DeAndre Jordan’s value to the Clippers can’t always be measured in the box score. When he’s not grabbing 20 boards a game or blocking multiple shots, he’s altering shots and clogging up the lane for the defense. It’s borderline criminal he has never been named defensive player of the year. His coach Doc Rivers agrees.
“He’s clearly the defensive player of the year,” Rivers said Sunday. “If anybody else gets that award, we need to have an investigation. … What he’s doing defensively, if he was doing that offensively, he would be recognized as the MVP or one of them, but because it’s defense, no one notices.”
H/T: ESPN
