Defensive Player of the Year

[Spaulding]

We know Hibbert is not going to win the award so who will?

[Legends66NBA7]

Either Noah or Jordan.

Don't think a wing player will get it.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Beverley, Harden, or Noah.

[navy]

Noah will clearly win the award.

[Spaulding]

Ya I was thinking Noah of Bev are most deserving

Would give to Noah personally.

[BlackVVaves]

LoL at the notion that Dwight deserves DPOY. Based on what exactly? The Rockets are a middle of the pack defensive team.

Anthony Davis has had a much wider impact on his team's defense this year, and as a sophomore he has to play with a crew of incompetent defenders.

But he wouldn't get my vote either just because of the Pelicans woeful defensive stats. No, I'd have to give it to Noah without a doubt.

[All Net]

Noah

[cos88]

noah will win it, if lebron played the same D as last year he would be DPOY.

[livinglegend]

Noah will probably win it, but let s be real, the media members that will be voting for him have watched 4-5 Bulls games max. this season. They are voting for him because 1. he is a big man 2. on a great defensive team. You need these 2 things to win the DPOY these days.
Also, most the members on this forum who are saying Noah have watched 2-3 Bulls games max.

[aj1987]

James Harden.

[Rocketswin2013]

LoL at the notion that Dwight deserves DPOY. Based on what exactly? The Rockets are a middle of the pack defensive team.

Anthony Davis has had a much wider impact on his team's defense this year, and as a sophomore he has to play with a crew of incompetent defenders.

But he wouldn't get my vote either just because of the Pelicans woeful defensive stats. No, I'd have to give it to Noah without a doubt.

Middle of the pack? They were ranked 9th. And since he went down they've given up 120.1 PPG. I don't think people realize Howard joined a team with no good defensive players last season and made them top ten.


Put Howard on the Pacers or Bulls and he'd easily make them the best defensive team in the NBA and it wouldn't be close.

[navy]

Middle of the pack? They were ranked 9th. And since he went down they've given up 120.1 PPG. I don't think people realize Howard joined a team with no good defensive players last season and made them top ten.


Put Howard on the Pacers or Bulls and he'd easily make them the best defensive team in the NBA and it wouldn't be close.

This. That being said good defenders on bad defensive teams will always be overlooked. We can talk hypotheticals all we want, but Noah is clearly getting this award after Hibbert's collapse.

[Spaulding]

noah will win it, if lebron played the same D as last year he would be DPOY.

Exactly. This year he had a great chance but his D has been far from elite.

[navy]

Lol DPOY will go to players who have great defenders and not players who make defenders around them great. Joke.

The Rockets play at way too fast a pace I might add. People look at PPG more than FG percentage.

[livinglegend]

Lol DPOY will go to players who have great defenders and not players who make defenders around them great. Joke.

Nothing new. It goes to the big man in the great defensive team. Take Noah away and Bulls would still be one of the best defensive teams in the league. Put Howard or Marc Gasol or Jordan with the Bulls, they give to Howard/Gasol/Jordan. This award sucks.

BTW, Noah s DPOY campaign started after he started to play great offensively. He had those triple double games and boom, people were like: Lets reward him with DPOY! He cant win MVP, let s give him DPOY instead. ahahhahha.
Yeah joke.