Jake Kleinberg

This is a bad thing. I'm terrified. I'm terrified. I'm terrified of what could happen later when we spin the wheel horrified. Let's go to our bet. MGM line of the week brought to you by bet. MGM. Al, it's Defensive Player of the Year, which is a bona fide catastrophe at this point. You have Draymond Green, who is caping for himself to be the deep boy, and somehow it's working.

He's the odds-on favorite, which, honestly, he's a legendary defender. We don't need to dog on him at all. This is the seventh best defense in the NBA. I can't come up with a statistical reason why I would say that he is the deep boy. There's nothing there. I've done a deep dive on some of the numbers. I can't figure it out.

He's the odds-on favorite, which, honestly, he's a legendary defender. We don't need to dog on him at all. This is the seventh best defense in the NBA. I can't come up with a statistical reason why I would say that he is the deep boy. There's nothing there. I've done a deep dive on some of the numbers. I can't figure it out.

He's the odds-on favorite, which, honestly, he's a legendary defender. We don't need to dog on him at all. This is the seventh best defense in the NBA. I can't come up with a statistical reason why I would say that he is the deep boy. There's nothing there. I've done a deep dive on some of the numbers. I can't figure it out.

Yeah, and some of it is that there's just not a lot of defensive stats that you trust. Whereas with the offensive end, it's easy. And so I honestly think that Lou Dort is a very viable candidate to win this award. I've said it on this show, the Thunder have by far the best defense in the NBA. It's not particularly close.

Yeah, and some of it is that there's just not a lot of defensive stats that you trust. Whereas with the offensive end, it's easy. And so I honestly think that Lou Dort is a very viable candidate to win this award. I've said it on this show, the Thunder have by far the best defense in the NBA. It's not particularly close.

Yeah, and some of it is that there's just not a lot of defensive stats that you trust. Whereas with the offensive end, it's easy. And so I honestly think that Lou Dort is a very viable candidate to win this award. I've said it on this show, the Thunder have by far the best defense in the NBA. It's not particularly close.

And you ask anybody inside the walls of that Thunder organization, who is the best defender? Who leads the defense? And it's Dort. He sets the tone. He leads them. He defends the best player on the other team almost every night. He shut Desmond Bain down, which maybe that's why Taylor Jenkins couldn't get Desmond Bain freed for enough threes last night. I don't know.

And you ask anybody inside the walls of that Thunder organization, who is the best defender? Who leads the defense? And it's Dort. He sets the tone. He leads them. He defends the best player on the other team almost every night. He shut Desmond Bain down, which maybe that's why Taylor Jenkins couldn't get Desmond Bain freed for enough threes last night. I don't know.

And you ask anybody inside the walls of that Thunder organization, who is the best defender? Who leads the defense? And it's Dort. He sets the tone. He leads them. He defends the best player on the other team almost every night. He shut Desmond Bain down, which maybe that's why Taylor Jenkins couldn't get Desmond Bain freed for enough threes last night. I don't know.

He was one of 12 from the field, one of nine from three with Dort guarding him. Yeah. I think he's a viable candidate. Do I think he'll win? No, I don't think he'll win because he's a guard and the on-offs are not good. But the on-offs aren't good because he's playing against the best players. And they have Alex Caruso coming off the bench, who's been amazing.

He was one of 12 from the field, one of nine from three with Dort guarding him. Yeah. I think he's a viable candidate. Do I think he'll win? No, I don't think he'll win because he's a guard and the on-offs are not good. But the on-offs aren't good because he's playing against the best players. And they have Alex Caruso coming off the bench, who's been amazing.

He was one of 12 from the field, one of nine from three with Dort guarding him. Yeah. I think he's a viable candidate. Do I think he'll win? No, I don't think he'll win because he's a guard and the on-offs are not good. But the on-offs aren't good because he's playing against the best players. And they have Alex Caruso coming off the bench, who's been amazing.

And when you look at estimated plus minus... He is. When you look at the actual estimated plus minus on the defensive end on dunks and threes, who's number one? It's Alex Caruso. And he hasn't played enough. He hasn't qualified because he hasn't played enough games. But yeah, I don't know where to go either because I don't think enough people will take Dort's candidacy seriously enough.

And when you look at estimated plus minus... He is. When you look at the actual estimated plus minus on the defensive end on dunks and threes, who's number one? It's Alex Caruso. And he hasn't played enough. He hasn't qualified because he hasn't played enough games. But yeah, I don't know where to go either because I don't think enough people will take Dort's candidacy seriously enough.

And when you look at estimated plus minus... He is. When you look at the actual estimated plus minus on the defensive end on dunks and threes, who's number one? It's Alex Caruso. And he hasn't played enough. He hasn't qualified because he hasn't played enough games. But yeah, I don't know where to go either because I don't think enough people will take Dort's candidacy seriously enough.

Evan Mobley was... chopped down by Udonis Haslam on national television, saying that teams target him, you should never vote for him. I think people will take that pretty seriously. Dyson Daniels is on a team that's mediocre. Jaron Jackson has missed a bunch of time. And you ask around about him, a lot of people think he just kind of jumps for blocks, that he's not that great of a team defender.

Evan Mobley was... chopped down by Udonis Haslam on national television, saying that teams target him, you should never vote for him. I think people will take that pretty seriously. Dyson Daniels is on a team that's mediocre. Jaron Jackson has missed a bunch of time. And you ask around about him, a lot of people think he just kind of jumps for blocks, that he's not that great of a team defender.

Evan Mobley was... chopped down by Udonis Haslam on national television, saying that teams target him, you should never vote for him. I think people will take that pretty seriously. Dyson Daniels is on a team that's mediocre. Jaron Jackson has missed a bunch of time. And you ask around about him, a lot of people think he just kind of jumps for blocks, that he's not that great of a team defender.

And so then, like... That's how Draymond surfaces to the top. One, he's keeping for himself. And then it's like, well, who else is it going to be? It is one of the stranger years for Depoy that I've ever seen. And I'm so curious to see how this all plays out. Honestly, I think... I don't think you should overthink it.