With award frontrunner Victor Wembanyama sidelined for the season, the chase for the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy is wide open.

When the Spurs announced that Victor Wembanyama would miss the rest of the season with a blood clot in his shoulder, he was -2000 to win Defensive Player of the Year. The French phenom was the largest ...

Feb 24, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 Updated Feb 24, 2025 0 Former Oklahoma State basketball star Marcus Smart was a beloved Boston Celtic. The 2022 NBA Defensive Player of the Year. A vital member of Celtic ...

Smart gave Poole advice on defensive positioning. “He has the utmost respect being a Defensive Player of the Year,” Poole said. “So I’ve had my fair share of Marcus guarding me on the ...

Happy birthday, Marcus! It is also the birthday of former Celtic Michael Finley, born today in Melrose Park, Illinois in 1973 ...

Who would have told Marcus Smart just two years ago that he would end up playing for the team with the worst record in the ...

Marcus Smart lived in a perfect world before ... We saw this in Boston as he was a key piece to their puzzle. He even won the Defensive Player of the Year there in 2022. They relied on him very ...

Cleveland ranks as one of the best teams in defensive efficiency and ... himself to guard the opposing team's best player. Like the year Marcus Smart won DPOY for Boston, Dort has a unique ...

With the NBA season starting back up right after the All-Star break, Wembanyama felt like a lock to win the NBA's Defensive Player of the ... won the award since Marcus Smart did it with the ...

Victor Wembanyama was, until Thursday's news that he's expected to miss the rest of the season, a mortal lock to win Defensive Player ... Smart won in 2022. The Thunder might get that respect this ...