Retroactively awarding Playoffs, Conference, and Finals DPOY

[Im Still Ballin]

I'm not sure if we've already done this. Might be fun and spur some interesting discussion. I think the NBA should at least have Conference and Finals DPOY awards. I've included a template you can copy your picks into below.

Basketball Reference's annual playoff defensive win shares can be a helpful guide: https://www.basketball-reference.com...ced_stats::dws

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[highwhey]

seems like a fun concept for a thread.

i already know french bread will be mentioned a lot

[warriorfan]

I'm not sure if we've already done this. Might be fun and spur some interesting discussion. I think the NBA should at least have Conference and Finals DPOY awards. I've included a template you can copy your picks into below.

Basketball Reference's annual playoff defensive win shares can be a helpful guide: https://www.basketball-reference.com...ced_stats::dws

It’s kinda biting off real gm but maybe you or someone can make a thread every day or two for people to post about it if they want. Could start at 2024 and work backwards.

Could get through most of the 2000’s before season starts

[Im Still Ballin]

My picks for the 2020s. Will update the ???s.

Playoffs DPOY:

2024: ???
2023: Anthony Davis
2022: Draymond Green
2021: Giannis Antetokounmpo
2020: Anthony Davis

Conference DPOY:

2024: ???
2023: Anthony Davis and ???
2022: Draymond Green and ???
2021: ???
2020: Anthony Davis and ???

Finals DPOY:

2024: ???
2023: ???
2022: Andrew Wiggins
2021: Giannis Antetokounmpo
2020: Anthony Davis

[Im Still Ballin]

It’s kinda biting off real gm but maybe you or someone can make a thread every day or two for people to post about it if they want. Could start at 2024 and work backwards.

Could get through most of the 2000’s before season starts

That might be a good idea.