With award frontrunner Victor Wembanyama sidelined for the season, the chase for the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy is wide open.

When the Spurs announced that Victor Wembanyama would miss the rest of the season with a blood clot in his shoulder, he was ...

Smart turns 31 next month. He’s still a below-grade offensive player, but his defense always has made up for any offensive ...

Smart gave Poole advice on defensive positioning. “He has the utmost respect being a Defensive Player of the Year,” Poole said. “So I’ve had my fair share of Marcus guarding me on the ...

Happy birthday, Marcus! It is also the birthday of former Celtic Michael Finley, born today in Melrose Park, Illinois in 1973 ...

Who would have told Marcus Smart just two years ago that he would end up playing for the team with the worst record in the ...

With the NBA season starting back up right after the All-Star break, Wembanyama felt like a lock to win the NBA's Defensive Player of the ... won the award since Marcus Smart did it with the ...

Washington Wizards Coach Brian Keefe has made one thing clear since his team acquired Marcus ... later, Smart again showed why he was the 2021-22 defensive player of the year by forcing a turnover ...

Cleveland ranks as one of the best teams in defensive efficiency and ... himself to guard the opposing team's best player. Like the year Marcus Smart won DPOY for Boston, Dort has a unique ...

The Washington Wizards traded for veteran point guard Marcus Smart at the deadline ... “He has the utmost respect being a Defensive Player of the Year,” Poole said via Robbins.

Victor Wembanyama was, until Thursday's news that he's expected to miss the rest of the season, a mortal lock to win Defensive Player ... Smart won in 2022. The Thunder might get that respect this ...