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pilight
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Posted: 09/12/17 2:05 pm ::: Alana Beard: DPOY |
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http://www.wnba.com/news/los-angeles-alana-beard-named-2017-wnba-defensive-player-year/
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Beard received 28 votes from a national panel of 40 sportswriters and broadcasters. Three-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Sylvia Fowles of the Minnesota Lynx finished second with five votes, while two-time winner Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury was third with four votes. Sparks forward Candace Parker earned two votes and Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas received one vote. |
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ucbart
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Posted: 09/12/17 2:13 pm ::: Re: Alana Beard: DPOY |
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pilight wrote: |
http://www.wnba.com/news/los-angeles-alana-beard-named-2017-wnba-defensive-player-year/
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Beard received 28 votes from a national panel of 40 sportswriters and broadcasters. Three-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Sylvia Fowles of the Minnesota Lynx finished second with five votes, while two-time winner Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury was third with four votes. Sparks forward Candace Parker earned two votes and Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas received one vote. |
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Candace Parker got two votes for DPOY? Who has a vote, her mom and Holly Warlick? What a joke.
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dtsnms
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Posted: 09/12/17 2:19 pm ::: |
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and Parker didn't make first or second team all defensive team.
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pilight
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Posted: 09/12/17 2:25 pm ::: |
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dtsnms wrote: |
and Parker didn't make first or second team all defensive team. |
It's two different groups doing the voting. DPOY is media chosen while the All Defense teams are picked by the coaches. You may recall in 2012 Angel McCoughtry finished second in All Defense voting but was left off of the All Defense teams.
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Posted: 09/12/17 2:57 pm ::: |
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Congrats to Alana. Well deserved!
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boom*NNEKA*nneka
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Posted: 09/12/17 5:07 pm ::: |
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Congrats to AB! Very well deserved. Like a fine wine, she gets better with age. Really hope that she decides to give it another go next season as she appears to be in phenomenal shape! |
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Posted: 09/12/17 6:00 pm ::: |
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Yes, if I'm an opposing coach I don't want my star guard to have to face AB. We'll see what she does with DT tonight.
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toad455
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Posted: 09/12/17 6:11 pm ::: |
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Beard should have multiples of this award. Glad she finally got one.
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tfan
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Posted: 09/12/17 6:55 pm ::: |
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Libra_Girl
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Posted: 09/12/17 8:14 pm ::: |
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Congrats AB!
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ClayK
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Posted: 09/13/17 9:32 am ::: |
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As a member of the media (more or less), I will say that the media's ability to assess defensive ability is more than zero -- though not by much.
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pilight
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Posted: 09/13/17 3:38 pm ::: |
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Beard is the oldest DPY since Lisa Leslie in 2008
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Posted: 09/13/17 11:24 pm ::: |
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Alana, the Minister of Defense!
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