"First Team All-Defense: Su Wan, Kobe, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Shawn Battier;"
"Second Team All-Defense: Chris Paul, Artest, Tim Duncan, Rajon Rondo, Wade;"
Su Wan, Kobe, and Howard were the players who made it to both the "First Team" and "First Team All-Defense" this year.
However, the competition for the "Best Defensive Player Award" between Su Wan and Howard concluded with the Eastern Conference Finals about to begin, and Su Wan narrowly lost with a 35.4% vote share to Howard's 36.7%.
There might have been just a difference of 1 or 2 "first-place votes" between the two.
Seeing this result, Barkley commented, "Su Wan has essentially reserved next season's 'Defensive Player of the Year'!"
Since the loss was too much of a pity.
According to the unwritten rules of the NBA, as long as Su Wan's performance does not decline too drastically next season, he will get compensation in the form of the "Defensive Player of the Year" award.
