NBA awards finalists announced

[bison]

MVP:
Dingo
Embiid
Joker

DPOY:
Tooty
Simmons
Draymond

ROY
LaMelo
Edwards
Halliburton

MIP
MPJ
Julius randle
Jerami Grant

6MOY
Clarkson
Ingles
D rose

COTY
Snyder
Thibs
Monty

[RRR3]

Bam robbed for DPOY finalist. Smh.

[bison]

Bam robbed for DPOY finalist. Smh.

Definitely deserves it over Fresh n Fruity :facepalm:

[RRR3]

Definitely deserves it over Fresh n Fruity :facepalm:
What have you done lol


He’s coming!

[tpols]

What have you done lol


He’s coming!

You would easily take Bam over draymond? Higher scoring ceiling, same defense.

[RRR3]

You would easily take Bam over draymond? Higher scoring ceiling, same defense.
Yeah no shit. Bam is my favorite player in the league after LeBron.

[Xiao Yao You]

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-awards-why-ben-simmons-151803949.html


"I'm not knocking [Gobert]. He's great at what he brings to the table. I get that. But he's not more valuable on the defensive end, like Ben Simmons. I watched Ben Simmons this season take a tremendous sacrifice on the offensive end and let Joel Embiid do his thing, and you know what he said? 'I'm going to focus on defense.' And when you talk about one of the best defensive teams in the league, it's the Philadelphia 76ers, and it's led by this man Ben Simmons.



Jazz are #1 in defense and Gobert is the last line of D. He doesn't have Embiid protecting his back.



"He gets into you, he's able to switch one through five, he's an underrated shot blocker, he gets deflections, he shoots the passing lane, he gets steals. And most importantly I watched him in a game against the Dallas Mavericks, where he played against Luka, and I've never seen a guy guard Luka the way that Ben Simmons did. He picked him up full-court; Luka could not get his shot off because of [Simmons'] size, athleticism, and strength; he couldn't body him; he couldn't get to the basket. Luka struggled.



Gobert can switch and Luka didn't hit a shot in the paint last time against him.


"It's time to start showing the guard and forward some praise, because over the years the big man has been dominating and getting this award, and I think Ben Simmons is deserving of it."



6'10 guard :facepalm


Because, if you just look at what Gobert and Simmons bring individually, Simmons is simply more valuable on defense. He brings more to the table in terms of guarding any player on the floor successfully, which would seem to me to be the top evaluation of defensive value. Can he do one thing at an elite level (in Gobert's case, protect the paint)... or five things



Sixers could still be a great defensive team without Simmons because of Embiid. Jazz would suck. Gobert is their D

[hold this L]

You don't have to be so damn sensitive Xiao, CC already has this in the bag based on early votes.

[Stanley Kobrick]

draymond DPOY once again :cheers:

[fsvr54]

Clint Capela and Nate McMillan not being here is highway robbery. Why even watch the NBA anymore

[JohnMax]

fsvr54, who's the dude in your avatar and what's your connection to him?

[Axe]

Lamelo exceeded expectations for someone who's supposed to be a bust

[ArbitraryWater]

Clarkson or Rose

[Xiao Yao You]

Clarkson or Rose

Ingles

[imdaman99]

Jokic
Rudy
Edwards
Randle
Rose
Thibs

No bias :pimp:

[HoopsNY]

Bam should be up there for DPOY.

[Gohan]

Draymond shouldn’t be dpoy cause he too sorry on offense. It’s almost cheating. At least everyone else tries on the offensive end. Never seen a player as sorry as draymond at the game of basketball get so much credit