getting warmed up, tbh.
Leonard with 14 rebounds 2 steals and 4 blocks tonight.
No chance at all. Not with that assist to turnover ratio. /sarcasm
It would be unprecedented for a non big man to win multiple dpoy. So while I agree he should, one, it's very premature to assume he'll be injury free, two, the award is a popularity contest and there are few defensive centers who might make a splash and generate buzz.
If anyone deserves it over him, it'll probably be Gobert. Dude is an absolute monster on defense...Utah's defense immediately jumped to the top of the league last season once Kanter was traded and Gobert started playing more, and now this season they've gotten off to a ridiculous start on that end as well.
Davis has the potential to be an all-time great defender, but he's definitely not there yet. For now he's simply an above average defender - wouldn't call him elite at the moment.
It's pretty rare to see a perimeter player maintain his defensive anchor role with an increased, high-usage offensive role..2011-2013 Lebron and maybe Paul George are the only guys that come to mind in recent history..
Whats up with this?
Hes a poor post defender and a hideous pnr and pnp defender...im not sure why fans get easily sold on potential as opposed to actual defensive production
If anyone from last year that didnt win dpoy and deserve hype is gobert...but everyone is talking about davis as dpoy candidate instead of gobert
who you are talking about Gobert or Davis?
Doing it on both sides of the ball too. MVP candidate for sure
I can't believe this team somehow managed to replace Bowen with an even better defender at the 3.
Davis..Gobert deserves the defensive hype davis is getting..davis is not even elite defender right now..wtf
Wings almost never win it. It's funny, when Sean was talking about "they always pick one guy whose name comes up in the last few weeks of the season" that is exactly how Kawhi won it IIRC. Everyone expected Deandre Jordan or Davis/Golbert, and I remember being absolutely shocked when they announced it.
What do you mean "what's up with this"? I specifically said that Davis isn't there yet - meaning he isn't an elite defender at this point in time. I just pointed out that he has the tools/potential to become an all-time great defender. I never said his potential makes him a better defender than Kawhi or anything like that.
Well, Draymond Green ed a lot last year when he didn't win, so much so that he might whine and cry his way into a sympathy vote this time around. As long as it ends up with Kawhi getting another ring out of it, I'm sure he would care less.
The beauty of living in the social media era with new-age media coverage, rather than relying on old media that thinks players like DeAndre Jordan are great defenders..
The people that cover the NBA are much more knowledgeable than they used to be, thankfully..
Bro, aren't you old to know that this award never goes to the best candidate, but goes to a big name player with a good blocks average. Gobert is exactly the kind of guy who won the award under Stern. Maybe silver changed the at ude but it's a media award with a clear bias toward bigs
Yea Draymond was the favorite, then Doc was hyping up Deandre so he was getting the media buzz then Kawhi had the game against Curry which basically won him DPOY.
Next decent SF on the schedule is Rudy Gay in a week.
Best perimeter defender of all time.
I am being a homer here, but there is no one else I would rather have as SF which is why I found it ridiculous that some so called fans wanted the spurs to pursue Durant in free agency next year. oooo no!
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