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The NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1982–83 NBA season to the best defensive player of the regular season.
May 7, 2024 · Take a look back at every Kia Defensive Player of the Year award winner in NBA history. From NBA.com Staff. Updated on May 7, 2024 3:39 PM. > NBA History: Awards. A year-by-year list of the Kia...
Full historical list of Defensive Player of the Year (Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy) winners.
May 7, 2024 · Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert is the recipient of the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy as the 2023-24 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, it was announced Tuesday on TNT.
Apr 17, 2023 · The Memphis big man was announced Monday night as the recipient of the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy as the 2022-23 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the second player to win the award...
Apr 18, 2022 · NEW YORK – Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has been named the 2021-22 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the NBA announced today. This marks the first NBA Defensive Player of the...
May 8, 2024 · Gobert, the Minnesota center, was announced Tuesday as the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year for a record-tying fourth time — joining Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace.
Aug 26, 2020 · Antetokounmpo was voted NBA Defensive Player of the Year on Tuesday, becoming the fifth player to win that award and MVP in a career. The All-Star, who was MVP last year and is the favorite to repeat this season, ended the two-year reign of Utah center Rudy Gobert as Defensive Player of the Year.
Apr 18, 2022 · The Celtics' Marcus Smart has been named NBA Defensive Player of the Year, with Mikal Bridges and Rudy Gobert finishing second and third, respectively.
Check out stats on every National Basketball Association Defensive Player of the Year winner on ESPN.com.
