Tyson Chandler to be named Defensive Player of the Year

poeman · Post #1 » by **poeman** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:32 am

Marc J. Spears ‏ @SpearsNBAYahoo

Knicks center Tyson Chandler to be named NBA Defensive Player of the Year tomorrow at team practice facility, source tells

Congrats Tyson!...Great defensive player this year

The Infamous1 · Post #2 » by **The Infamous1** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:35 am

Well deserved, made the Knicks, a top 5 defense.

jeff1624 · Post #3 » by **jeff1624** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:35 am

Completely deserved it.

Stunnaboy2K11 · Post #4 » by **Stunnaboy2K11** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:36 am

Well, they picked a bad series to announce it I'll tell you that

adjacent2bench · Post #5 » by **adjacent2bench** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:37 am

Well deserved. Been our MVP all year.

sonicFLAME6 · Post #6 » by **sonicFLAME6** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:38 am

Without Tyson NY would be a horrible defensive team. Him and Amare are night and day. Tyson made NY a top 5 defensive end, but there's only so much he can do cause Miami is lighting them up.

Post #7 » by **HMFFL** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:38 am

Chandler deserves this honor. I'm glad he continues to perform on the defensive end and stay healthy besides a couple setbacks. Cheers!

vincecarter4pres · Post #8 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:40 am

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rocketsballin · Post #9 » by **rocketsballin** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:41 am

the mavs definitely miss him more now

UnderdogKnicks · Post #10 » by **UnderdogKnicks** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:42 am

Tyson is a beast. Who woulda thought he would ever get this award?

CKRT · Post #11 » by **CKRT** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:43 am

Doesn't the Knicks defense get better with Tyson on the bench?

Stunnaboy2K11 · Post #12 » by **Stunnaboy2K11** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:44 am

rocketsballin wrote:the mavs definitely miss him more now

Mavs defense surprisingly is fine without him.

VCRJKidd15 · Post #13 » by **VCRJKidd15** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:44 am

Knicks are back!

ClayDavis · Post #14 » by **ClayDavis** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:46 am

Stunnaboy2K11 wrote:
rocketsballin wrote:the mavs definitely miss him more now

Mavs defense surprisingly is fine without him.

true. They miss barrea a ton

Wone · Post #15 » by **Wone** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:47 am

well deserved. tyson chandler is a defensive beast that literally robbed the heat from a title.

NYK_89 · Post #16 » by **NYK_89** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:47 am

CKRT wrote:Doesn't the Knicks defense get better with Tyson on the bench?

Why would you expect less...the bench had all the knicks defensive players beside him and plays against other bench players.... think before you blindly look at things like that

Wone · Post #17 » by **Wone** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:48 am

ClayDavis wrote:
Stunnaboy2K11 wrote:
rocketsballin wrote:the mavs definitely miss him more now

Mavs defense surprisingly is fine without him.

true. They miss barrea a ton

they're down 0-2 against the thunder. they do miss him.

Grumpy Heat Fan · Post #18 » by **Grumpy Heat Fan** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:48 am

Shoulda been LBJ.

Sky_Knicks · Post #19 » by **Sky_Knicks** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:48 am

VCRJKidd15 wrote:Knicks are back!

Jase · Post #20 » by **Jase** » Wed May 2, 2012 12:49 am

Stunnaboy2K11 wrote:Well, they picked a bad series to announce it I'll tell you that

It's not like they're going to have other series to do it.