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ESPN.com's John Hollinger argues that Tyson Chandler is the frontrunner for Defensive Player of the Year.
I never thought I'd live to see the day when a prominent New York Knicks player was also massively underrated. Yet here we are.
What a refreshing turn of events. For nearly 20 years, the only interesting debate we've had about most Knicks players has been whether they're merely overrated or are phenomenally overrated. That's what happens in the league's biggest market, especially when the fans have been starved for more than a decade of both a superstar player and a consistent winner.
Given those circumstances, I would have thought it impossible for somebody to play well in the league's biggest market yet remain so far outside the hype zone. Yet somehow, one player has managed that feat.
Ask anyone who the Knicks' best player is, and chances are the person won't come up with the right answer until the fourth guess. New York's best player is not as famous as Jeremy Lin nor as glamorous as Carmelo Anthony, nor did he arrive with as much fanfare as Amare Stoudemire.
But as far as winning basketball games? Tyson Chandler is the guy, the one Knick who has proved to be absolutely indispensable in making the team relevant again.
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/16458/hollinger-tyson-chandler-deserves-dpoy
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He'd have to be in strong consideration, but I think that D'Antoni's tenure and the team's points allowed per game average might have it ending up in the lap of Ibaka.
I never thought I'd live to see the day when a prominent New York Knicks player was also massively underrated. Yet here we are.
What a refreshing turn of events. For nearly 20 years, the only interesting debate we've had about most Knicks players has been whether they're merely overrated or are phenomenally overrated. That's what happens in the league's biggest market, especially when the fans have been starved for more than a decade of both a superstar player and a consistent winner.
Given those circumstances, I would have thought it impossible for somebody to play well in the league's biggest market yet remain so far outside the hype zone. Yet somehow, one player has managed that feat.
Ask anyone who the Knicks' best player is, and chances are the person won't come up with the right answer until the fourth guess. New York's best player is not as famous as Jeremy Lin nor as glamorous as Carmelo Anthony, nor did he arrive with as much fanfare as Amare Stoudemire.
But as far as winning basketball games? Tyson Chandler is the guy, the one Knick who has proved to be absolutely indispensable in making the team relevant again.
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/16458/hollinger-tyson-chandler-deserves-dpoy
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He'd have to be in strong consideration, but I think that D'Antoni's tenure and the team's points allowed per game average might have it ending up in the lap of Ibaka.