text: who would be the defensive player of the year besides big ben wallace? why?   well, i guess you could look at a guy like andrei kirilenko or bruce bowen once again.  i might even look at a guy like ron artest, but you're right, big ben is the class of the league defensively.  i personally like the interior defense of elden brand quite a bit, but he gets a lot of help from chris kamen and his team defensively isn't as consistent as the pistons, who were 17th in field goal percentage defense this year by the way.