email_atif

297 | 5 hours ago

OP argues about pervasive disrespect of 4-time DPOY.

OP proceeds to erroneously refer to said player as “GoLbert.” Twice.

The disrespect starts here ROFL

BumbleLapse | Jazz

72 | 4 hours ago

When will Roodee Yogurt start getting the respect he deserves, come on guys this is fuckin’ crazy

GKMCity

13 | 2 hours ago

They really been sleeping on the boy RewD Gopher. Let ‘em sleep tho

f5kkrs | Clippers

17 | 2 hours ago

He saw the Golbert Report

ant-farm-keyboard | Rockets

8 | 3 hours ago

Golololbert

mansonsturtle

5 | 2 hours ago

Every damn athlete everywhere is always disrespected and playing with a chip on their shoulder. So damn cliche.

jsonne

2 | 2 hours ago

Rudy Goldberg

moby323 | 76ers

-19 | 2 hours ago

I never argued anything, “disrespect” is a direct quote from Golbert.

But apologies for misspelling the name.

adeelf | Lakers

30 | 2 hours ago

You misspelled it again.

K1NG2L4Y3R | Timberwolves

16 | 2 hours ago

To be fair it’s hard to spell Rudy Gogurts name correctly

Micro_mint | Timberwolves

18 | 2 hours ago

Bro you’re still not spelling it right

Waste_Peanut_7134

7 | an hour ago

Hahahahahahahahahaha

dustinyo_ | Timberwolves

3 | an hour ago

Bro, Google his name and then look at how you keep spelling it.

Ok_Meat_8322

176 | 6 hours ago

Yeah the idea hes not a top 3 defender is just factually absurd. Hes still a one-man top-10 defense. Wemby deserved to win, but Gobert should have finished higher than he did.

But we know these national awards are based on vibes and narratives, so its not surprising.

Clemsontigger16

38 | 5 hours ago

All this outrage for him to have been ranked 3rd instead of 4th lol I don’t think it’s as egregious as people are acting…the guys in the top 3 all finished with team defenses in the top 3, and obviously everyone is focusing on Ausar since it’s “impossible for a wing defender to possibly be more impactful than a center” but yet the Pistons were an elite defense with no other real plus defenders in the starting lineup…while Gobert had McDaniels at least.

Smekledorf1996

25 | 3 hours ago

It’s a circle jerk

Wemby and Chet were so far ahead of everyone that the difference between 3rd and 4th was only like 19 points

The difference between 2nd and 3rd was like 170

yvmm_s

-8 | 3 hours ago

Chet was not so far ahead of everyone else. What’s your claim based on?

Smekledorf1996

22 | 3 hours ago

The voting point totals, there was a massive gap between Chet and everyone else

jotsea2

-8 | 4 hours ago

Hows that looking for them rn…

JiveHawk | Bulls

12 | 3 hours ago

The Pistons defense was incredible in Game 2

jotsea2

-7 | 3 hours ago

As it should, they are playing a team barely over 500 in the east

Clemsontigger16

6 | 3 hours ago

*a team that was injured all year and whose stars have barely played together. A lineup of Suggs, Bane, Franz and Paolo is very good no matter how much you want to hate.

JiveHawk | Bulls

1 | 32 minutes ago

Carter Jr is also a good player. It’s a really solid starting 5 with a high talent ceiling that just hasn’t played together

bearbrannan | Timberwolves

1 | 5 minutes ago

The Timberwolves inconsistent play really fucked up any chance he had this year.

healthy_obsession_ | 76ers

0 | 42 minutes ago

For me, Rudy is on my mt rushmore of all time great defenders. It’s actually pretty unlucky that his prime has overlapped with the best wing defender ever (Kawhi), the most versatile defensive anchor ever (Draymond), and now probably the future goat defender in Wemby.

BlockedByMobley | Lebanon

-14 | 6 hours ago

It’s still insane he’s not on there over Chet. The media actually watches OKC’s guards/linebackers do all the work while Chet stands in the paint doing nothing and they call it good defense. He’d be league-average on a normal roster.

ZealousidealCat1829 | Timberwolves

27 | 6 hours ago

Okay I agree that Rudy should be above Chet but to call Chet a average defender is absurd. The reason OKC can afford to get so physical and force so many tos is because they have a 7 foot deterrence guarding the paint constantly.

MeMeRevieweR_23 | West

14 | 6 hours ago

DPOY is a regular season award. The Wolves had a lot of games where the whole team was ass on defence including Gobert. They clearly didn’t care enough to try hard in the regular season. And that’s fine if you’re an experienced playoff team. But saying like he should’ve finished top 3 DPOY is plain wrong. He’s still good for All Defence 1st team

SlimmySlinky | Thunder

12 | 5 hours ago

Man it’s crazy some of the things people make up in their head. Anyone that watches games can see Chet is an elite defender on his own terms.

He literally played his entire first uninjured year as OKC only center and they finished 1st seed. As a skinny, lanky dude and their only guy that provides any real rim protection. If he was an average defender, he would’ve got cooked all year and OKC is not finishing 1st seed.

YSLAnunoby | Raptors

10 | 3 hours ago

Calling Chet average on D cuz you don’t like OKC is really funny. You don’t have to straight up lie man

SonoMuchacho

8 | 5 hours ago

Chet is anything but average. People rarely shoot over him. He takes away shots constantly.

He can come to my Hawks average roster with open arms if he is feeling slighted - any day.

vindictivejazz | Thunder

4 | an hour ago

I think Wemby just being a straight up better version of Chet has poisoned a lot of the discourse around him.

Chet is an absolutely elite defender. He’s consistently among the best players on the team in +/-, even in the playoffs. OKC won the Chet minutes in every game in 2024. He lead the team in +/- in the finals last year. He’s currently averaging 3 blocks per game in the playoffs (for reference, Wemby lead the league with 3.1 blocks per game in the regular season).

He is, at worst, a top-3 defender in this league

SlimmySlinky | Thunder

-16 | 5 hours ago

It’s not the top 3 defenders, it’s top 3 defenders performance for this season.

Was Rudy playing this level defense all year? No. Why would him playing it in the playoffs change people’s views on a regular season award now?

sixeyedbird | Lakers

31 | 5 hours ago

It was pretty close to this level. He’s been a top 2 or 3 defender all season. I remember hearing (and thinking) that if wemby missed 65 Gobert should win again

SlimmySlinky | Thunder

8 | 5 hours ago

I mean he was 4th in DOPY voting, so he was close?

VikingsLad | Timberwolves

-3 | 4 hours ago

The fact that chet and Ausar finished over him is complete disrespect

SlimmySlinky | Thunder

-3 | 4 hours ago

The fact you think it’s a disrespect to him is a disrespect to the other two.

goldenboots | Timberwolves

0 | 4 hours ago

The whole thing is dumb. Chet is great. Rudy is probably a bit better for now due to his strength and experience, but there’s not THAT much of a difference and Chet will be definitively better in a year or two. I’d want Rudy over Wemby against the Nuggets. I’d want Wemby every other time. And I’d want Chet because he can shoot and is tougher and more durable than Wemby. And I want all three over Ausur!

EchoHevy5555

3 | 5 hours ago

If we just look at on off

Chet 104.01 on 110.94 off (that is weighed down by okcs centerless minutes JWill and IHart had 107.2 and 109.6 respectively when in without Chet)

Ausur had a 109.9 on and a 110.75 off

Wemby 107.2 on 115.9 off (only looking at Kornet minutes it’s 106.9 on and 113.27 off)

Gobert is 109.3 on and 119.2 off. He is on the worst defensive team but he makes the biggest swing (largely because they have no backup center, just a bunch of 4s pretending to be 5s when he is off)

I understand why he was third, Chet is the best defensive player on an all time defense. Wemby is Wemby. The main argument for Ausur is he is the best defender on the 2nd best defensive team compared to Gobert who is 8th (but that’s not his fault)

Personally I think Derrick white should have actually been 3 with Gobert 4, but I think having Gobert anywhere 1-5 is a respectable range

TitillatingTrav | Timberwolves

8 | 5 hours ago

Even when he wasn’t necessarily passing the eye test, our defensive rating tanked when he wasn’t on the court

this-is-bait | Heat

11 | 5 hours ago

I mean having Nas Reid as your backup centre will do that…

EchoHevy5555

2 | 5 hours ago

Who is the backup tho, like Naz reid isn’t a true 5 neither is Randle or McDaniels

For an extreme example if you put me in as the Minnesota Timberwolves center Gobert wouldn’t deserve DPOY just because the defense was bad when he was off.

Prestig33 | MIN

2 | 4 hours ago

Hopefully Joan can continue to learn under Rudy and get some meaningful minutes next year.

EchoHevy5555

1 | 4 hours ago

If Mara is still available (I don’t think he will be) I think he is the obvious pick or maybe chinyelu at the end of the 2nd if he’s there

I think if you can get Robert Williams in the off season in like an Alex Caruso role of play 17 minutes 50 times and show up for the playoffs that would be sick but I don’t think that’s possible either

JabroniWithAPeroni | Timberwolves

7 | 5 hours ago

Was Rudy playing this level defense all year?

Was anyone playing this his level of defense ALL year?

No, because that’s an incredibly silly standard to hold any player to. Was Rudy one of the three best defenders all season? Yes, absolutely.

SlimmySlinky | Thunder

2 | 5 hours ago

Well judging by the DOPY results the answer was yes, maybe.

Wemby clear 1. Chet clear 2. Then Ausur Thompson and Gobert pretty close 3 and 4.

EightFortyDaysOf

-7 | 5 hours ago

He was better than Chet all year, I catch most games so I’m confident that I have a more unbiased view than you do

SlimmySlinky | Thunder

0 | 5 hours ago

Oh of course, you said you have an unbiased view which means that must be true. The fact you were so confident while knowing nothing about me shows how much that is based on logic. 🤓

Mr_Cromer | Raptors

96 | 5 hours ago

France will be a defensive terror in 2028

nighhawkrr

55 | 5 hours ago

They have a legit Gold medal shot.

lp_phnx327 | Lakers

9 | an hour ago

I mean, they had legit shot in 2024 as well (until Curry went nuclear).

Iloveskinnywomen

-32 | 4 hours ago

Every team does & then America wins again & again & again🇺🇸

nighhawkrr

27 | 4 hours ago

Unless an unstoppable Spurs player takes over.

McDouble__ | Pistons

1 | an hour ago

France needed a RECORD number of free throws and home cooking to medal, USA will wipe the floor with any team France can bring

gedbybee | Spurs

2 | an hour ago

Yeah they’re gonna have to foul wemby lol.

But then the USA also needed the greatest curry flurry ever to overcome France.

McDouble__ | Pistons

0 | an hour ago

Cade/Ant/Flagg/Tatum/Duren would literally dominate any lineup France could potentially have. France will be starting Evan Fournier lol, Wemby is great but I’ve never in Olympic history seen one man beat team USA

If Curry didn’t step up someone else would have it’s the benefit of having a roster of hall of famers and future hall of famers.

gedbybee | Spurs

-1 | 35 minutes ago

I get that you’re a pistons fan, but I’d rather have white out there than Cade. We’ll see what Tatum is in 2028. Duren can’t guard wemby. Wemby will be better able to space then to play with gobert. Plus I think they have other bigs that are decent.

There’s only one ball and it’s rare to have a modern superstar player that knows how to play off ball and contribute to a team.

Team USA thinks they’ll dominate like the dream team every year and then they get there and it’s not that easy.

McDouble__ | Pistons

1 | 25 minutes ago

There is a absolute zero chance White is the starting guard for Team USA it’s Cade or Hali whoever is better by the time Olympics come around. Team USA thinks they’ll dominate because they dominate

Coop, AJ, Boozer, Peterson any of these guys can become stars by 2028 and contribute as well. The gap is still huge

kcirdor | Pelicans

10 | 3 hours ago

except that one time…

PAWGle_the_lesser | Raptors

14 | 2 hours ago

If only they were a defensive terror in 1940

SuperVaderMinion | MIN

5 | an hour ago

Rudy “The Maginot Line” Gobert

Key_Pomelo2582

1 | 39 minutes ago

goated

PrimeLiberty | Timberwolves

-1 | an hour ago

It’ll be interesting to see how the Timberwolves’ other French big of Joan Beringer develops as well. France just has so many good centers to pick from

paradockers

-3 | 5 hours ago

They benched Gobert in the last Olympics?

Kennyc1234 | Wizards

27 | 4 hours ago

They did, but that’s a good thing for them

Imagine Wemby is locking your team up, then he subs out and you think you finally are free to score in the paint only for Gobert to sub in and once again lock your team up.

RudyGobertFMVP | Timberwolves

15 | 4 hours ago

Every NBA team would kill to be in a position to have Rudy as 6moy. France spoiled in the bigs department

Kennyc1234 | Wizards

5 | 4 hours ago

Yeah a Wemby Rudy Center rotation would be so lethal, because both players are a walking top 10 defense in the league. So you can stagger them and make sure your defense is elite the entire game

StarFox-6

2 | 3 hours ago

Do you think the starting 5 plays the whole game

jonnylaw | Timberwolves

75 | 6 hours ago

Rudy doesn’t need motivation to play this way. He’s a consistent defensive player. People don’t watch the games and parrot bull shit.

ManagerEmergency6339 | Spurs

6 | 6 hours ago

true the only reason that he is not on the top 3 is the team record, if the wolves just finish like top 3 in the west i bet he will be there instead.

SirDiego | Timberwolves

4 | 2 hours ago

Exactly. It’s not even “chip on his shoulder” this is just who he is all the time. People are just paying attention now because he’s locking up Jokic.

moby323 | 76ers

0 | 6 hours ago

Look man I don’t think it’s overlooking what he usually does to say that he looks particularly locked in the past few games.

And I watch a fuck-ton of basketball, and have been for over 40 years.

jonnylaw | Timberwolves

10 | 5 hours ago

It’s the playoffs. Of course he’s locked in. He’s also the only player with consistent effort in the regular season. The other guys get lazy and know Rudy’s back there.

It used to be Rudy and Mike who would bring consistency but Conley’s cooked. Rudy’s defensive on /off is nuts.

SonoMuchacho

7 | 5 hours ago

I agree with the locked in - during the post game interviews he seems way more intense. I’m here for it.

WhiteHeterosexualGuy | Hawks

2 | 5 hours ago

He plays like this every post season lol… they are allowing more physicality this year for most teams and players though and hes looked excellent and healthy

karlwhethers | Timberwolves

2 | 5 hours ago

Rudy is locked in during the playoffs. He’s actually locked in almost all the time, but the rest of the team is locked in now.

Big difference is usually the Wolves put him on the non scoring threat and let him roam, which is less obvious to see how locked in he is. In this case it’s just that he’s matched up 100% of the time with Jokic, who is involved in every action.

RicardoRoedor | UTA

3 | 2 hours ago

You don’t watch enough basketball to spell the player you are talking about’s name correctly.

PositiveAd875

2 | 2 hours ago

2021 Gobert was a monster and Utah Gobert in general is way way better than this version. It’s just he has more help on wing defense in Minnesota, while on Utah he was dragging lineups like Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell, Royce o Neal and Bojan Bogdonavic to #1 defenses. I can’t believe that 2021 choke against the clippers was pinned on him, Terrance Mann dropping 39 from the corner was all the fault of his dogshit perimeter help defense and lack of rotations, idk how a 7’2 rim protecting center got blamed for a corner 3 pt shooter getting hot.

elwell1223m | Thunder

25 | 5 hours ago

When did people worrying about a guy finishing second verse third verse fourth in award voting become a thing?

Gobert is an all time defender but no one was touching Wemby this year. It really doesn’t matter after that.

CelticKnot634 | Timberwolves

16 | 5 hours ago

Did you watch The Last Dance? Jordan notably internalized all kinds of petty trivial “snubs” to give him a competitive fire.

elwell1223m | Thunder

0 | 4 hours ago

I missed the part where Jordan was mad he got voted 4th for DPOY instead of 3rd. Either way, a player using it for motivation is a little different than fans worrying about it, no ?Maybe .5% of posters on here could remember who got third in DPOY voting in 2006 without looking it up.

CelticKnot634 | Timberwolves

2 | 4 hours ago

I was talking about the context of this post is about Gobert internalizing the “disrespect”

Meanwhile, the nuggets didn’t seem to feel any urgency about McDaniels comments

Smekledorf1996

4 | 3 hours ago

It’s a circlejerk

People are acting like Gobert is a snub for missing 3rd by 19 points

As a reference, the difference in votes between Chet and Ausar was like 170

RotundCorgi

2 | 5 hours ago

Thank you. The amount of Gobert discourse after Wemby’s DPOY award has been weird. This year Wemby was THE guy. There is no arguement for anyone else, and debating 2nd, 3rd, 4th place or whatever is meaningless, especially when the winner is unanimous.

Plus, Gobert already has his career accolades. He certainly doesn’t need 2nd/3rd place acknowledgement. We know dude can play, he just wasn’t the most impactful and significant defensive player this season compared to Wemby. Seems like a non-issue to me.

jotsea2

0 | 4 hours ago

‘we know dude can play’

Yet shaq rags on him every fucking night

Smekledorf1996

3 | 3 hours ago

Who cares what Shaq has to say? The whole point of his personality is to rage bait people

jotsea2

-1 | 3 hours ago

I mean prior to this series you could also see the Rudy hate daily on this sub.

Smekledorf1996

2 | 3 hours ago

Ah yes, because this subs agenda was to hate on Gobert daily

Not like it’s a place filled with different users with different opinions

jotsea2

0 | 40 minutes ago

Players rag on him as well….

Smekledorf1996

1 | 36 minutes ago

Almost as if they all have opinions and aren’t a hivemind as well?

jotsea2

1 | 33 minutes ago

Sure. well my comment is on someone saying ‘we all know dude can play’. Which you’ve proven to not be true. thanks for that.

Smekledorf1996

1 | 31 minutes ago

I don’t get the snarky remark

You’re putting too much weight into random opinions as if there’s a clear 100% consensus on anything

ConnectSpring9 | Hornets

23 | 6 hours ago

Is his name not Gobert?

imafixwoofs | OKC

1 | 2 hours ago

I’m not sure.

HelpOpening4996

1 | an hour ago

It is but French somehow having a silent L wouldn’t shock me

randomAIusername | Pacers

21 | 4 hours ago

Reminds me of Haliburton getting voted “most overrated” then going nuclear in the playoffs last year.

Agnk1765342 | Jazz

1 | 26 minutes ago

Rudy was only just behind him too on that poll. Turns out NBA players aren’t actually all that good at rating players a lot of the time.

themanofmeung | Nuggets

9 | 6 hours ago

No, no, no, no. You have it wrong. It’s that Jokic and the Nuggets are total frauds. How dare you try to be postive - this is the playoffs!

Yeah. Rudy has been a problem. We’re going to have to figure something out, and fast.

RunThePnR | NBA

3 | 5 hours ago

Jokic is also missing a ridiculous amount of his regular floaters tho even the ones with good looks it seems. Is there a way to see his expected FG%?

Background_Creme41

2 | 6 hours ago

Yea how to make wide open shots

Rage_r123

8 | 6 hours ago

Imagine thinking that Chet could stop Jokic like Rudy

All respect to Chet

But he’s not the 2nd best defender in the league

Rudy mega snubbed this year

dker12

15 | 4 hours ago

And Chet can defend guards on the perimeter during switches better then Gobert… They’re different players with different strengths.

jm3546 | Thunder

10 | 4 hours ago

He was though. He was better at the rim and on the perimeter.

This came up the other day, so copying and pasting:

When Chet was on the court this season 24.26% of opponents shots were at the rim and they’d only shoot 57.84% at the rim. When he was off the court, that FG% rises to 64.31%.

When Gobert was on the court this season 28.59% of opponents shots were at the rim and they’d shoot 63.48% at the rim. When he was off the court, that FG% stayed about the same at 63.3%.

DFG% has some flaws but you can see this trend there too:

Chet - within six feet: 6.1dfga, 48.9%, (-15.4% diff%)
Gobert - within six feet: 6.4dfga, 54.8%, (-9% diff%)

Chet also had to cover up for injuries to our other bigs (Hart, JWill, Sorber, etc.). And make up for injuries to our bigger wings (JDub, Caruso, Kenrich, etc.). So he had a lot to cover and still led the defense to being the best in the league. He was better at the rim and on the perimeter. There’s not really an argument for Gobert at 2 over him.

Gobert matches up really well to Jokic and is having a great series but Chet showed how versatile he was as a defender all season.

Motosama | Timberwolves

2 | 3 hours ago

Fair. But Chet looks like a Geico caveman that’s been working as a belter on Tycho station for a decade so I’m not going to hear this statistical analysis

jm3546 | Thunder

5 | 3 hours ago

Was going to argue, but if Chet started speaking in belter creole, that would be kinda perfect. So carry on.

Motosama | Timberwolves

2 | an hour ago

Balla lodah, sa sa ke?

vindictivejazz | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

Odee hang pulls from treball, beltalowda!

GrumbleAlong

0 | an hour ago

Chet is Minnesota-handsome.

Motosama | Timberwolves

0 | 37 minutes ago

Fuck that noise

We got Brandon Walsh as a baseline for handsome

Chet is exactly where he belongs

JazzLobster | Warriors

-5 | 4 hours ago

Cause Americans are fixated on narratives, which count more than facts. Such idiotic things as “voter fatigue”. Good thing the champion isn’t voted by the media, you might have finals winning teams not cracking the top 4 of voters.

McDouble__ | Pistons

1 | an hour ago

The fuck are you talking about lol

OracleofFl | Heat

-7 | 5 hours ago

How Chet finished so him above Rudy and Bam is a mystery.

this-is-bait | Heat

13 | 5 hours ago

Best defender on the best defence.
Not really hard to see how it happened. Bam and the Heat were definitely a step back from where they’ve been in previous years.

re-bobber | Timberwolves

6 | 5 hours ago

I’m sure it bugs him but he already has 4 DPOY trophies. He said in the postgame interview that at this point in his career he just wants a championship. Good for him.

moby323 | 76ers

1 | 5 hours ago

He also said it was “disrespect”

RunThePnR | NBA

6 | 5 hours ago

Truly legacy defining series for Gobert. He has basically shut down the one of the greatest offensive players these past 2 games.

Temporary-Level-5410 | Lakers

4 | 4 hours ago

You don’t even respect him enough to spell his name right

HolyRomanPrince | Lakers

3 | 6 hours ago

I’m sure it was this and not the fact Jokic has generally puts belt to his ass.

Wavepops

2 | 6 hours ago

They always have great clashes rather than one guy dominating the either

HolyRomanPrince | Lakers

2 | 6 hours ago

All I’m saying is that Jokic is a great player. Rudy knows what it is if he doesn’t bring his A game.

Wavepops

3 | 6 hours ago

Ofcourse, which is why they have great clashes

phd5000 | Timberwolves

3 | 4 hours ago

Respectfully, I disagree. Sure he could be chirping more but for the most part, the guy plays with this type of effort every night. You have to watch the guy to see it, but the level of professionalism/effort/give-a-fuck is just off the charts. As a Wolves fan who watches 70+ games a year (even in the dark ages….shout out Big Al) I have him as a top-5 Wolf ever: elite defender, elite effort guy, elite professionalism…..which IMO is so important in this era of the league. Guy is a winner.

UnderstandingThin40

3 | 3 hours ago

The fact that everyone is hyping him up and giving him flowers now means jokic is going to torch him the next 4 games lok

Signiference | Thunder

3 | an hour ago

It’s probably just the lack of Aaron Grdon.

Wavepops

2 | 6 hours ago

He always plays hard, I think you are unintentionally discrediting him. Gobert consistently puts his all on the court

jakobkh0407

1 | 6 hours ago

And he’s been great all year too, I think he should’ve been second, and at least over ausar

Fantasykyle99 | Timberwolves

1 | 5 hours ago

Yeah one of his better individual defensive years honestly, people just didn’t pay attention because the rest of the team wasn’t playing great defense in the regular season

Threshyyyyy

1 | 5 hours ago

Can’t wait to see Luka return.

QuietMonsoon3314

1 | 4 hours ago

Sign same post every single year and then we get to a series where he gets clowned by a guard and the cycle repeats. Just stfu yeah?

Mdgt_Pope

1 | 3 hours ago

Imagine not being able to spell the man’s name right multiple times in a post and then talk about disrespecting him.

howzdaweatha | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

But like what does it even matter that he’s viewed as 3 instead of 4 when only one person wins each year? It feels like a wholly idealistic point of contention.

ObiwanSchrute | Pistons

1 | 2 hours ago

Lol he barely missed being third if you need that for motivation then you are not very good

logicalconflict | Jazz

1 | 2 hours ago

Newsflash: Voter fatigue is a thing. More at 11:00.

platinum92 | Hawks

1 | 2 hours ago

Rudy doing a 95 Dream run to FMVP would be cinema, ngl

gigglios

1 | an hour ago

No one ever cared about who finished 2nd to 5h in dpoy voting until recently lmao. That shit dont matter after who wins.

dotcaIm | Nets

1 | 41 minutes ago

It’s voter fatigue, it’s not the first nor will it be the last time it happens

Chinbie

0 | 3 hours ago

Now people are realizing the importance of defense in a game…

Look Jokic becomes Chokic in this series… remember Playoffs is different from season…

No_Charge3328

-1 | 6 hours ago

Tbf those above him deserved to be above him. Chet and Ausar best defender on a #1 seed who on a day to day basis have impact. And of course wemby is wemby

FuckThaLakers | Timberwolves

10 | 6 hours ago

Neither of them are better defenders than Rudy Gobert

pick-and-hoop | Spurs

8 | 6 hours ago

Honestly he’s number 2 in the league but forget about this award, you know who never won one? Tim Duncan

JabroniWithAPeroni | Timberwolves

3 | 5 hours ago

Well that’s because him and Kevin Garnett (who only had one, after he left the western conference) were always splitting the votes probably lol

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1 | 6 hours ago

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Alarmed_Bowler_8352 | Spurs

8 | 6 hours ago

No one said Wemby didn’t deserve DPOY, just that Gobert deserved to finished top 3 over one of Ausar or Holmgren (I’d pick Ausar out in this case).

Solid_Ad3432

1 | 5 hours ago

Does it matter

moby323 | 76ers

1 | 6 hours ago

Yeah it was just a really, really good season in the NBA. So many of the awards were just loaded.

dumpydump7 | Warriors

1 | 6 hours ago

Just my opinion but honestly I feel they gave it to Ausar bc the Pistons defense was elite. Like he was a big part why but just inherently elite defense from a center is just much more impactful than elite defense from a wing. I think it’s why we haven’t seen a perimeter defender win DPOY since Kawhi (and Dray should’ve arguably gotten one of those) and Marcus Smart in 2022 (I rmbr thinking it should’ve gone to another elite big defender but I forgot who)

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EightFortyDaysOf

1 | 5 hours ago

Timelord until he got injured and they still wanted to give it to someone on the Celtics

dumpydump7 | Warriors

1 | 5 hours ago

Yeah I knew it was someone I forgot, I rmbr campaigning hard for Draymond but Boston had a great turnaround defensively and one of your bigs was the main reason

710whitejesus420

-6 | 6 hours ago

Yeah hes a great defender, but Rudy was the 4th best defender this year. It might still be motivation for him, but I dont think he got slighted out of a spot.

Wavepops

3 | 6 hours ago

He’s more valuable defensively than ausar tho

Rudy Golbert not making the top 3 in Defensive Player Of The Year seems to have been a playoff gift for the Timberwolves. The “disrespect” has got him playing like a man on a mission.