Who would be the NBA Defensive player of the year this season?

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Who would be the NBA Defensive player of the year
this season?

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More than half of the NBA season is done away
with, while Utah Jazz remains the best team in
the league so far, others are gaining ground
slowly and steadily. However, any NBA title
winner would tell you defense still remains an
important pillar for success and as the age-old
saying goes defense wins the match, while the
offense is important as well but it wouldn't mean
anything without a good defense system in place.
Defense is a team effort in the end but we
cannot truly undermine individual efforts and
hence bring to you an evaluation of the defensive
players of this season who have caught our
attention.
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Philadelphia 76ers Ben Simmons- Philadelphia
76ers are at the top this season with a great
record in the Eastern Conference and under Doc
Rivers they seem to be thriving after being
eliminated from the first round of the playoffs
last season by Celtics. Ben Simmons has played an
important role in Sixers success so far this
season with great defensive work.
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the most noteworthy of his work was his stellar
work while holding off Damian Lillard, and soon
after that, he delivered against Dallas Luka
Doncic who was stunned with his work on the
court. So far, he has an average of 6.2 Defensive
Rebounds and 7.9 Rebounds with 0.7 Blocks and 1.5
Steals per game his numbers so far remain close
to his career average.
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Utah Jazzs Rudy Gobert, Rudy Gobert is a
two-time Defensive Player of the Year award
winner and continues to be a part of the list
that features best defenders of the current NBA
season. The Jazz player comes in the category of
rim protectors and plays the part quite well.
Gobert has the ability to inspire a good
defensive play leaving their opponents starving
for points as rarely does he lets the ball pass
by him.
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He is in contention for the third Defensive
Player of the Year award as he continues to have
a good season. He is lethal this season as well
and has posted better numbers from his career
averages, he has an average of 9.8 Defensive
Rebounds and 13.3 Rebounds with 2.9 Blocks and
0.5 Steals. He has the second-highest Rebounds
after Clint Capela and has the second-highest
Blocks as well after Myles Turner who leads with
3.5.
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• Indiana Pacers Myles Turner
• One of the best rim protectors in the NBA, he has
  remained in form for Indiana Pacers this season.
  Currently he is leading the league with 3.5
  blocks per night and is being followed by Gobert.
  The 6-foot-11 center player put on a defensive
  performance of the season against Mavericks in
  March that put him in contention for Defensive
  Player of the year while for some Rudy Gobert or
  Ben Simmons remains favorites but Myles Turner
  has carved a place for himself in the list by
  taking his game to the next level this season. He
  has hit his career-high numbers in blocks, and
  has averaged 5.1 Defensive Rebounds per game with
  6.5 Rebounds and 0.9 Steals per game

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• Philadelphia 76ers Joel Embiid
• No wonder the Sixers are leading the show in the
  East with two of their players making the best
  defensive players list this season. Doc has
  effectively worked on their defense and groomed
  Joel Embiid for the role and the player wants to
  win Defensive Player of the Year and is making
  the play for it. The Big man on average has 9.3
  Defensive rebounds with 11.5 rebounds per game,
  1.4 Blocks and 1.2 steals per game and is doing
  better than his career average this season and
  wishes to win Defensive Player of the Year this
  season.

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Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James, With AD
sidelined for a major part of the season, James
has been leading the team and was part of the top
5 in blocks, defensive rebounds, field-goal
percentage, opponents free throw attempts and
opponents effective field-goal percentage as
well before he too was sidelined due to an injury.
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James has been a key part of Lakers defense for
the second season this time. His build, strength,
ability to lead the team has helped the Lakers
claim the title last season after a 10-year
break. But he has the ability to even hold off
players like Stephen Curry, Kyle Kuzma which
makes him part of the defense list. He even held
Nikola Jokic one time to post his worst numbers
of the season which further fueled his chances to
be considered as a defensive player. This season
he has an average of 7.3 Defensive rebounds, 7.9
rebounds with 0.6 blocks, and 1 Steal per game.
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