If season ended today Gobert would be 2nd in DPOY voting

[Elizah Huge]

After promising anonymity, ESPN polled 80 media members who have postseason awards voting privileges. Every NBA market is represented. The league selects 130 media members to vote for its official postseason awards.

Even though our poll is 50 media members shy of the true figure, Green still holds a pretty decisive advantage. ESPN asked those 80 individuals to give their top three defensive player choices if the season were to conclude today, and 16 candidates were selected.

Using the NBA’s point system of a first-place vote being multiplied by five, a second-place vote multiplied by three and a third-place vote multiplied by one, Green accumulated a total of 295 points.

He received 41 first-place votes, 28 second-place votes and six third-place votes.

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert finished second with 193 points. He picked up 17 first-place votes, 31 second-place votes and 15 third-place votes.

San Antonio Spurs All-Star Kawhi Leonard came in third with 185 points. He has been the recipient of this award the past two seasons. The small forward got 20 first-place votes, 18 second-place votes and 31 third-place votes.

www.espn.com/blog/golden-state-warr...as-a-leg-up-on-defensive-player-of-year-award

Gobert continues to get slighted. He should obviously be DPOY this year. There is still a lot of basketball to be played though.

 

[Eminence]

Rudy is my pick too, but I don't think it's any slight to be behind Green. I'm more interested in what dudes have those guys off their ballots?!? Green on 75/80 and Gobert on 63/80 is pretty sad, those two should be the runaway favorites. I'd probably go with Millsap over Kawhi for #3 as well.

 

[Jazz and Utes]

I've never been a homer for any of my teams, but with that said if Gobert doesn't win DPOY the award is a complete joke.

 

[enchilada_style]

I'd love to see that list of media members.

 

[veji1]

Come on, Rudy not being on the podium would be a joke, but him being second behind the defensive swiss army knife that is Draymond Green isn't a scandal. having Gobert on the same podium as Green and Leonard is a positive, not a slight. Gee some posters....