AD’s defense was so great that it carried the Lakers defense all the way up to a 17th ranking.
The last time the Lakers finished with the #1 defensive ranking AD only played 36 games.
I think you’re overrating the impact of his defense.
The Lakers are often better defensively without him, especially when defending the three point line.
LeagueReddit00
AD is the best defender in the league but he often shares the floor with 4 guys who are worse than a cone. Zero chance he can win when our defense is ranked in the middle
BrunoJFab
Media awards become irrelevant when narratives and team stats are taken into account, timberwolves are amazing on defense without gobert and this nuggets series just proved that while the lakers suffer a lot without AD on the court, he is our defensive anchor and gobert just makes an elite defense a more elite defense, its really a big agenda to push Gobert resume as this generational defensive big man. At the end this award definitly shouldve gone to wemby but if not for wemby AD is definitly the second best defender on the nba.
wgs8453
No. Couldn’t handle Sabonis.
BastiRhymes57
Hell yes, i’d give my left ball if someone can convince me yow Gobert is better than AD
Munk45
Maybe he shouldn’t have won, but placed 2nd or 3rd.
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AD’s defense was so great that it carried the Lakers defense all the way up to a 17th ranking.
The last time the Lakers finished with the #1 defensive ranking AD only played 36 games.
I think you’re overrating the impact of his defense.
The Lakers are often better defensively without him, especially when defending the three point line.
AD is the best defender in the league but he often shares the floor with 4 guys who are worse than a cone. Zero chance he can win when our defense is ranked in the middle
Media awards become irrelevant when narratives and team stats are taken into account, timberwolves are amazing on defense without gobert and this nuggets series just proved that while the lakers suffer a lot without AD on the court, he is our defensive anchor and gobert just makes an elite defense a more elite defense, its really a big agenda to push Gobert resume as this generational defensive big man. At the end this award definitly shouldve gone to wemby but if not for wemby AD is definitly the second best defender on the nba.
No. Couldn’t handle Sabonis.
Hell yes, i’d give my left ball if someone can convince me yow Gobert is better than AD
Maybe he shouldn’t have won, but placed 2nd or 3rd.
I can understand the excitement about Wemby.
But AD should be taken seriously.