early DPOY candidates

[Trollsmasher]

LeBron James

88 dRTG, 2.8 steals per game, 4.6 DPM, 14.4% Diff %

Rudy Gobert

88 dRTG, 3.8 blocks per game, 7.7 DPM, 16.5 Diff %

it's between these two defensive monsters right now

nobody else is even close

[imdaman99]

Le

Stopped reading right there

[Trollsmasher]

Stopped reading right there

i know you are blinded by hatred, fam, but he is actually playing defense again this year

it surprises me too

[MP.Trey]

LeBron has seriously been putting in work on defense. Let's see if it lasts a whole season. That intensity usually seems to die down over time for him. Too early to start talking any awards though. Too low of a sample size.

[Paul George 24]

NICE JOKE

[feyki]

Gobert , easily.

[HOoopCityJones]

D'angelo Russell

[Marchesk]

The Warriors

[KrizMiz]

Gobert... next 3 years at least 2 times DPOY

[riseagainst]

Stopped reading right there

[JohnMax]

Draymond Green

[GabeIsGone]

Kawhi Leonard will easily repeat. He's already schooled Melo and KD this year, and if anything has gotten even better defensively compared to last year when he won.

[swagga]

Kawhi Leonard will easily repeat. He's already schooled Melo and KD this year, and if anything has gotten even better defensively compared to last year when he won.

what he did to kd was some 18+ shit. Straight up mugging.

[HurricaneKid]

Kawhi

LeBron

Gobert


CLEARLY head and shoulders above right now. I imagine LeBron is going to fall off as he wont want his offensive lines to suffer because he is putting too much time and effort into D. But I didn't think he would be trying this hard at this point on that end of the floor, so we'll see. He really does want a DPoY and this might be his last shot.

[Fire Colangelo]

Lebron has missed his chance at DPOY awards, his defensive instincts + his early years atheleticism could've netted him one but it's a little late now. He can play defense but he's not gonna waste all his energy on that end.

I see Gobert taking it home this year.