Marcus Smart from the Boston Celtics, was voted NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2022, ending up being the very first Guard in 26 years to get this award. The last gamer to win this award was Gary Payton in the 1995-1996 season.
Smart ended up being the 2nd quarterback and the 8th Celtics gamer to be chosen for the award, signing up with Kevin Garnett, who was chosen for the 2007-2008 season.
His season achievements consisted of leading the Celtics to the league’s leading scoring defense (1062) and least points per video game (1045). They likewise held their challengers to the most affordable basket portion (434) and three-point basket portion (339).
Individually, he ranks seventh in the NBA in takes per video game, 6th in takes and initially in rebounding (1.1 per video game). He has 19 video games with 3 or more takes, consisting of 2 with a season-high (5 ).
Marcus Smart got the most choose top place (37), with 18 elect 2nd location and 18 choose 3rd location. Thanks to this, he gathered 257 points in the ranking. Next were: Phoenix Suns gamer Mikal Bridges (202 points) and Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (136 points).
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