Kawhi Leonard Wins DOY
- Updated: April 23, 2015
According to ESPNNBA official Twitter account Kawhi Leonard has been named defensive player of the year.
Kawhi Leonard of the Spurs edges Draymond Green for NBA Defensive Player of the Year in an extremely close vote pic.twitter.com/ruGgupJAVy
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) April 23, 2015
Leonard edged out Draymond Green for the award and DeAndre Jordan finished in third for the award. Doc Rivers had been lobbying for Jordan to win the award due to his impressive rebounding totals and blocked shots.
Jordan did lead the NBA in rebounds this season but that wasn’t enough to win the award. Reggie Miller a southern California native praised Leonard for the award via Twitter.
Congrats to Kawhi Leonard, the pride of the IE (Riverside) for DPOY.. You have done Riverside well my friend..
— Reggie Miller (@ReggieMillerTNT) April 23, 2015
Arash Markazi of ESPN.com voiced his opionions on the award via Twitter.
I thought Jamal Crawford missing 18 games really hurt him in the 6th Man race. It didn’t have much of an effect at all for Kawhi Leonard.
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) April 23, 2015
He went on to say.
The difference in how many scouts and coaches view DeAndre Jordan against many writers and reporters who vote for DPOY is fascinating.
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) April 23, 2015
Markazi ended with this interesting fact.
How many awards will Kawhi Leonard win before being named to his first All-Star team? Finals MVP, DPOY…
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) April 23, 2015
What do you think NBA fans? Did DeAndre Jordan get snubbed? Comment below!
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