{"id":153082,"date":"2020-06-17T22:24:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T20:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=153082"},"modified":"2020-06-17T22:24:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T20:24:02","slug":"christ-koumadje-named-2019-20-nba-g-league-defensive-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/christ-koumadje-named-2019-20-nba-g-league-defensive-player-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Christ Koumadje Named 2019-20 NBA G League Defensive Player Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delaware Blue Coats rookie center Christ Koumadje has been named the 2019-20 NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year, the NBA G League announced today. \u00a0He earned the honor in a vote by the league\u2019s 28 head coaches and general managers.<\/p>\n<p>Koumadje (7-4, 270, Florida State) led the NBA G League in blocked shots per game (4.0) and total blocks (133) to go with 11.3 points and 10.9 rebounds in 33 games.\u00a0 He ranked 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in the NBA G League in defensive rebounds per game (7.1).\u00a0 On Feb. 1, Koumadje recorded a triple-double with 18 points, 20 rebounds and an NBA G League season-high 12 blocks in a 111-103 road victory over the Erie BayHawks.<\/p>\n<p>Behind Koumadje, the Blue Coats topped the NBA G League in blocks per game (7.3), finished second in opponents\u2019 field goal percentage (44.0) and ranked ninth in defensive rating (107.4).<\/p>\n<p>A Chad native, the 23-year-old Koumadje joined the Blue Coats after participating in MGM Resorts NBA Summer League 2019 and the 2019 preseason with the Philadelphia 76ers.\u00a0 The Blue Coats are the NBA G League affiliate of the 76ers.<\/p>\n<p>Koumadje appeared in 33 of Delaware\u2019s 43 games this season. The NBA G League canceled the remainder of its 2019-20 season on June 4.\u00a0 The regular season was suspended on March 12 and had been scheduled to conclude on March 28.<\/p>\n<p>Canton Charge guard-forward Sir\u2019Dominic Pointer and Westchester Knicks forward Kenny Wooten finished second and third, respectively, in voting for the 2019-20 NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year Award.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"ht\" dir=\"ltr\">DPOY Christ Koumadje with the elite rim protection \ud83d\udcaa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FSUHoops?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FSUHoops<\/a> \u2197\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blue_coats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@blue_coats<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z40GUXcM7k\">pic.twitter.com\/Z40GUXcM7k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA G League (@nbagleague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbagleague\/status\/1273299371392630785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>All-Time NBA G League Defensive Players of the Year<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2019-20: Christ Koumadje (Delaware Blue Coats)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2018-19: Chris Boucher (Raptors 905)<\/p>\n<p>2017-18: Landry Nnoko (Grand Rapids Drive)<\/p>\n<p>2016-17: Edy Tavares (Raptors 905)<\/p>\n<p>2015-16: DeAndre Liggins (Sioux Falls Skyforce)<\/p>\n<p>2014-15: Aaron Craft (Santa Cruz Warriors)<\/p>\n<p>2013-14: DeAndre Liggins (Sioux Falls Skyforce)<\/p>\n<p>2012-13: Stefhon Hannah (Santa Cruz Warriors)<\/p>\n<p>2011-12: Stefhon Hannah (Dakota Wizards)<\/p>\n<p>2010-11: Chris Johnson (Dakota Wizards)<\/p>\n<p>2009-10: Greg Stiemsma (Sioux Falls Skyforce)<\/p>\n<p>2008-09: Brent Petway (Idaho Stampede)<\/p>\n<p>2007-08: Stephane Lasme (Los Angeles D-Fenders)<\/p>\n<p>Mouhamed Sene (Idaho Stampede)<\/p>\n<p>2006-07: Renaldo Major (Dakota Wizards)<\/p>\n<p>2005-06: Derrick Zimmerman (Austin Toros)<\/p>\n<p>2004-05: Derrick Zimmerman (Columbus Riverdragons)<\/p>\n<p>2003-04: Karim Shabazz (Charleston Lowgators)<\/p>\n<p>2002-03: Mikki Moore (Roanoke Dazzle)<\/p>\n<p>2001-02: Jeff Myers (Greenville Groove)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koumadje (7-4, 270, Florida State) led the NBA G League in blocked shots per game (4.0) and total blocks (133) to go with 11.3 points and 10.9 rebounds in 33 games<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[94],"tags":[13678,2724],"rumors":[],"typology":[187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-153082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-g-league","tag-christ-koumadje-en","tag-nba-g-league-en","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153082"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=153082"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=153082"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=153082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}