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Titles are overrated
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The Great Wall of Text
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
Wasn't that the last year coaches voted for the All-Defensive team? They had no input for DPoY (the media has voted for it since the award's inception), which is one way to explain the discrepancy.
No voting panel is consistently spot-on, but I've agreed with the media's selections more consistently. Coaches, while more knowledgeable about the game, aren't paid to follow the rest of the league, and it's hard to imagine they have time to watch many regular-season games outside of their own team's footage and scouting reports for whichever match-up they're focusing on that night.
LeBron may or may not have deserved that DPoY, but the bigger travesty here is Marc being left off the first team.
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Embiid > Jokic
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
It is pretty inexplicable that not one but two centers would be voted over the DPOY on the All-Defensive Team
I'm too lazy to look it up, but I'd have to assume that's the only time the DPOY didn't make All-Defensive First Team. Ditto the MVP not being All-NBA First Team.
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Titles are overrated
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
I think Wes Unseld won MVP, but didn’t make first team either. Wilt probably made it over him.
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Titles are overrated
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
Wasn’t Wes. Not sure who I was thinking of. Cowens and Kareem? I’ll figure it out later
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XXL
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
Dwight is still annoyed Chandler won DPOY in 2012 over him. Chandler was All-D 2nd Team like Gasol. Howard's off-court drama that preceded his exit from Orlando may have played a factor. And he was injured for the last stretch of the season.
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Lol
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
LeBron turning into a salty old head.
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NBA Superstar
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
Lebron has EVERY RIGHT to continue carrying this torch. He deserves like 8 DPOYs at least.
It ****ing eats me up that he’s out there still suffering about this and I have no way to comfort him.
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Bran Fam Member
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
He didn't have the impact that Marc Gasol did on D. The Heat were considerably worse on D than the Grizzlies too and Bosh and Wade were just as good & important defensively on that team.
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Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
He's had two 2nd place finishes for DPOY. Clearly he wanted one of them.
With that being said, defensive awards are pretty meaningless honestly.
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Dunking on everybody in the park
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
Originally Posted by Kblaze8855
Wasn’t Wes. Not sure who I was thinking of. Cowens and Kareem? I’ll figure it out later
Unseld won MVP in 69, his rookie year. He did not make all defensive team that year, or ever. Bill Russell and Nate Thurmond were both first team that year.
Cowens also did not make all-Defensive team in his MVP year. Pretty weird for two guys mostly known for their defense.
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NBA Superstar
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
Originally Posted by StrongLurk
He's had two 2nd place finishes for DPOY. Clearly he wanted one of them.
With that being said, defensive awards are pretty meaningless honestly.
Try telling that to MJ stans/casuals.
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... on a leash
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
That was a joke for sure.
I remember lebron did some historic things on defense in the playoffs against Indy and especially Parker in the finals.
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NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
Biggest award snub ever, 2013 LeBron was the greatest perimeter defender I have ever seen, could guard literally anyone on the court 1-5 at an elite level
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NBA Superstar
Re: Lebron still annoyed about the 2013 DPOY voting.
Originally Posted by Manny98
Biggest award snub ever, 2013 LeBron was the greatest perimeter defender I have ever seen, could guard literally anyone on the court 1-5 at an elite level
12-13 Lebron was the perfect basketball player.
MJ stans in SHAMBLES.
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