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Some Jazz mentions. None of the voters went with Rudy Gobert for their DPOY predictions. Not a single one.

@davidjsmith1232 I worry that Rudy is going to have one of his best seasons and be completely overlooked because of voter fatigue.

@Dunzod @davidjsmith1232 I'm not worried about that happening, because it probably will. If Rudy has one of his best seasons I'll be thrilled.

@buckleupjazz @davidjsmith1232 worried more for Rudy's sake. The dude gets so much unwarranted 💩 from everyone. Getting those DPOY trophies are a nice reminder that he's not completely overlooked

@Dunzod @davidjsmith1232 And I think unfortunately game 6 against the clippers last year will hurt him in the voting this year. Makes no sense but people will talk about it when discussing it