“It’s a luxury to have a big that can clog up the middle like that, as athletic as he is, and also can block shots and rebound the ball the way he rebounds,” Scott said. Jordan is currently leading the league in rebounds with an absurd average of 14.9 per game and is 4th in blocked shots at 2.2 per game. His defensive improvement over the past 2 seasons has been very notable and he continues to get better since has just surpassed Draymond Green as the league leader in defensive win shares (5.1).
One important thing that to remember is that not all of Deandre's defensive work shows up on that stat sheet.
“He changes shots and he changes guys’ minds by going in there, because he’s such a presence,” Scott said. “It’s great to have a guy like that.”
It's become very clear over the past few months that the support for DJ's DPOY candidacy is growing quickly and will continue to do if he keeps doing what he's doing on the floor every night.
The Clippers organisation recently released a video promoting Deandre Jordan as DPOY with the intention of convincing and persuading any doubters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4I164tiVD0&feature=youtu.be
The Clippers allow the second fewest field goals per game at the rim in the league (10.2) and the fewest attempts per game at the rim (9.8) thanks in large part to Jordan, who also holds the longest active consecutive games played streak in the NBA at 319.
He hasn’t missed a regular season game since the 2010-11 season, and he could build on that if Rivers decides not to rest players down the stretch.
“I think that’s always up to the player,” Rivers said. “Some players, that’s very important to, to keep playing, and some it’s not.”
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