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.

While Smart is known to be one of the best defenders in the league, his tenure in Memphis has been utterly disappointing. In ...

"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 ...

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

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 ...

There’s not a day I don’t think about Marcus Smart. You might think I’m exaggerating, but my friends in France would confirm that I talk about him on a daily basis. When he was drafted in ...

At the end of the season, besides the DPOY award, the NBA decides the players that are on the first and second All-Defensive ...

Jaylen Williams and Jaylen Brown suggest the league should introduce a separate DPOY for guards. Is it necessary?

The Grizzlies announced Friday that Smart (finger) is progressing well in his rehabilitation and is now considered week-to-week.

Smart is averaging 9.2 points, 3.9 assists, and 1.3 steals this season, playing a career-low 21.9 minutes per night. The 2021-22 NBA Defensive Player of the Year has played just 18 games this ...