I agree, I thought he should not have won either. Grizz had such good team defense that year, Gasol was given more credit than he deserved. But that was somewhat of my point. How can he be considered underrated still but winning an award that is debatable if he deserved it?
Because it isn't debateable he deserved it to anyone really.
Last year he missed 23 games, Memph was 10-13 in those games. In games he has played the last 2 years they've won 2/3rds of their games roughly. Their defensive #s aren't even close with/without him in the lineup.