Rivers says DeAndre Jordan is clearly the defensive player of the year

Doc Rivers said DeAndre Jordan must be named Defensive Player of the Year this season.

The big man No. 1 in the league in field goal percentage (72.0) and rebounds per game (14.2), and is third in blocks (2.3). Only six players since 1985-86 have averaged that many rebounds in a full season and Jordan's field goal percentage is the second-highest single-season mark in NBA history. 

Per The Score, "He's clearly the defensive player of the year," Rivers said, according toArash Markazi of ESPN. "If anybody else gets that award, we need to have an investigation. ... What he's doing defensively, if he was doing that offensively, he would be recognized as the MVP or one of them, but because it's defense, no one notices."