Voters look for and care about the wrong things when it comes to defense. It’s why Bron didn’t win it in 2012 vs Gasol who was 2nd team defense (???)
Look this yr at Jaren Jackson Jr and Marcus Smart. They are 2 DPOY winners and the Grizzlies defense is…questionable.Â
StoneColdAM
Barring a big injury this season, he should win it this year. When Marcus Smart can win it, AD deserves itÂ
NFL_LA
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Frosted_Tips
If Rudy is the reason the wolves are good defensively with two young active all defense type guys, what is AD with bron and a bunch of reserves…. Healthy Vando is elite defensively just to be clear.
TinyCucumber3080
Not consistent enough. He has plenty of games where he’s disappeared.
EvilGeniusGL
Tonight was one of his best performances of the season.
Wise_Ad_112
He won’t ever win one with this stupid media, they don’t watch games they just read stats like “lakers are 15th in defensive rating so AD can’t win” so gobert stupid ass will get it watch.
Tall_Succotash
I’ll always hate nba media for turning a lot of people against him..
Js_On_My_Yeet
Looking at the game thread and still seeing people slander him makes me wonder if they’re even actually watching how this man is operating. He’s legit the best defender in this league and it’s not even close.
sezyHena
King Davis 🤴
Logical-Change-1747
Think about it this way… JJJ has more DPOYs than AD and Tim Duncan combined 💀 that award is a joke. But yes, it’s embarrassing how AD always gets much less notoriety
iKnockout
He was robbed in 2020, you see how bad the bucks got without Jrue – Giannis ain’t locking it down like AD can
outsidehere
Ngl, AD was robbed of DPOY in 2018
river0f
It’s kinda funny that Gobert had like 3 DPOY and he’s half the defender that AD is.
Willxzero
The thing with AD is he has to score also, so he’s not going to bring the requisite energy on defense like a Gobert. But when AD is locked in he’s the best defensive player in the game. Only problem is he’s only locked in on defense fully once a week it seems. You can’t blame him though since he has so much responsibility on offense.
3nnui
AD will never get the recognition he deserves on the Lakers. The ‘journalists’ are too busy pushing narratives to watch basketball.
nysraved
He is the singular best defensive player I’ve ever seen, and it’s not particularly close.
Breakbread44
My type of conversation
Commercial-Passage49
Ironically enough all the times Rudy Gobert won it, he should’ve won 1 or 2 of those, and now it’s looking like Goberts about to win a fourth one, while AD hasn’t won a single one
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Voters look for and care about the wrong things when it comes to defense. It’s why Bron didn’t win it in 2012 vs Gasol who was 2nd team defense (???)
Look this yr at Jaren Jackson Jr and Marcus Smart. They are 2 DPOY winners and the Grizzlies defense is…questionable.Â
Barring a big injury this season, he should win it this year. When Marcus Smart can win it, AD deserves itÂ
# RSVP TO THE BLOCK PARTY!! 🎉
If Rudy is the reason the wolves are good defensively with two young active all defense type guys, what is AD with bron and a bunch of reserves…. Healthy Vando is elite defensively just to be clear.
Not consistent enough. He has plenty of games where he’s disappeared.
Tonight was one of his best performances of the season.
He won’t ever win one with this stupid media, they don’t watch games they just read stats like “lakers are 15th in defensive rating so AD can’t win” so gobert stupid ass will get it watch.
I’ll always hate nba media for turning a lot of people against him..
Looking at the game thread and still seeing people slander him makes me wonder if they’re even actually watching how this man is operating. He’s legit the best defender in this league and it’s not even close.
King Davis 🤴
Think about it this way… JJJ has more DPOYs than AD and Tim Duncan combined 💀 that award is a joke. But yes, it’s embarrassing how AD always gets much less notoriety
He was robbed in 2020, you see how bad the bucks got without Jrue – Giannis ain’t locking it down like AD can
Ngl, AD was robbed of DPOY in 2018
It’s kinda funny that Gobert had like 3 DPOY and he’s half the defender that AD is.
The thing with AD is he has to score also, so he’s not going to bring the requisite energy on defense like a Gobert. But when AD is locked in he’s the best defensive player in the game. Only problem is he’s only locked in on defense fully once a week it seems. You can’t blame him though since he has so much responsibility on offense.
AD will never get the recognition he deserves on the Lakers. The ‘journalists’ are too busy pushing narratives to watch basketball.
He is the singular best defensive player I’ve ever seen, and it’s not particularly close.
My type of conversation
Ironically enough all the times Rudy Gobert won it, he should’ve won 1 or 2 of those, and now it’s looking like Goberts about to win a fourth one, while AD hasn’t won a single one