KG = NBA Defensive Player of the Year

No1CeltsFan · Post #41 » by **No1CeltsFan** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:16 am

Was there any doubt? I mean seriously. He doesn't deserve MVP (Pierce is the MVP of the C's, but neither deserve it cuz they have each other), but if KG didn't win Defensive Player of the Year the award would of been a joke. Kind of like CC Sebathia winning CY Young last year, after having his ass kicked twice by Beckett in the Playoffs.

Post #42 » by **tlee324** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:16 am

Very deserving. Take that, Shaq. And you know what, I'd be willing to bet that even though he'll say this award doesn't mean anything in comparison to wanting the team to win a ring (and he'd be right to say that), he'll cherish this award more than the MVP he got a few years ago. He bleeds defensive intensity.

Post #43 » by **tlee324** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:22 am

By the way, there is another Celtic that may have been deserving of the award in the past that many may be forgetting: Kevin McHale.

Celts09 · Post #44 » by **Celts09** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:59 am

phoolishly_insane · Post #45 » by **phoolishly_insane** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:43 am

mzepol wrote:Wow. I really didn't expect KG to win even though I think no one is more deserving. I'm glad I was wrong.

Usually the DPOY goes to the player who leads the league in either defensive rebounds, steals or blocks. I don't recall anyone winning the award who isn't at least in the top 10 in those statistical categories.

This is a first if I'm not mistaken.

Artest?

Post #46 » by **Basti** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:56 am

congrats KG. seeing him winning that makes me a bit sad that he ain't no wolf anymore though we have big al now

oh and his top10 defensive plays was quite impressive but the #1 wasn't so good for me and the wolves

TheMartian · Post #47 » by **TheMartian** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:11 pm

phoolishly_insane wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Artest?

I think Artest finished 3rd in steals per game the year he won the award.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #48 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:35 pm

cb4lif3 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

ya..im sorta trolling because dpoy is one of my favourite awards...but u really think battier isnt a great defender? or are u just so caught up in kg that u cant imagine someone being better at anything?

i really dont understand what ur getting at.

Battier *is* a great defender, but as someone else said already on this thread, he isn't a game-changer (or team-changer, for that matter) the way KG was and is.