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Drafted 35th overall out of Michigan State in 2012, 4x NBA All-Star, 2016-17 #KiaDPOY, and now 4x NBA CHAMPION in Year 10... Draymond Green! #NBA75 Marcus Smart of the receives the 2021-2022 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award from Gary Payton! #KiaDPOY
He is the first guard to receive the award since Gary Payton in the 1995-96 season. Giannis | PG | Gobert
Your finalists for #KiaDPOY 🚫 Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon as the only players in NBA history to win #KiaMVP and #KiaDPOY in the same season! After Marcus Smart tweeted only guards with the initials GP could win #KiaDPOY, Gary Payton showed up in person to present him with the award 🙌
#NBAAwards Here are your 2021-22 #KiaDPOY finalists:
Mikal Bridges
Rudy Gobert
Marcus Smart
#NBAAwards Here are the 2020-21 #KiaDPOY finalists…
⭐️ Rudy Gobert
⭐️ Ben Simmons
⭐️ Draymond Green
#NBAAwards With his 2020-21 #KiaDPOY win, Rudy Gobert becomes the 4th player to win the award at least 3 times, joining Dikembe Mutombo (four), Ben Wallace (four) and Dwight Howard (three). The surprised with the #KiaDPOY trophy 👏 The Greek Freak was locked in all season 💪🔒
Congratulations to Giannis on winning the 2019-20 #KiaDPOY | #NBAAwards Drafted 15th overall out of Greece in 2013, 2016-17 #KiaMIP, 2019-20 #KiaDPOY, 5x NBA All-Star, 2x #KiaMVP... & now NBA CHAMPION in Year 8.
First-time champ with the and first-time Bill Russell #NBAFinals MVP... Giannis Antetokounmpo! #ThatsGame