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Matt Barnes: It was too much for the league to give DPOY to Gasol. Jordan should have gotten it.

11:19pm, 21 November 2025Basketball

November 21 News Recently, former NBA player Matt Barnes talked about his former teammate DeAndre Jordan on the "AllTheSmoke" program.

Barnes said: "You have played for 17 years, 3 times in the best team, you are an All-Star, 2 times in the best defensive team, you should have won the Defensive Player of the Year Award. They gave the award to Marc (Gasol), that is nonsense, Mark is my brother, but DJ You should get that award."

In 2013, Gasol was elected as the best defensive player. The player who won the best defensive player was not a player in the defensive lineup. The first team was Tony Allen, Paul, James, Ibaka, Noah and Chandler (tied). Jordan himself was selected to the defensive lineup in 2015 and 2016.

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