When is defensive player of the year awarded

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Select the first team from the drop down menu. Clippers L. Select the second team from the drop down menu. The versatility he has on defense to guard opposing wings and not back down to forwards is what makes him so valuable as an on-ball defender. With a 6-foot frame, Simmons clogs up passing lanes. He led the NBA in steals with over two per game in the season. If Simmons were to leave the 76ers in a trade and help his new team take a leap defensively, he could also have a claim to the award.

That scenario might actually be more impressive than looking like another good defender on a Philadelphia roster stacked with them. Credit would be easier to dole out if Simmons lands on a new team. Antetokounmpo prevented Gobert from winning four straight DPOY awards when he won it for the season. The reigning Finals MVP will actually have more on his plate defensively this year following the departure of specialist P. Tucker, who started alongside him during the playoffs.

That increased responsibility could allow him to flounder or flourish, though Milwaukee is not lacking for stout defenders.

Antetokounmpo will have to take his defensive presence to a new level to recapture the DPOY title. The 7-foot-1 Frenchman beat out the other two finalists -- Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green -- by a more than comfortable margin, receiving 84 of the possible first-place votes and a total of points. Simmons finished second to Gobert with points, getting 15 first-place votes and the most second-place votes Green, a former Defensive Player of the Year, didn't land a first-place vote, but received the most third-place votes 37 en route to finishing third overall with 76 points.

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo, who came in fourth, was the only player other than Gobert and Simmons to receive a first-place vote.