In this thread will be updated for all the NBA awards that are anounced MVP -Steve Nash Rookie Of The Year -Emeka Okafor 6th Man Of The Year -Ben Gordon Defensive Player Of The Year - Ben Wallace Most Improved Player -Bobby Simmons Coach Of The Year -Mike D'Antoni Executive Of The Year - All NBA First Team - - - - - All NBA 2nd Team - - - - - NBA 3rd Team - - - - - All NBA Defensive Team -Ben Wallace -Tim Duncan -Bruce Bowen -Kevin Garnett -Larry Hughes All NBA defensive 2nd Team -Tayshaun Prince -Marcus Camby -Andrei Kirilenko -Chauncey Billups -Jason Kidd/Dwyane Wade
MVP-Shaq Rookie-Ben Gordon 6man- Ben Gordon Defensive player- Ben wallace most improved- larry hughes Coach- mike d'antoni Exec.- Pat Riley All NBA1- Shaq Steve Nash Allen Iverson Kevin Garnett Tracy Mcgrady All NBA 2- Amare Paul Pierce Vince Carter Flash Tim Dunca All NBA 3- Yao Ben Gordon Steve Francis Reggie Miller Rashard Lewis All Rookie- Ben Gordon Jameer Nelson Iguodala Dwight Howard Emeka All Defensive- Shaq Iverson KG Duncan Big Ben
This thread is for the offical NBA awards, not your own. So people please don't bother posting your predictions in here. Only talk about the awards that are anounced. I will post a press release when each award is anounced and you can then disuss It, that way we won't have loads of different threads about the awards in this forum. As there will also be threads in the team forums for the players who win each award as well.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Bobby Simmons Wins Most Improved Award Bobby Simmons of the Los Angeles Clippers was a runaway winner of the NBA Most Improved Player award Thursday, easily topping Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade and Detroit Pistons standout Tayshaun Prince despite playing on a losing team. Simmons, who will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, is the first Clippers player to win the award that started following the 1985-86 season. Portland's Zach Randolph won it last year. The 24-year-old Simmons averaged career highs of 16.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 37.3 minutes in 75 games, including 74 starts. </div> Full Article
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Ben Wallace Wins Defensive Player Of The Year Pistons center Ben Wallace won the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award for the third time in four years Monday. Wallace, who was presented with the award at an afternoon news conference, joins Dikembe Mutombo as the only two players to win the award three or more times. During the regular season, he ranked fifth with 2.38 blocks per game, second with 12.2 rebounds a game and 23rd with 1.43 steals a game. The 6-foot-9, 240-pound Wallace ranks second in the playoffs with three blocks a game. </div> Full Article
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting AllNet:</div><div class="quote_post">In this thread will be updated for all the NBA awards that are anounced MVP- Rookie Of The Year -<font color="Red">Ben Gordon</font> 6th Man Of The Year - Defensive Player Of The Year Ben Wallace Most Improved Player -Bobby Simmons Coach Of The Year - Executive Of The Year - </div> Ben Gordan won the 6th Man Award. The ROY is expected to go to Okafor on Wednesday.
<div align="center"><font color="DarkRed">Okafor Wins ROY Award, Edges Gordon</font></div> <div align="center"> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Charlotte forward Emeka Okafor has won the NBA's Rookie of the Year award, narrowly beating best friend Ben Gordon of Chicago Bulls , a Bobcats source told The Associated Press. The award will be announced on Wednesday. The Bobcats have called a news conference for what they have only called "a major announcement." Okafor, the No. 2 overall pick in the NBA draft, led all rookies in scoring (15.9 points per game) and rebounding (10.9 rpg) and was second in his class behind Atlanta's Josh Smith in blocks (1.71). He also ranked second in the NBA with 3.8 offensive rebounds per game</div> Source</div>
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Ben Gordon Wins NBA 6th Man Of The Year Chicago guard Ben Gordon won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award on Tuesday, the first rookie to win the award. Gordon, the third overall pick in the draft out of Connecticut, averaged 15.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists in just over 24 minutes this season. He came off the bench in 79 of 82 games and helped the Bulls make their first playoff appearance since 1998, when Michael Jordan led them to their sixth title. Gordon received 88 of 125 first-place votes and 513 points from a panel of media members. Boston guard Ricky Davis was second with 257 points, and Denver guard Earl Boykins was third with 155.</div> Full Article
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Steve Nash Named league MVP Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash will be awarded the NBA's Most Valuable Player on Sunday. Nash has edged Miami center Shaquille O'Neal to become just the third point guard in 40-plus years to win the league's highest individual honor, according to sources familiar with the results. The others are Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson Apparently tipping this vote in Nash's favor was the Suns' 33-game improvement -- from 29 wins to a league-leading 62 wins -- after signing Nash away from the Dallas Mavericks in the offseason. </div> Full Story
<div align="center"> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Steve Nash, who led the third-biggest turnaround ever for an NBA team, is the winner of the most valuable player award for the just-completed regular season, NBA sources said Friday. Nash looks like he?ll be joined by Mike D?Antoni in the awards picture, as a Tribune survey shows the Suns coach with a significant lead for the NBA?s coach-ofthe-year prize. Both would become the franchise?s second winner of the respective awards. Cotton Fitzsimmons won the coaching honor in 1988-89, while Charles Barkley won the MVP in ?92-93. The official MVP announcement is set for Sunday, while the coaching award will be announced Tuesday. Nash, once an obscure high school player in Victoria, British Columbia, won the MVP in an unconventional way. </div> </div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> All NBA Defensive Team Wallace, who is making his fourth consecutive appearance on the All-Defensive First Team, is joined on the First Team by Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves, who was named to the All-Defensive First Team for the sixth consecutive season; San Antonio Spurs? Bruce Bowen and Tim Duncan, making their fifth and eighth consecutive All-Defensive Team appearances, respectively; and Larry Hughes of the Washington Wizards, who makes his first career appearance on NBA All-Defensive Team. A three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, Wallace finished the 2004-05 regular season ranked second in rebounding (12.2 rpg), and total blocks (176) and fifth in blocks per game (2.38). Garnett ranked first in rebounding (13.5 rpg) and first in double-doubles (69) this season, while averaging 1.48 steals and 1.37 blocks. Bowen and Duncan helped the Spurs hold opponents to a league-low 88.4 points per game, led by Bowen?s stifling one-on-one defense and Duncan?s 2.64 blocks per game (3rd in the NBA). Hughes recorded 2.89 steals per game, becoming the first player to top 2.85 steals per game since Gary Payton in 1995-96.</div> Full Story
