Very few teams in NBA history have been as dominant as the Oklahoma City Thunder have defensively this year. Boasting the ...

Marcus Smart is revealed to be the 2021-22 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year at Celtics practice with a special guest appearance by Gary Payton.

Now, here's Prince J. Grimes. Marcus Smart and Gary Payton. Those are the last two guards to win the NBA's Defensive Player ...

Jalen Williams (Jaylen Brown, too) thinks there should be two DPOY awards: one for those paint beasts and perimeter pests.

Returning from injury, Marcus Smart has been playing with ... rebounding and forcing turnovers. Defensively, Smart complements reigning DPOY Jaren Jackson Jr., providing flexibility at the point ...

"You play D the way it's supposed to (be played)," Gary Payton Sr. said to the Celtics guard in 2022. In 2022, when Marcus Smart—then with the Boston Celtics and now with the Memphis Grizzlies ...

Remains out ...

The Memphis Grizzlies made a significant trade in the 2023 offseason, acquiring 2021-22 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart from the Boston Celtics. While Smart is known to be one of the ...

"I understand what it takes," the former Boston Celtics guard said upon arrival in Memphis. The young roster's tremendous growth (before the cursed 2023-24 season) has led it to intense battles ...

Draymond Green didn't agree with Williams' bold proposal but still believes changes need to be made to the DPOY voting ...

Clever steals, impressive blocks at the rim and loose-ball dives show why Marcus Smart was last season's Kia Defensive Player of the Year.

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams was a guest on The Young Man and The Three podcast where he suggested the idea of a second Defensive Player of the Year award for perimeter defenders ...