J.E. Skeet
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Shocked me how many he got, but good on him.
Defensive player of the year.
Defense.
Our four names were Bam Adebayo, Rudy Gobert, Chet Holmgren, and Victor Wembenyama.
And Trey, not a surprise.
Wemby getting over 50% of the vote.
53.1% to be exact.
Rudy second, 25%, let's call it.
Chet 19 and...
Maybe a vote or two for Bam.
Your reaction?
This is an interesting race because I think the top three here all have good cases.
Wemby is the best defensive player.
It's to the point now where his block percentage is down.
His blocks per game are down.
And that's just because people aren't going to try him as much as they would even his first couple of years in the league.
Rudy Gobert.
His case is that he's got the biggest on-off defensive swing of any of these three guys.
The Timberwolves are nearly 15 points per 100 possessions better with Rudy on the court.
Spurs are 8 points better with Wemby.