Fansided · Mar 5
The NBA’s annual defensive debate now revolves around Wembanyama
Eakin Howard-Imagn ImagesThe Defensive Player Of The Year debate is a controversial one year in and year out. What makes someone a good defender? Why are big men the only ones to win the award every year? These are questions and arguments heard every year, and they're pretty much NBA tradition at this point.
Naturally, players are going to give their own perspectives, and the Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo chimed in with his take while making the case for his candidacy. "I do think I deserve to be on the All-Defensive team, first team. [We've] got a top-four defense, so that is the level of DPOY," Adebayo asserts. "[Voters] just think, 'Oh, he's a DPOY because he has five blocks a game."