rjfan
Well-Known Member
Man, i saw some complaints of other teams of guys missing out of more votes (either 1st or simple mentions) and my response is
While i consider Simmons a great defender (and a versatile one, tho surely not 1 to 5, his wingspan clearly scream 1 to 4 to me, and i'd go as far as say that i consider both Green and Adebayo much more 1 to 5 defenders than Ben) and a much better overall player than he's given credit for, i saw being clear that the whole discussion of who should be the DPOY were prompted much more from Simmons and Doc Rivers campaining for them other than he being that single game changer on the court (even just on D), so that should be who's to blame on other guys missing out on being fairly remembered by what they were actually performing on the court instead of trash talking to generate and turn the discussion around media narrative.
While i consider Simmons a great defender (and a versatile one, tho surely not 1 to 5, his wingspan clearly scream 1 to 4 to me, and i'd go as far as say that i consider both Green and Adebayo much more 1 to 5 defenders than Ben) and a much better overall player than he's given credit for, i saw being clear that the whole discussion of who should be the DPOY were prompted much more from Simmons and Doc Rivers campaining for them other than he being that single game changer on the court (even just on D), so that should be who's to blame on other guys missing out on being fairly remembered by what they were actually performing on the court instead of trash talking to generate and turn the discussion around media narrative.
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