Defensive Player of the Year: Kawhi Leonard

[The 24th Letter]

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/04/kawhi-leonard-lance-stephenson-spurs-grizzlies-nba-playoffs-game-1-defense

[Kodii Rockets]

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Congrats Kawhi. Well deserved.

In other news, who would've guessed that 24th would be the first to post this...

[redsox4evur]

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Congrats Kawhi. Well deserved.

In other news, who would've guessed that 24th would be the first to post this...

I think the odds were set at 1:100

[The 24th Letter]

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I tend to run into some Spurs tidbits here and there

[King_B_Mack]

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Hate Hate Hate Hate!!

This better be all y'all fools win this post season

[ojandpizza]

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Well deserved


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[redsox4evur]

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[J_Posse]

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http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/04/kawh...game-1-defense

Hell yeah, man. This back-to-back kind of makes up for Bruce and Timmy never winning one, but not really.

Being serious now, Kawhi has become an all-time great perimeter defender and he's only going to be 25 years old in June. Scary what kind of impact the young man could have by the time he's done.

So thankful that he's in San Antonio and is the face of the franchise like Pop predicted. Now, he'll have his biggest challenge ever facing Durant, Westbrook, possibly Curry, Klay Thompson afterward and then if we get that far Kyrie Irving and (again) LeBron James.

It'll be fitting to see him matchup with LBJ for the third time in the Finals, if they can somehow get that far. That series in 2013 is when I realized how truly great on defense he could become.

from Spurs Nation/Bills Backer HQ

[AlexBrady]

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Easy now, Leonard's defense is good for sure, but he can't keep up with the super quick guys. Best of all time on the wing? Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Sidney Moncrief, T.R. Dunn, Michael Cooper, Dennis Rodman, and Bobby Jones are my picks.

[The 24th Letter]

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If Curry wasn't as ridiculous as he's been this year, you would really have to add him to the MVP conversation.

To average 21 & 7 on 50% shooting, 44% from 3 and still play good enough defense to win DPOY is nuts...

[The 24th Letter]

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Easy now, Leonard's defense is good for sure, but he can't keep up with the super quick guys. Best of all time on the wing? Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Sidney Moncrief, T.R. Dunn, Michael Cooper, Dennis Rodman, and Bobby Jones are my picks.

[alabamarob]

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Paul Milsap 5th in vote.

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[AlexBrady]

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An extensive look at the history of this award, and its undeserving recipients.

Alvin Robertson 1985-86: A gambler. Strictly looking for steals.

David Robinson 1991-92: Excellent coming to the ball from the weak-side but couldn't contain face-and-go scorers man to man.

Gary Payton 1995-96: Only played for steals. Seattle doubled the ball near the sidelines back then and GP would look to pick off the reverse pass back to the middle. Teams looked to post him and limit his operating space. Scottie Pippen, directing one of the finest defenses of all time should have been the pick.

Alonzo Mourning 98-99, 99-00: Could blow low-posters off the box with his strength but couldn't contain face and go men who came right at him. In the team defense he looked to block everything and was frequently out of position. Miami played offense at a snail's pace back then which limited the possessions.

Dikembe Mutombo 00-01- Simply wasn't the same defender at this point. Didn't have the old quickness. Philadelphia played ferocious defense here, so the voters surely figured that Mutombo was the reason why. Not true, since the key to the whole thing was the guard's extended pressure.

Ben Wallace 04-05, 05-06- Was wearing down after years of banging with the behemoths. After Detroit won the title the voters figured that Wallace must be the best but they failed to realize his slippage.

Marcus Camby 06-07- Sold out looking for blocks and was usually out of position. Once his fronting and three-quartering of the low post failed he would get crushed when playing from behind his man.

Kevin Garnett 07-08- His activity and length were helpful in defending various screen/rolls but KG got used when playing from behind in the low post. "He changed the culture" was the catch phrase used countless times that year so the voters were unduly swayed. Tom Thibodeau's coordination of physical and precise rotations were the true key to success.

Dwight Howard 08-09, 09-10, 10-11: Only played looking for blocks. In fact he blew numerous rotations and couldn't guard man to man. Lateral movement was always an issue.

Tyson Chandler 11-12: Made alert team rotations but couldn't guard man to man. Gained notoriety from Dallas' title triumph and combined with the Knicks sudden improvement was bound to impress the voters.

Marc Gasol 12-13: The product that year of an analytics movement that caught fire with the voters. In fact, he was routinely beaten in transition by his opposite number and couldn't cope with creative face and go men.

[BleacherBum2310]

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Easy now, Leonard's defense is good for sure, but he can't keep up with the super quick guys. Best of all time on the wing? Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Sidney Moncrief, T.R. Dunn, Michael Cooper, Dennis Rodman, and Bobby Jones are my picks.

well deserved Kawhi.