The NBA recently conducted an anonymous player poll, in which up to 141 players participated by voting on various questions, ranging from who is the greatest player of all time (spoiler: it’s Michael Jordan) to who should win the MVP title this season (Nikola Jokic). , closely followed by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander). However, there were also questions that some Spurs received votes for. Starting with the most relevant today, Victor Wembanyama came first in the “Best Defender” category with 15.2% of the votes (or approximately 20 votes out of 132).
This shouldn’t be too surprising from a player’s perspective since, unlike Defensive Player of the Year voters, they’ve faced it head-on and know what it’s like, but perhaps even more interesting is that presumptive DPOY favorite Rudy Gobert is on the decline. is 6th, and the third finalist, Bam Adebayo, is 8th. I don’t know what else to say about this other than #justsayin.
Wemby also emerged as the player most players would want to build a roster with, followed very closely by Jokic. This would make both players almost uncontrollable in their own way while still being selfless and sympathetic personalities. It would just be a matter of age and whether you were aiming to win now or a little later.
Gregg Popovich also appeared in the two coaches players would most and least want to play for. I was never able to get a screenshot of the first one, but he came in second to Eric Spoelstra with 18.8% of the votes, or about 25 of the 133 players who answered this question. Hilariously, he also received 5 votes as the coach players would least like to play for – maybe these are players who don’t want to be yelled at or have their minutes managed – but that’s not very close to the 46.8% that Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau got. .
I guess the hatred of Thibs comes not only from the fact that he is an intense screamer, but more so, he plays with fewer players and on heavy minutes, so it’s harder to get playing time under him , but when you do, be prepared to go hard. each night. (Fairly or not, the history of his oft-injured star players is tied to the heavy minutes load he makes them play.) Doc Rivers is also far behind, perhaps the players know he won’t hesitate not to throw them under fire. bus.
Finally, there are the most underrated and overrated players in the NBA. Although no current Spur appeared in the underrated poll, a former Spur favorite, Derrick White, led the way, tied with the Thunder’s Jalen Williams.
For the most overrated, it was Gobert again (are the players trying to say something to the media?), followed by Jordan Poole and perhaps the most controversial name on Spurs social media at the moment (without it’s his fault): Trae Young. This screenshot also captured the “votes also received” at the bottom, and Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell each received a lost photo. It’s kind of interesting considering they’ve had relatively obscure careers so far to catch criticism from opposing players (or maybe it’s a former teammate), but Vassell mostly makes no sense . If the reason is the extension of his contract, it has not yet taken effect, so what can we judge?
What do you think, Pounders? Do you agree or disagree with the results? Am I missing something (since I’m admittedly too frugal to pay for subscriptions and rely on other people’s screenshots)? Feel free to discuss it in the comments below.
