Bam is one of my favorite players all time (other then dwade and jimmy) which is why this hurts. It really sucks, but as long as the media is voting on DPOY, Bam will never get it. They just truly, unironically do not know ball.

Theres not a single GM in the league who would take rudy gobert or evan fucking mobley over bam yet he keeps getting glossed over. Not even being top 3 in voting the past few years when he is clearly the most playoff ready, most versatile, and most dependable defender in the league is honestly a spit in his face. Not only do they obviously not watch heat games, but they just dont understand or care to understand what good defense is.

So instead they just go for whoever has the most blocks/steals ppg or whoever fits whatever random narrative they come up with that year. Bam lost to MARCUS FUCKING SMART even though we had one of the top defenses in the league that year plus the 1 seed. They tried to say it was because he didnt play enough games but JJJ won it last year with less games played, worse rebounding, and horrible fouling (which is one of the most important things not to do as a good defender)

Especially now that wemby and chet are in the league and will probably be averaging like 3 blocks a game each lol, bam will never get his credit for how valuable he is to a team’s defense.

Trust me, id love nothing more than to be wrong and have one of my favorite players get some recognition, but i just dont see these braindead voters all of sudden understanding good defense and watching heat games

Justice for 13