"It's an inopportune time to announce my candidacy for defensive player of the year, " Battier said.
Camby, a former leaguewide defensive player of the year, owns the second-best defensive rating on the team.
But then in 1987-88, Jordan was named both MVP and defensive player of the year, and Hubbard acknowledged his error.
Watt has been sensational and, in a crazy year for defensive studs, is clearly the Defensive Player of the Year.
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Lewis was the AP Defensive Player of the Year in 2000, when Baltimore won the Super Bowl title, and in 2003.
He was the 1999 NFL Defensive Player of the Year after helping Tampa Bay claim its first division title in 18 years.
The former Defensive Player of the Year and five-time All-Pro was the face of the Bears defense if not the entire franchise for 13 years.
Notes: Chandler was chosen to the Eastern Conference All-Star team on Thursday, the first selection for last year's Defensive Player of the Year.
He didn't put Allen, who finished fifth in voting for Defensive Player of the Year, on Durant until the final minutes of Game 2.
Tyson Chandler, the league's defensive player of the year last season, hasn't looked himself in weeks because of a bulging disk in his neck.
They won the Atlantic Sun tournament, and had the league's player of the year in Sherwood Brown and defensive player of the year in Bernard Thompson.
"Warren played the game with incredible ability and passion, " Buccaneers co-chairman Bryan Glazer said of the 1999 Defensive Player of the Year and Super Bowl XXXVII champ.
Early in his professional career, he mentioned casually to reporters that he hoped one day to be named defensive player of the year as well as most valuable player.
Kennedy was the 1992 Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year, when he had 14 sacks for the Seattle Seahawks, the team with whom he spent his entire 11-year career.
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During his career, the brash star, known for his crushing tackles and demonstrative pregame dance, was selected as an All-Pro 10 times and twice was the league's defensive player of the year.
Oladipo averaged 13.6 points and 6.4 rebounds this season, was the Big Ten's defensive player of the year and hit a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left to lift Indiana past Temple last weekend.
This time, it was Van Persie, the club captain and player of the year in the Premier League, and Song, a stalwart defensive midfielder.
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