Anthony Davis will end yet another season without a Defensive Player of the Year award. On Tuesday, the NBA announced that Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is the Defensive Player of the Year for the 2019-20 season. This is Antetokounmpo’s first time winning the award.
Davis received the second-most first place votes, but it was still 61 first-place votes less than Antetokounmpo, who led the league in both defensive win shares (5.0) and defensive box plus-minus (4.1), according to Basketball Reference. The Milwaukee Bucks also had the best defensive rating (102.