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Nick Young REALLY wants to win Defensive Player of the Year

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During the Los Angeles Lakers' close Wednesday night loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, a lot of people were forced to become aware of something that has been a reality for most of the year: Nick Young has actually played fairly well on defense this season. Perhaps it is just that he is being compared to guys like Lou Williams and Marcelo Huertas (whose respective defensive styles can be best be described as "literally a chair might be better" and "how are his ankles not actually broken yet"), but Young has shown improved effort and skill on that end of the floor.