The NBA announced that Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Evan Mobley has won the league's 2024-25 Kia Defensive Player of the Year award.
Mobley, who is in his fourth season in the pros, is having a career year as the Cavs are currently playing in the postseason as the Eastern Conference's No. 1 seed. The league's award voters widely agreed that Mobley's defensive prowess was the best of any player in the NBA, with him garnering 35 of the 100 possible first-place votes, 10 more than runner-up Dyson Daniels. In terms of points, which combines first-, second-, and third-place votes, Mobley had 285, Daniels 197.
