By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-03-01 20:00:00
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
有一个身高7尺3寸，臂展8尺的空缺需要填补
去年11月，维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)被评为西部联盟的月度最佳防守球员。
文班亚马是年度最佳防守球员奖项的热门人选。甚至有人认为，在他新秀赛季，维克托比去年的年度最佳防守球员得主鲁迪·戈贝尔更配得上这个奖项。
随着文班亚马的深静脉血栓被发现，他的赛季提前结束，也开启了关于谁可能成为2025年年度最佳防守球员的讨论。
在周三晚上的转播中，瑞安·鲁科和詹姆斯·比拉斯提到，阿门·汤普森，他是1月份西部联盟的月度最佳防守球员，以及小贾伦·杰克逊，他是12月份西部联盟的月度最佳防守球员，是联盟中仅有的两位拥有60+盖帽和60+抢断的球员。
相比之下，文班在赛季突然结束后只有52次抢断，这就是他没有进入这个行列的原因。如果把这个数据改成50+抢断和60+盖帽，法国人就能上榜。如果改成50+抢断和150+盖帽，文班就独树一帜了。
在东部联盟，戴森·丹尼尔斯是11月份的月度最佳防守球员。他的3.1次抢断遥遥领先全联盟。
埃文·莫布里是12月份东部联盟的月度最佳防守球员。他目前在联盟盖帽榜上排名第九，但与文班一样，也没有进入抢断榜的前50名。
上个月，印第安纳步行者队的后卫安德鲁·内姆布哈德获得了东部联盟的月度最佳防守球员的荣誉。他场均1.3次抢断与小贾伦·杰克逊、德雷蒙德·格林和安东尼·戴维斯持平。能与这些球员并列固然不错，但他的盖帽数也较低。
说到防守，还有一种无形的因素。一名球员可以具有破坏性，封锁射手或迫使对方失误，而这些表现并不会计入任何一项主要数据统计中。文班可能是目前NBA中最好的例子，因为如果球员们没有因为他的存在而放弃投篮，他的盖帽数会更高。一次又一次，他伸长的手臂迫使最有能力的三分射手将球转移。而且，数不清的次数里，球员们在准备上篮时都会三思而后行，仅仅因为他们在后视镜里看到了文班。
随着赛季临近尾声，这种无形的品质很可能会影响讨论，并最终将年度最佳防守球员的奖杯颁给一位在赛季初可能没有想到自己能获得这份荣誉的球员。
点击查看原文：Open Thread: With Victor Wembanyama not available, the Defensive Player of the Year award is wide open
Open Thread: With Victor Wembanyama not available, the Defensive Player of the Year award is wide open
There’s a 7’3” with an 8’ wingspan void to fill
In November, Victor Wembanyama was named the first Western Conference Defensive Player of the Month.
Wemby was the presumptive favorite for the Defensive Player of the Year. It has even been argued that in his rookie season, Victor was more deserving than last year’s DPOY recipient Rudy Gobert.
With the discovery of Wembanyama’s deep vein thrombosis, his season has ended opening the conversation on who could now be in the running for 2025’s Defensive Player of the Year.
During Wednesday night’s telecast, Ryan Ruocco and James Bilas mentioned that Amen Thompson, who was January’s Western Conference Defensive Player of the Month, and Jaren Jackson, Jr., December’s Western Conference Defensive Player of the Month, were the only two players in the league to have 60+ blocks and 60+ steals.
By comparison, Wemby had 52 steals when his season abruptly ended, which is why he isn’t in that category. Make that stat 50+ steals and 60+ blocks and the Frenchman makes the list. Make it 50+ steals and 150+ blocks and Wemby is in a category all his own.
In the Eastern Conference, Dyson Daniels was the first DPOM in November. His 3.1 steals handily leads the league.
Evan Mobley was the Eastern Conference’s DPOM for December. He currently ranks ninth in the league for blocks, but like Wemby, doesn’t crack the top 50 in steals.
Last month Indiana Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard took the DPOM honors for the East. His 1.3 steals per game matches Jaren Jackson, Jr., Draymond Green, and Anthony Davis. Great company to be in, but he is also lower in the blocks count.
When it comes to defense, there is also an intangible element. A player can be disruptive, shutting down shooters or forcing turnovers without a tally going into one of the two major categories. Wemby is probably the best example in the current NBA as his block count is lower than it would be if players didn’t opt out of shots in his presence. Time and time again, his extended arms cause the most able three-point shooters to send it around the horn. And on more occasions than can be counted, players have thought twice about taking a lay-up just because they have Wemby in the rearview.
It will most likely be that sort of intangible quality that helps shape the discussion as the season winds down and see the Defensive Player of the Year trophy handed to a player who most likely didn’t see the honor coming back at the beginning of the season.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock