2025 NBA awards finalists Most Valuable Player: Nikola Jokić, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander , Giannis Antetokounmpo Defensive Player of the Year: Dyson Daniels , Draymond Green , Evan Mobley ...

Gary Payton explained why he firmly believes it’s very unlikely that a pure point guard would ever win the NBA’s Defensive ...

The NBA Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) award was introduced in the 1982-83 season. A panel of 124 broadcasters and sportswriters from across the United States and Canada select the best ...

LeBron James and Steve Nash discussed an intriguing change in the NBA's award system. In recent years, the league has added ...

Our panel sees Pritchard winning the Sixth Man award with ease, with the fifth-year guard averaging 14.3 points and 3.5 assists in 28.4 minutes off the bench for the Celtics, while shooting 40.7% ...

The NBA was set to announce this season's defensive player of the year on Thursday night, with Atlanta's Dyson Daniels, Golden State's Draymond Green and Cleveland's Evan Mobley the three finalists.

With the fourth-ranked defense in the league, we had several viable candidates for our Defensive Player of the Year Award. But we had to hand it to the guy who solidified his status as the best ...

On Sunday, the NBA revealed the finalists for each of the seven end-of-season awards: Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, Sixth Man of the ...