<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">If Chris Paul has a couple of 40-point nights against the Jazz next season, Ron Boone knows he will get blamed. He doesn't mind. Paul received 124 first-place votes in balloting by 125 media members for the NBA's Rookie of the Year award, but Boone ranked the Hornets' point guard No. 2, casting his vote instead for Jazz guard Deron Williams. "I thought Deron finished stronger than Chris Paul," said Boone, the Jazz's longtime television analyst. "After the All-Star break, I just thought Deron played better, and the Jazz certainly played better." Boone didn't intend to prevent Paul from becoming the first unanimous Rookie of the Year winner since Spurs center David Robinson in 1990. But he doesn't regret his vote, either. "I'm surprised I was the only one, but it doesn't change how I feel," said Boone, one of three Salt Lake-based voters, along with Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Phil Miller and Deseret Morning News writer Tim Buckley, to cast a vote. "The Hornets went into a slump at the end of the season, and Chris Paul wasn't playing too well. Deron improved a lot after the All-Star Break [and] made half his three-pointers. And head-to-head, I thought he looked better than Paul. I liked the way he played. I thought he played like the third pick in the draft." Williams outscored Paul 68-63 in the Jazz's and Hornets' four meetings, three of which were won by Utah. And the Jazz went 16-14 after the All-Star Game, while New Orleans slumped to 9-21. </div> Source Chris Paul had a great response to not receiving his vote. He said I guess I just have to play better next season to silence my one critic. So circle the match-up next season when Paul and Deron go head to head.
The vote was definitely bias. You can’ tell me a Jazz broadcaster voting for a Jazz rookie over a guy who got every other first place vote available, is not bias. Paul takes everything like a pro though constent professional.
I think Chris Paul can be satisfied with the fact that Mr. Boone comes off looking like a moron after this.
I like his points, I agree with all of them......D-Will took Chris Paul in every meeting this year, you can't say Paul is better. Who finished better....that's what I thought, you might say D-Will had players around him and Paul didn't but Paul has a player in P.J. Brown that recieved 1 MVP vote last year
Wow, yeah can we say Bias? I mean honestly, how are you that biased. 124 of 125 and you are work with the Jazz. Doesn't anybody see this as extremely weird.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting 50:</div><div class="quote_post">Wow, yeah can we say Bias? I mean honestly, how are you that biased. 124 of 125 and you are work with the Jazz. Doesn't anybody see this as extremely weird.</div> Who are you man, posting in every single thread, making it look like your a post padder. How can everyone say this is biased when D-Will took Paul in every meeting between them and then his team finished better with Deron Williams being the main guy in that run considering he was the only good PG we had! We struggled when he was on the bench, that's why he is so important to Utah. IMO, D-Will should be up there with Paul no matter what you say. One other thing to point out is, that it's not easy to play as a rookie for Sloan. People should look at that, Paul wouldn't of played as much as D-Will did in Utah.
