Defensive Player of the Year.........??

Question

Do you guys think, as of now, that Kevin Garnett will win the Defensive Player of the Year award? I hope not, I think Josh Smith deserved it.........but no one ever pays attention to the Hawks so that means they wouldnt pay any attetion to him...I hope they can stand out this year! They are underrated! :( :(

So the question is....who will win Defensive Player of the Year?

And like I said...Josh Smith should and will win it!

Answer 1

i think it will be ron artest look for Artest's number to be called upon by a team that needs  a defensive stopper.  After watching them be dismantled in the finals this year, it would not surprise me if the Lakers took the gamble on Artest.  A team like that could really showcase Artest's defensive ability.

Answer 2

KG only got it because he was the Celtic's best defender (and the Celtics were the best defending team in the league). Josh Smith was also a great defender but his team around him was more offensive minded.....(Bibby, Johnson, Childress......). Either he, Camby, or Artest deserved it, not KG.

Answer 3

Josh Smith is going to prove himself more then this season, and get more attention, so I too think he'll win something this year.

Btw, J-Chills out, and Evans is in.:(

Answer 4

Greg Oden, and I'm being serious...

He will make a big impact on the defensive end...offensively I am unsure.

Answer 5

heyy whatsup

i think shaquille o'neal will win it, josh smith maybe deserves it but the defensive player of the year award isnt just about blocks the most important thing is rebounding,so for a small foward its impossible to get as many rebounds as a center he must have much blocks or steals(or both) and be a very very very good one on one defender(perimeter defender too) , bruce bowen was the best 1 on 1 defender in the league for like 3 years now and he didnt win it....so you see you have to be really really good,michael jordan and gary payton are the only 2 guards who ever won the defensive player of the year and they were REAL DEFENSIVE BEASTS,so you see its very dificult for a small foward to win it(no small forward in history has won it) , josh smith is a very very very good shotblocker maybe hes the best in the league and the best smalll forward blocker ever ,and i really like him and hes sooooo good offensively,too(even better then defensively,maybe he can add a very good jumper then he will be all star).....but i just dont see it happen that a non center will win it........60 percent of the award is rebonding so the rebund leader in the leageu has a good chance to win it and i think its gonna be shaq cause last year he averaged about 11 rebounds(as a phoenix suns member) , add a half season experience with his new team and a offseason he already do and will continue to do everything to get in shape + much power saves for defense cause amare takes the mostn shots in the offense he will have like 13.5 rebounds a game and his shotblocking will improve maybe even to his late laker blocking averages (about 2.5 bpg) , and he makes the very weak suns defense much better in the post(thats why they get him , to defend big guys like duncan or bynum in the west),and thats a important point too (when you make a weak team defense better like camby did for the nuggets).........but if josh smith improves his 1 on 1 defense and the hawks will make the playoffs its possibvle , if shaq will not win it im rooting for Josh5 to win it ;)

and i think many ppl will pay attention to the hawks after that fenomenal playoff series,kg won it cause he made the team defense much better,thats a point josh will improve this year(kg deserved it in my oppinion not because he was good individually but because he made the team defense to the best in the league and was a defensive leader mentally for weak defenders like ray allen,too)

i hope you like my oppinion , thanks for the question;);) have a great day and god bless you

Answer 6

I would have to disagree with mostly everyone who has answered your questions, Everyone is forgetting that basketball is a team game and i think they are only looking at the stat sheets to say oh kg sucks, but if you consider the intangibles, and the opportunities that were created on the offensive end from kg's defensive efforts, you will start to understand why he won the defensive player of the year. kg doesn't suck, he is very unselfish, and makes hit team around him better. He isn't as explosive as dwight howard, or josh smith, but I would rather have him in my franchise than any other player. I do think Josh Smith deserves to be in a better team, or become a better leader and make his team better. The hawks are a young team with A LOT of talent on the roster, and despite their offseason turmoil, I think they will do quite well in the regular season.

Answer 7

Frankly, the NBA sucks, but since KG won the championship I'm going to have to say Josh Smith.

Answer 8

earl "the pearl" monroe

Answer 9

stop d*ckriding the Hawks, you probably think Mike Bibby should have been the MVP

moron.

Answer 10

I remember when KG was announced as defensive player of the year I was like wtf?!?! He didn't deserve it at all to be honest. Josh Smith deserved it the most. I thought it'd be Smith, Camby or Paul. KG did not deserve it.

Answer 11

I know KG sucks, so i would have to give it to Josh Smith because of all his wonderful blocks, but i am a lakers fan, and i love the way Kobe block tall people like Yao Ming!

Answer 12

You must be a very good defensive player

on a great defensive team.Josh Smith is

a very good player but he has a lot to

learn .The Hawks had a good end to

there season last year but there off

season has not been very good.

There ownership group is a mess

and lack of money will hurt this team

like it always has!!