The San Antonio Spurs' Kawhi Leonard, who became only the sixth forward to lead the NBA in steals per game since the league started tracking the statistic 42 years ago, is the recipient of the 2014-15 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, the NBA announced today. He becomes the first Spurs player to win the award since David Robinson in 1991-92.
Leonard collected 37 in front of the rest of the competition votes and 333 aggregate focuses from a board of 129 sportswriters and supporters all through the United States and Canada. He edged the Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green, who tallied 45 in front of the rest of the competition votes and 317 focuses. The Los Angeles Clippers' DeAndre Jordan completed third with 261 focuses (32 in front of the pack votes). Players were granted five focuses for every in front of the pack vote, three focuses for every second-place vote and one point for every third-place vote got.
The 6-7 Leonard found the middle value of profession highs of 2.31 takes and 5.9 cautious bounce back to help grapple a Spurs resistance that held rivals under 100 focuses every diversion (97.0) for the 20th continuous season. As per NBA.com/Stats, San Antonio positioned third in the NBA in cautious rating, permitting 99.6 focuses every 100 belonging. The Spurs surrendered just 97.1 focuses every 100 belonging when Leonard was on the court, a guarded rating that would have driven the group over the whole season. At the point when Leonard was off the court, however, San Antonio allowed 102.2 focuses every 100 belonging, a group normal guarded rating.
As a component of its backing of the Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, Kia Motors America (KMA) will give an all-new and more proficient than any time in recent memory 2016 Kia Sorento LX CUV to Respite Care of San Antonio, Inc. - which gives consideration to youngsters with unique needs who have been taken into defensive authority as an aftereffect of misuse and disregard - for Leonard. Kia Motors will exhibit a Sorento to the philanthropy of decision of each of five 2014-15 year-end honor victors as a feature of the Kia NBA Performance Awards. After this season, Kia Motors will have given an aggregate of 38 new vehicles to magnanimous associations since its backing of the NBA's prestigious respects started in 2008.
The 2014-15 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award is a piece of the Kia NBA Performance Awards, a progression of oncourt execution grants. The arrangement, in its eighth season, is a piece of a multiyear showcasing organization in the middle of KMA and the NBA, and incorporates five of the alliance's most prestigious year-end respects: Kia Most Valuable Player, Kia Defensive Player of the Year, Kia Sixth Man Award, Kia Most Improved Player and Kia Rookie of the Year. The arrangement additionally incorporates the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month and the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month amid the normal season.
Leonard collected 37 in front of the rest of the competition votes and 333 aggregate focuses from a board of 129 sportswriters and supporters all through the United States and Canada. He edged the Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green, who tallied 45 in front of the rest of the competition votes and 317 focuses. The Los Angeles Clippers' DeAndre Jordan completed third with 261 focuses (32 in front of the pack votes). Players were granted five focuses for every in front of the pack vote, three focuses for every second-place vote and one point for every third-place vote got.
The 6-7 Leonard found the middle value of profession highs of 2.31 takes and 5.9 cautious bounce back to help grapple a Spurs resistance that held rivals under 100 focuses every diversion (97.0) for the 20th continuous season. As per NBA.com/Stats, San Antonio positioned third in the NBA in cautious rating, permitting 99.6 focuses every 100 belonging. The Spurs surrendered just 97.1 focuses every 100 belonging when Leonard was on the court, a guarded rating that would have driven the group over the whole season. At the point when Leonard was off the court, however, San Antonio allowed 102.2 focuses every 100 belonging, a group normal guarded rating.
As a component of its backing of the Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, Kia Motors America (KMA) will give an all-new and more proficient than any time in recent memory 2016 Kia Sorento LX CUV to Respite Care of San Antonio, Inc. - which gives consideration to youngsters with unique needs who have been taken into defensive authority as an aftereffect of misuse and disregard - for Leonard. Kia Motors will exhibit a Sorento to the philanthropy of decision of each of five 2014-15 year-end honor victors as a feature of the Kia NBA Performance Awards. After this season, Kia Motors will have given an aggregate of 38 new vehicles to magnanimous associations since its backing of the NBA's prestigious respects started in 2008.
The 2014-15 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award is a piece of the Kia NBA Performance Awards, a progression of oncourt execution grants. The arrangement, in its eighth season, is a piece of a multiyear showcasing organization in the middle of KMA and the NBA, and incorporates five of the alliance's most prestigious year-end respects: Kia Most Valuable Player, Kia Defensive Player of the Year, Kia Sixth Man Award, Kia Most Improved Player and Kia Rookie of the Year. The arrangement additionally incorporates the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month and the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month amid the normal season.
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