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1. Serge Ibaka (Oklahoma City Thunder)
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The Spanish national deserves to be on the top of the list and with his performance and statistics in this category he commands his place at the top. The man is a beast in the paint and feared in the league. He averaged a career high and league leading 3.7 bpg in just his third season in the league. Last year, once again, he averaged a league leading 3 bpg.
His extraordinary skills in blocking do not take OKC’s defense as high in the league as one would expect. Still his averages in bpg continued in the Playoffs and was a major reason behind OKC competing in the post-season even with Russell Westbrook out.
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Along with his shot blocking, his points and rebounds have improved too. He had a career year last season in points per game and rebounds. OKC would expect the same scale of improvement from the Spanish national this season in hopes of another shot at the title, with their hopes ending in a second round exit to the Grizzlies these Playoffs.
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