No surprise here – KG won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award.
Garnett received 493 points, including 90 first-place votes. Camby, who won the award last season, finished second with 178 points and Battier had 175 points.
Garnett changed the culture in Boston, especially on the defensive end. The Celtics went from being one of the worst defensive teams in the league to one of the (if not the) stingiest.
I’m now two for two in my year-end award predictions, though this and the Sixth Man award were no-brainers.
I love the way KG plays the game. I had the opportunity to sit from press row a couple times when he was still with Minnesota and the guy hustles on every play both offensively and defensively.
This award is well deserved.
Thats why he is the ” BIG TICKET “