The argument against Duncan is minutes, which has been echoed by Simmons and Lowe..they both said they would have voted for him had he played more minutes..
Marc Gasol, though overrated, has played like 800 more minutes than Duncan, which is a massive differential, tbh..
The other reason for the lack of voting is the absent campaigning from the Spurs, along with the team's ty play down the stretch, tbh..
Duncan has BETTER stats in LESS minutes, there is no way to discredit that
He has better per game, average stats..
If Duncan is an A defender and Gasol is an A- or even a B+, you're going to give the award to the slightly inferior player that is able to play an additional 800 minutes for the team, tbh..
Timmy average 0,7 stl/2,7 blks/9,9 rebs in 30 minutes/game. DRtg= 95 .
If u use advanced stats, TD numbers are even better.
Gasol has T.Allen/T.Prince and Conley.
TD has sophmore Kawhi...
Larry Sanders, more absurd than all those Thunder fans wanting Ibaka to win it last season.
It's not that Duncan didnt' win. It's that he got 1 vote. That's ing re ed and shows just how credible these awards are. NBA is a joke in this regard.
Who gives a about ESPN.
I heard Lowe's argument (keep in mind, despite the usual cliche praise, he's never been a big Duncan fan, because he's obsessed with bigs who can "blow up" pick-and-rolls and he's beyond obsessed with Gasol), but I don't buy it. That's fine if a guy plays 50 games or 20 mpg, etc. But Duncan has played enough that that shouldn't really matter and since when did these awards stop being about excellence?
Duncan has had one of the most dominant seasons he's ever had defensively. He's the one constant on the defensive end for the Spurs. I would give it to him (homer pick) because of this season and the years he's deserved it in the past. That being said, I wouldn't be too upset if a guy like Marc Gasol got it since he's players more minutes/games than Duncan has.
Gasol-Put a lot of hours in on the job, do a fair amount of work.
Duncan- You weren't here on the job as much, but you did way more work in less hours.
Who do you take??? Probably the dude who is getting substantially more done in less time. Common sense really. You have an a solid Defensive player, or a guy who is REALLY good on Defense. in joke, I'm not cool with this at all. I honestly thought Tim was getting DPOY. This was finally his turn. The only way you can really knock him, is how bad the team played the past month, the D slipped big time and the Offense slipped. That's IMO the biggest factor. People are blaming it on minutes, but if the team was still near the top on Defense you would not be seeing any of this IMO.
Isn't it voted on by media members? So everyone should care if they want Duncan to win.
Sad to see him still get no recognition after so many years of success. Really sad tbh
It doesn't surprise me in the least though!
minutes per game. That's bull . The award should go to the BEST defensive player of the year.
the minutes argument is really dumb, since tony allen is a close second with 22mpg or so..
Outrebounded by Bledsoe(6 rebs in 18 minutes).
He has worst overall stats/worst advanced stats/worst indidual stats/worst team stats
BUT BUT BUT HE PLAYS 5 MORE MINUTES!!!!!!!!
Tony Allen's per minute average?
DPOY Fat Gasol: 2rebs/0stls/0blks in 41 minutes. His team allowed 112 points(55% FG).
Lost the rebounding battle: 23-47
37 yr old TD: 10 rebs/3stls/0blks in 36 minutes. His team allowed 79 points(41% FG)
Lost the rebounding battle: 43-44
Marc Gasol winning the award (any award, for that matter) stems more from an agenda that wishes to legitimize the 2008 robbery that was the Pau Gasol trade... Marc was only an after thought in that trade.
ESPN is in garbage.
Gasol is going to win the award according to multiple sources. What a joke. The fact that TD has never won the DPOY award is a complete joke...
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