With the preseason coming to a close Victor averaged nearly 3 blocks with 5 boards in only 20 mins played. JJJ, the reigning DPOY averaged 3 blocks with nearly 7 rebounds in 28 mins played.

If Victor increases his rebounding numbers and keeps playing at this level do you think he may have a real chance to be the first rookie to win DPOY?

  • OkKindheartedness769@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Even excluding the overall defensive performance of the Spurs, rookies with great individual stats tend to not get votes for the major trophies even hyped ones

    The Admiral, Shaq, Yao, Marc Gasol, Kawhi, AD, Embiid, Mobley all got 0 votes for DPOY as a rookie

    Dwight got one 5th place vote and Duncan got 4 1st place votes is as close as anyone’s got in 30 years. Wemby could average 14 boards and 3.5 blocks which is exactly what Shaq did on a bad team wouldn’t matter