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Kawhi Leonard named Defensive Player of the Year

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by J.R., Apr 23, 2015.

  1. YOLO

    YOLO Member

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    did you just make that up
     
  2. ths balla

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    Jordan also got torched by old man riverwalk Tim Duncan last night
     
  3. BigShasta

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    basically. smug players
     
  4. Carl Herrera

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    You are just jealous of Draymond because his mom actually loves him.

    I wonder how much of Jordan losing has to do with a backlash against Doc Rivers.

    It used to be that a big guy who gets a bunch of rebounds and blocks would win this award over players with lesser fantasy stats regardless of how much they really help defensively-- see Marcus Camby's win. But this year with Doc yapping about DJ non-stop and especially with the spat that he got into with ESPN's Haberstroh over Haberstroh's pretty detailed article, the voters might be more alerted to the issues that Haberstroh (and others) brought up and, being media members, may not like Doc's put-down of Haberstroh's article without reading it.
     
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  5. sugrlndkid

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    Finals MVP
    DPOY

    Building up quite a resume...Congrats Klaw.

    Cant believe we couldve had him, instead of Morris twin B. Heck if the Pacers didnt trade Kawhi, they couldve paired him up with PG13...sick
     
  6. NBAandNFLFan

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    Yep no coty for kerr.. And now meanmugging draymon doesnt get dpoty. The voters are tired of these cocky mfers(excuse my french)
     
  7. HouStu_Rocket

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    Not sure if I would have voted for Kawhi. Dude is arguably the best man to man defender in the league and responds quite well with team defense but Draymond Green isn't far from Kawhi and did it literally all year long :(

    Also, didn't Hakeem win MVP, Defensive player of the year, AND Finals MVP in the same year?
     
  8. count_dough-ku

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    Maybe that's why they're not getting the other awards. If people already voted for Curry for MVP, they may have decided to "spread the wealth around" with their other votes.
     
  9. ForTheWinYes

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    Since you're too lazy...

    Pts per 100 possessions: on court is 108.9, off court is 106.7.

    The Clippers defense is 2.2 Pts/100poss better when Jordan sits.
     
  10. YOLO

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    if you think the clippers realistically have a better defense with out DJ than thats on you. the fact that you would actually believe that is pretty ridiculous
     
  11. YOLO

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    advanced stats lol..how people truly think it tells the complete truth.
     
  12. IronTexan93

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    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2429492-bleacher-reports-official-2014-15-nba-regular-season-awards
    Well, I guess the Golden State awards aren't going as planned for Bleacher Report right now lol. I hoping they are wrong a 4th time tho so that Harden can Claim the MVP

    "Bleacher Report, you said that the Coach of the Year would be Steve Kerr, the Defensive player of the year would be Draymond Green, and the Sixth man of the year would be Andre Iguodala"
    "The lie detector test determined, that was a lie"
    *Crowd starts Booing*
     
  13. ForTheWinYes

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    They factually have a better defense when he's on the bench. When he's playing, their defense is factually in the top 5 worst defenses in the league.

    The fact that you cannot rebut those points with anything other than empty rhetoric is what is actually ridiculous.

    Post better.
     
  14. J.R.

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  16. ApuN

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    C'mon man.

    He has logged the second most minutes for the Clippers and played in all the games. The only other player that has played in all is CP3

    Because of this, when he's out, what the Clippers are defensively is no more significant than when hes in

    If he missed a whole month like Kawhi, that would definitely give a truer picture
     
  17. YOLO

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    the fact that you don't understand real basketball is whats ridiculous. it makes sense though because you would use advanced stats rather than comprehend that dumb statement fully
     
  18. ooooaaaah!

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    You can't do that, Jordan plays against the starters. When he sits, the teams scrubs are in. That's why stats lie sometimes.
     
  19. ForTheWinYes

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    You still have yet to back up anything you've said with any evidence.

    "Real basketball" lol
     
  20. count_dough-ku

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    I agree. I don't like Draymond Green(or half of the Warriors players), but his team won 67 games and he only missed a few games vs Kawhi who was out for a long time earlier in the season. I think this is based on his Finals performance from last year coupled with the Spurs 21-4 run to close out this season.
     

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