[OFFICIAL] Jaren Jackson Jr. wins 2022/23 DPOY, Brook Lopez finishes second in voting.
Memphis Grizzlies C/F Jaren Jackson Jr. has won the 2022-23 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 17, 2023
by methodeum
[OFFICIAL] Jaren Jackson Jr. wins 2022/23 DPOY, Brook Lopez finishes second in voting.
Memphis Grizzlies C/F Jaren Jackson Jr. has won the 2022-23 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 17, 2023
by methodeum
18 Comments
Can’t deny greatness
Brook masterclass tomorrow. I will be there no matter what
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What an absolute fucking joke. We are going to finish the season with the best record in the league and no individual awards. When is the last time that has happened?
No awards for any of our guys, Celtics passed us in odds to win the championship, Jimmy taunting us on his Instagram story. If this doesn’t light a fire under our guys, idk what will
No one will care about any of these awards if we win a chip.
Still an insane season for Brook! So proud of our Splash Mountain
Just want to clarify, I wish Brook won. Just spreading the news.
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[Here’s the voting for you guys.](https://twitter.com/eric_nehm/status/1648103790623485953)
Whoever gave Embiid a first place vote should lose their voting rights
Man, the disrespect towards Brook is insane. So annoyed that the biggest reasons used against us winning awards doesnt affect other players cases: Smart won the DPOY while having awesome defenders around him, JJJ now won while not getting punished for games/minutes played line Giannis does.
At least he will be 1st team All-Defence as a nice consolation prize, Brook had an awesome comeback season. I even doubted how good he will be after all the back issues he has had.
Fuck the regular season awards, Finals MVP is the only award that matters /s
fuck
I simply do not understand why games played matters for some awards but not for others. If games played dont matter then Giannis and Bobby should be front runners for MVP and 6th man. If they do, Brook should’ve won DPOY. Feels like we get shafted no matter what.
I remember reading something that said Jaren Jackson was getting a strangely high number of steals in home games and it was proven through watching games back and cross referencing the box score that the home scorekeeper was giving Jackson steals for almost any lose ball turnover that he was in the area of and sometimes even taking steals away from teammates when it wasn’t clear cut who exactly made the steal.
What the fuck
While Brook winning would have been great, it’s hard when he’s splitting votes with 2 other guys. Having three guys in the top 7 is unreal.
15 block masterclass incoming.