Rudy Gobert received his fourth NBA Defensive Participant of the 12 months award, tying him with Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace as the one gamers to be named for 4. Sarcastically, the award is called in honor of Hakeem Olajuwon, who (solely) received it twice.
Olajuwon, together with Sidney Moncrief, Mark Eaton, Dennis Rodman, Alonzo Mourning, and Kawhi Leonard are all two-time recipients.
Even Dwight Howard received it thrice.
Kendrick Perkins celebrated the event by unveiling Huge Perk’s Huge Record of Huge Time Defenders.
His high 5 included
(5) Gary Payton (1996 DPOY)
(4) Kevin Garnett (2008)
(3) Michael Jordan (1988)
(2) Dennis Rodman (1990, 1991), and
(1) Ben Wallace (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
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No Mutombo…no Olajuwon…no Gobert.
Perkins went as far as to name Ben Wallace the best undrafted participant in historical past.
The DPOY will not be a science. However from a Spurs perspective, Wemby scored second highest to Gobert. Maybe voters didn’t wish to honor a rookie in that position. Both manner, Victor is poised to win it a number of occasions in his profession. Gobert, his fellow countryman, says the award shall be in “good palms” when (“if”) Wembanyama is awarded sooner or later.
As for Perk’s record, do you agree? Who would you add/omit from the High 5?
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