Draymond Green says Victor Wembanyama shouldn't win DPOY despite leading the league in blocks and ranking 12th in steals. The Spurs rank 24th in team defense, and Green argues the award should go to players who actually move their team's defense, not just put up individual numbers.
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Wemby is 12th in the league in steals and 1st in blocks. And those are all great numbers. And as he continue on in his career and that team gets better, I don't think those numbers are going anywhere. I don't think Wemby's gonna block less shots. I don't think Wemby's gonna get less steals with his length. And so he'll have these numbers and he'll have opportunity to win Defensive Player of the Year. I personally don't think that is this year. Even if Rudy Gobert wasn't having the season that he's having and their team having the season that they're having, I still don't think you can give that award to somebody who's on 24th best defense in the league. If you are doing that, well then you gotta move the needle back for Jayson Tatum. It can't be, oh man, they gotta win a championship before Jayson Tatum can win MVP. You gotta move that needle back because clearly we're just moving the needle whenever we may, whenever we feel like we can. If you're going to give Victor the Defensive Player of the Year award, Hello.