It was announced on 4/27/07 that Marcus Camby won the defensive player of the year award in the NBA. I admit that he is a great shot-blocker. But it's not an award for most blocks in a season. It's an award for best defense/defender. To make my point, here's a quote from Bill Walton's commentary during the ESPN Game 3 broadcast of Nuggets vs. Spurs:

(and to set the scene, it's a fairly close game with just a few minutes to go in the fourth quarter, as the Spurs are bringing the ball up the floor)

"Can Nene stop Duncan in the paint...They got the switch now and Camby on the ball defense against Duncan. Not the strength in his game."

Nene was guarding Duncan for pretty much the whole game, and did a decent job by the way. When Camby got stuck on him when there was a switch on defense (at a very important part of the game), the color commentator felt the need to point out that Duncan had a big advantage because he just got stuck being defended by the DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

So my question is, what business does this guy have being the defensive player of the year? Yes, he's a great shot-blocker. Yes, he's a great help-defender. But if the experts calling the game think you are a lesser 1-on-1 defender than Nene Hilario...how are you the best defender in the league?