Bam Adebayo hasn’t been shy about stating his case to win Defensive Player of the Year. The two-time All-Defensive Team player did so on J.J. Redick’s podcast.
But with the regular season now officially behind us, do we already know that the Miami Heat’s 2017 first-round pick is an underdog to win the award?
We’ve seen some media figures who have votes announce their picks, and Adebayo hasn't gotten a lot of love. Some, like Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer, didn’t even put Adebayo as one the three finalists for the award.