M.V.P - Steve Nash Rookie Of The Year - Chris Paul Most Improved - Morris Peterson Defensive Player Of The Year - Kirilenko 6th Man - Jerry Stackhouse Coach Of The Year - Avery Johnson
MVP: Kobe Bryant ROY: Chris Paul MIP: David West DPOY: Ben Wallace 6th Man: Mike Miller COY: Flip Saunders
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Brian:</div><div class="quote_post">no one has larry brown for their COY? hmmm........weird.</div> He's done a damn good job, but not as good as Avery or Flip.
MVP: Steve Nash, MVP should only be from an elite team, which narrows down the choices to Nash and Billups. I chose Nash because he is much more important to Phoenix than Billups is to Detroit, not a knock on Billups though. ROY: Chris Paul, no explanation necessary. MIP: Boris Diaw, David West probably improved just as much but Diaw is much more popular and well known. DPOY: Ben Wallace, he sort of gets the award by default, Artest and Camby both missed long stretches of the season and I don't think anyone else really played better defensively than Big Ben. 6th Man: Mo Williams, averaging 12.8 ppg, 4.1 apg, and several clutch plays for Milwaukee. It seems like everyone forgot about this guy after the first half of the season. Mike Miller is my second choice. COY: Avery Johnson, Flip Saunders has done a good job with Detroit but he inherited a virtually flawless team. Avery has changed the Mavs into a very good defensive team and improved their record significantly.
MVP: Steve Nash ROY: Chris Paul MIP: David West DPOY: Ron Artest 6th Man: Caron Butler COY: Avery Johnson
MVP: Dirk Nowitzki ROY: Chris Paul MIP: David West DPOY: Ron Artest 6th Man: Mike Miller COY: Avery Johnson
These are predictions, then my picks/explanations. MVP: Billups - I would still take Nash (narrowly over Wade and Dirk), but the record is where they will separate them. ROY: Chris Paul - no question here MIP: Diaw - but then, who really knows how good he was in Atlanta? Still, his stats are impressive and his flexibility is rediculous DPOY: B Wallace - I would say AK-47 narrowly over Big Ben though. Ron Artest? C'Mon! He missed over a quarter of the season because he injured his ego. 6th Man: Mike Miller - but Mo Williams is dern close. COY: Avery Johnson - I agree with Run on this one. And he deserves it! Name a more commited coach. I dare ya. >j<
M.V.P - Kobe Bryant Rookie Of The Year - Chris Paul Most Improved - Boris Diaw Defensive Player Of The Year - Ben Wallace 6th Man - Caron Butler Coach Of The Year - Avery Johnson
M.V.P - Kobe Bryant Rookie Of The Year - Chris Paul Most Improved - Boris Diaw Defensive Player Of The Year - Bruce Bowen 6th Man - derno Coach Of The Year - Avery Johnson
I noticed that not much has changed in my opinion since the beginning of the year. I've got a lot of the same picks. I'll post a comparison. Preseason Pick/End Of Season Pick M.V.P.-Dirk Nowitzki/Dirk Nowitzki (Runner-ups: Steve Nash, LeBron James) Rookie of the Year-Chris Paul/Chris Paul (Runner-ups: Raymond Felton, Charlie Villanueva) Most Improved-Zaza Pachulia<font size="1">(I was close.)</font>/David West (Runner-ups: Boris Diaw, Pau Gasol) Def. Player of the Year-Andrei Kirilenko/Andrei Kirilenko (Runner-ups: Boris Diaw, Ben Wallace) Sixth Man-Mike Miller/Mike Miller (Runner-ups: Speedy Claxton, Shareef Abdur-Rahim) Coach of the Year-Nate McMillan<font size="1">(ouch!)</font>/Mike Dunleavy (Runner-ups: Flip Saunders, Avery Johnson) Four out of six; not too bad.
Why is everyone choosing Boris Diaw for Most Improved? I think Smush has just as strong an arguement if not more since the offense doesn't flow through Smush as much as through Diaw.......just my 2 cents.... http://www.nba.com/playerfile/boris_diaw/index.html http://www.nba.com/playerfile/smush_parker/index.html
MVP- Kobe Bryant (Steve Nash) ROY- Chris Paul MIP- Boris Diaw DPOY- AK-47 6th Man- Mike Miller COY- Avery Johnson
MVP- Chauncey Billups ROY- Chris Paul Most Improved- Boris Diaw DPOY- Ben Wallace 6th Man- Mike Miller COY- Flip Saunders
MVP - Kobe Bryant ROY - Chris Paul MIP - Boris Diaw DPOY - Andrei Kirilenko 6th Man - Mike Miller COY - Avery Johnson
MVP- Lebron James ROY- Chris Paul Most Improved- Boris Diaw DPOY- Gerald or Ben Wallace 6th Man- Mike Miller COY- Mike D'Atoni
MVP: Steve Nash ROY: Chris Paul MIP: Gerald Wallace DPOY: Ron Artest 6th Man: Caron Butler COY: Byron Scott All NBA Teams PG: Steve Nash/Allen Iverson/Gilbert Arenas SG: Kobe Bryant/Dwyane Wade/Vince Carter SF: Lebron James/Paul Pierce/Carmelo Anthony PF: Dirk Nowitzki/Shawn Marion/Elton Brand C: Shaquile O'Neal/Ben Wallace/ Yao Ming
MVP: Kiobe Bryant ROY: Chris Paul MIP: Boris Diaw DPOY: Alonzo Mournings 6th Man: Mike Miller COY: Phil Jackson
M.V.P - Kobe Bryant Rookie Of The Year - Chris Paul Most Improved - Boris Diaw Defensive Player Of The Year - AK47 6th Man - Mike Miller
M.V.P - Kobe Bryant, but most likely to be won by Steve Nash Rookie Of The Year - Chris Paul Most Improved- Boris Diaw or perhaps Mike James but mostly likely Diaw Defensive Player Of The Year - Ben Wallace or AK-47 6th Man - Mike Miller? Coach Of The Year - Mike Duneleavy (sp)
