Opposition PPG with Andrei Kirilenko in Jazz lineup 78 (W) 80 (W) 82 (W) 91 (W) 104 (L) 93 (W) 105 (W) 107 (L) 107 (L) OT 79 (W) 76 (L) 101 (L) 80 (W) Average: 91 PPG Injured vs. San Antonio Opposition PPG Without Kirilenko 115 (L) 129 (L) OT 109 (L) 100 (L) 106 (L) 87 (W) OT Average: 107.6 PPG Difference in opposition PPG with / without AK47 : 16.6 PPG Andrei Kirilenko's stats through 14 games PPG: 14.8 RPG: 7.2 APG: 2.6 BPG: 4.43 SPG: 1.43 Ranks #1 in the NBA in BPG and blocks per 48 minutes (6.17). Remember, AK47 is a 6-9, 205 Small Forward. Are these numbers so far good enough for Defensive Player of the Year? Will Andrei Kirilenko be the Defensive Player of the Year?
Hope he comes back earlier and if he still putting this kind of numbers, I think he has highest chance to become defensive player of the year. (since artest is out) O my god...4.43 BPG that's crazy!
I see the difference Kirilenko's presence make but, what teams were they playing? That should be factored in as well.
Well those statistical drops were expected. Kirileno is not your every day defensive player. He's a very unorthodox player especially on the defensive end, and when you lose something like that it will really hurts, but in the Jazz case it hurts in virtually every statistical category. But as far as the Defensive Player Of The Year award goes, Kirileno is without a doubt leading for that award. Artest is done for the season, and Wallace isn't doing anything special that he hasn?t done before. So basically Kirileno is the only eye-appealing player for this award and what he's done thus far in the season I don't see why he wouldn?t be up there to win this award. However, this long absence will somewhat hurt his changes, because after he comes back he will have to work his way into top notch form. Knee injuries are a killer, and it will be a challenge for him to continue where he left off.
