I think my list will have Rudy, AD, Bam Adebayo, Brook Lopez, Mitchell Robinson as the top 5 defenders in my DPOY race so far.
Other Notable defenders: OG, Dillon Brooks, Herb Jones, Alex Caruso all deserve some appreciation
Ausar Thompson, Herb Jones, Bam, AD, Rudy
Wemby as the 6th man
it aint anyone on our team ill tell you that
Wemby, Toumani Camara, Chet, and Derrick Lively II are holding it down for the rookies. Cason Wallace ain’t no slouch neither.
I’m gonna say Dillon brooks just to piss off the haters. Real talk though Bam and Brook have been absolutely killing it. Gobert stands out less to me but maybe that’s just because I expect top tier rim protection from him anyway.
dillon brooks is not getting enough love here. from the second worst defense to top 3 is unheard of. obviously udoka is the main cause of this but DB is the best defender on a top 3 defense where the other starting defense is meh
I would also mention Wemby, Chet, Ausar, Thybulle, Ant
Alperen Sengun anchors the number 1 defence in the league
Imo it’s Dillon Brooks.
The Rockets are (currently) the top defensive team in the league and it is largely because of him.
Despite making the three…… did you see Steph nope out of the paint seeing Wemby under the rim. 😂
AD leads the league in blocks and is also high up there for big man steals. But it’s not just the stats. The Lakers D with AD on the court vs off is insane. The man literally is the Lakers defense especially given all of our top POA defenders are injured
AD should win this time around
Ad, Rudy, Brook, Bam, MRob, Mobley, Jaden McDaniels, Wemby, Chet, Claxton,
I feel like on-ball defenders don’t get the praise they deserve in the defense conversation.
Agreed. The award has moved towards off ball defenders who get a lot of counting stats, despite the advancement of on ball metrics. A raptors specific example, voters prefer players like Barnes over O.G.
Not naming Rudy Gobert or Jaden McDaniels makes me skeptical of your list OP. The Wolves are 3rd in DRTG despite having played the Hawks (2nd in ORTG) Suns (7th, and they dropped like 135 on us on our SEGABABA which skews our stats) Celtics (8th) Nuggets with Murray (10th) Kings (11th) and Warriors (12th, twice actually but one game without their top 3). Anyways. Wolves defense.
What is SEGABABA?
I’m assuming something with back to back but what does the acronym mean? haha it’s fun to say lol
It IS fun to say - it stands for Second Game of a Back to Back
(homer) Keegan Murray has made a crazy defensive jump.
Bam or Gobert should be DPOY
Ausar Thompson has been insane defensively, I think he could make an all NBA defensive team even as a rookie