Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels recently talked about his odds at winning the 2024-25 NBA Defensive Player of the Year (league leader in steals).
(via Atlanta Hawks):
“It’s cool just to be mentioned, my name, have it be mentioned in that category. Coming into the season, my goal was to be First Team All-Defense; and now the goal is Defensive Player of the Year. I think going out there: You can go for MVP, you can go put up shots, but defense, you’re not a detriment to the team if you’re playing defense. It’s gonna help the team, so there’s no real stat padding on defense. It’s going out there and it’s just making plays. For me, yeah, it’s a possibility, but I’m not too zoned in on it. I just wanna win games and playoffs is what we’re trying to get to. So, we need to win some more games.”
