If the scoring king is considered to be the sharpest spear on the offensive end of a season, the best defensive player is undoubtedly the toughest shield in the league in a season.
Like Howard and link, who were the most successful losers in the magic period, Ben Wallace and Mutombo, who were the most successful losers in the magic period, were generally able to support the defense system of a team, and such players were definitely worthy of the title of the best defensive player in the league.
But defending this kind of thing, to be honest, is really very difficult to judge. The scoring king can only look at the score data, and MVP''s record plus data performance can often get a reliable answer. But on the defensive side, the defense level is difficult to measure with data, and many times the defense needs to rely on the efforts of the whole team, and it is difficult to quantify the individual defense ability.
As a result, it''s hard to judge a player''s defense from the data alone, and it''s easy to have multiple criteria.
This kind of trouble brought about by the difficulty in selecting the best defensive player has led to many embarrassing things in the history of NBA. Since 1968-69 season began to select the best defensive lineup, the best defensive player who symbolizes the best defense in the league has not entered the best defensive lineup for three times!
The most recent one was Tyson Chandler, who won the best defensive player last season, and ended up in the second best defensive position.
Even Mutombo, known as "the best defensive center in NBA history", has once won the best defensive player, but has not been selected for the best defensive experience for a while.
This time, in the eyes of many media, it is very likely that mark Gasol will not even be able to enter the best defensive two!
Because as far as we know, Chandler and Noah are likely to have higher votes than Gasol in the best defensive lineup.
If they finally compare Gasol, Gasol will become the first best defensive player in NBA history who can''t even enter the best defensive two sets.
In this regard, the media is full of hype, especially those who voted for Noah and Chandler, they even sneer at the result of Gasol''s winning the prize.
"Joaquin Noah, average 2.1 blocks, 1.1 steals and 11.1 rebounds! What about mark Gasol? Average 1.7 blocks, 1.0 steals and 7.8 rebounds per game! He didn''t have any data to be better than Noah, but he won the best defensive player? "
"Tyson Chandler held up the Knicks defense, and you have to know the fact that Chandler''s No. 4 partner is Anthony. Even so, he can protect the basket well. How can mark Gasol hod step on Chandler
"When Gasol is on the field, the Grizzlies lose 95.4 points every 100 times they hold the ball. When he was away, the number rose to 102.8. It''s a gorgeous number, but I''d like to say that it''s not just Pau Gasol, who''s not even the best defensive player on the Grizzlies
"LeBron James has defended so well this season that he lost to just mark Gasol? Ridiculous
Mark Gasol''s career has been questioned a lot so far, but not once has the scale of the doubt been so large.
I just won the first regular season award in my career. What I got was not praise but doubt. Everyone would be depressed.
Gasol is no exception.
"They voted for this prize, and now it''s better. They''ve come to question me again."
The next day, on the plane back to Memphis, Gasol looked at the newspaper and chuckled to himself.
In fact, not everyone doubts Gasol. After all, the best defensive player award is voted by the media. It''s just that during this period of time, the voice of doubt has overshadowed the voice of support.
"Don''t read the newspapers, especially the sports section. Otherwise, you may even wonder if the reporters have brains Link grabbed Gasol''s newspaper from the side, got the prize, and cared about what the reporters were doing.
"They said I couldn''t play in the NBA. What happened? We''re going to play the Western Conference semifinals now, mark! Pay attention and put those idiotic voices behind you Link said, put on the earphone for Gasol, let the Spaniard relax.
Pau Gasol nodded slightly and didn''t care what the reporters said.
Gasol was more willing to listen to the voices of people he trusted than reporters.
Seeing Gasol''s mood settle down, link is relieved.
Link, however, has no doubt about the gold content of Gasol''s best defensive player award. As Gasol''s teammate, link knows the importance of Gasol in defense.
It''s true that Pau Gasol doesn''t have that much athletic prowess, so his cover looks "soft.". However, 1.7 blocks per game is quite a lot. In the era when this rule is trying to protect offensive players, it is almost impossible for Mutombo to average more than three blocks per game.
And a lot of Gasol''s defensive ability is not reflected in the data, such as his cooperative defense, such as his deterrence in the forbidden area and so on.Indeed, the Grizzlies'' overall defense level is very high, which causes Gasol''s brilliance to be somewhat obscured. But link''s most intuitive feeling is that he is very relieved to leave his back to Gasol. Even if he is broken, link won''t worry too much. Because he knew that the penalty area was guarded by Spaniards.
In fact, the Gasol brothers have had such experiences in the NBA. In the first year when Gasol joined the Lakers, he was abused by garnet in the finals. At that time, Gasol was also questioned.
But it turns out that without Gasol, there would be no Kobe''s last two championships.
Link believes that after the second round of the series, doubts about Pau Gasol will gradually disappear.
Competitive sports, the results say everything. When the Grizzlies get out of the west, no one will question the gold content of Gasol, the best defensive player.
Now, link is more worried about the Clippers.
After Los Angeles 0-2 behind the Nuggets, the clippers have now tenaciously pulled the series total score to 2-2! Tonight, the Clippers are back at home and are likely to get match point in three games in a row!
Link sat back in his seat, turned on his computer and watched the Clippers'' two games.
After losing two home games in a row, the Clippers didn''t let themselves down. In the third game, with 13 points behind in the fourth quarter, the Clippers reversed the situation and won in the end.
The spirit of the Clippers'' tenacious struggle surprised link. Speaking of it, the Grizzlies won 68, and the Clippers seemed to have fought tenaciously to the end and did not admit defeat. In link''s impression, the clippers have always been a team in the playoffs. But at least until now, the Clippers are still strong.
Paul scored 35 points in Game 4 of the series! Beat ty Lawson so much that George Carr scolded him for being autistic.
Ty Lawson has always thought that he is also a superstar level player, but this game, no doubt, was taught by Paul, also let him see what is a real superstar.
Paul used to be active and independent attack only at the critical moment, other times are mainly in tandem. But in this game, he explained what "I can score if I want to".
The captain refused to capsize this time.
In the fourth game, in addition to Paul, Griffin, Billups, Barnes and others also played well.
As for the Nuggets, once they enter the fourth quarter, they are easy to collapse because there is no one who can be settled.
The Clippers'' two games in a row really played their part. If the Clippers reversed the Nuggets four times in a row to win the series, link would not be surprised.
But if you do run into such a fast ship, the grizzly bear will be quite tricky. Those who are not afraid of strong strength are afraid of those who will not die.
The second round of the series is likely to be more difficult than link initially expected.
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