Kawhi is too good on offense to win DPOY

[still.focused]

Kawhi's biggest obstacle for winning DPOY is Duncan. Advanced stats say Duncan is still an elite defender and DRPM says hes even better than Kawhi. That will cause enough votes to be split that someone else will win it.

This is only really a factor judging by stats
As Spurs fans were basing out DPOY vote actually game footage
How disruptive he is on the floor and how hard his assignment have to work for anything are unfortunately not quantifiable by stats but OBVIOUS to the eye
I think the real obstacle will be voters not watching him play on a nightly basis

[barbacoataco]

That award rarely goes to the right player.

[Malik Hairston]

Kawhi's biggest obstacle for winning DPOY is Duncan. Advanced stats say Duncan is still an elite defender and DRPM says hes even better than Kawhi. That will cause enough votes to be split that someone else will win it.

RPM is biased towards big men and taller players, tbh, unlike RAPM..

[Arcadian]

Tom Rivers has campaigned harder for his player than any coach I have ever seen, tbh..he has a lot of influence around the league, which would make it very surprising if Jordan doesnt get it IMO, despite being just a good defender, far from great..

What exactly does he do to campaign?

[ThomasamohT]

RPM is biased towards big men and taller players, tbh, unlike RAPM..

This brings us back to the fact that very few wing players have won the award because the stats don't show the impact of good defense. Current defensive stats (the ones that ALL the media look at) only show steals, blocks and rebounds which is why post players have won the award 25 out of the 32 times it has been awarded. What is even crazier to note is that 5 of the first 6 DPOY awards went to wing players.

Until the newer stats get widely recognized (or a wing player campaigns for the award) it will continue to go to a post player.

[spurraider21]

Can someone give me a detailed analysis of Middleton's game?..I haven't really watched him play that much this year.

kawhi, Draymond and Middleton are monsters on advanced stats.

I understand kawhi and Draymond...surprised with Middleton.

and suddenly he's a pipe dream

[apalisoc_9]

I watched a few replay of his games this week.

- Not as good as Danny and Kawhi Defensively, but he's is very good.

- Good three pointer

- Good IQ

- Willing team player...

- Just great overall feel for the game.

[Clipper Nation]

Somebody like DeAndre Jordan will always benefit from hype, though, as he is a good defensive player, and he has Tom Rivers campaigning for him..

DJ's a poor example, tbh. He's a middling defensive player according to the metrics, but he's piling up raw box-score stats in a contract year and somehow getting hype for it in 2015

[spurraider21]

I watched a few replay of his games this week.

- Not as good as Danny and Kawhi Defensively, but he's is very good.

- Good three pointer

- Good IQ

- Willing team player...

- Just great overall feel for the game.

agreed

[lefty]

BUMP imo