By Joel Huerto
OneManFastBreak.net
New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler was recently named the 2012 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, breaking Dwight Howard's three-year stranglehold on the award. Chandler helped improve the Knicks defense significantly and was a big reason why the team earned a playoff berth despite numerous injuries. So why in the world was Chandler on the second team of the all-defensive teams? Much like the do-nothing Congress, the NBA coaches and media couldn't agree on who belongs on the list of top defenders.
The coaches had LeBron James, Serge Ibaka, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul and Tony Allen on the first team. Chandler was included in the second team, along with Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo, Luol Deng and Kobe Bryant. James and Ibaka deserve to be on the first team, but Howard should have swapped places with Chandler. And why is Kobe even on the second team? He’s not even the best defender on his own team.
To settle the debate, OneManFastBreak rates the 10 best defenders during the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season:
-- Joel Huerto is editor/publisher of OneManFastBreak.net. Follow him on Twitter @OneManFastBreak.
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