<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Wave:</div><div class="quote_post">In what case? Kidd leads the league in assists, there's no one else who can claim that but himself. He also averaged sixteen points and six 1/2 boards. He definitely deserves to be a first teamer over Marbury and Cassell. Also, don't knock Kidd for missing games. His injury has been out of his control, but he's still played over 60 games. Face it, Kidd is better than Marbury.</div> ^ Henacy basically just said everything I felt about those three players. Kidd has shot bad all season and I just think Marbury has meant more to his team and has done more THIS SEASON. I have no doubt in my mind that Kidd is the best PG in this league, but this award is for performances THIS year, and I feel Cassell and Marbury have performed better. EDIT: BTW Kidd only has a .5 lead on Marbury for that assists per game title this season, while Marbury is averaging over 4 ppg more than Kidd.
MVP: Kevin Garnett Most Improved Player: Zach Randolph Rookie of the Year: LeBron James Defensive Player of the Year: Ron Artest Sixth Man of the Year: Not sure about this one Coach of the Year: Hubie Brown All NBA First Team G - Baron Davis G - Michael Redd F - Pedrag Stojakovic F - Kevin Garnett C - Jermaine O'Neal All NBA Defensive First Team G - Doug Christie G - Andrei Kirilenko F - Ron Artest F - Ben Wallace C - Theo Ratliff All NBA Rookie First Team G - Kirk Hinrich G - Dwyne Wade F - LeBron James F - Carmelo Anthony C - Chris Bosh
Baron Davis and Michael Redd on the first team over people like Kobe, Kidd, and Cassell? Won't happen.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Big Zee:</div><div class="quote_post">Since when is Carlos Arroyo a white guy?</div> Sorry , I should've said ALL NON-BLACK team. He is Puerto Rican.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting the unstoppable:</div><div class="quote_post">If it was all about stats then it would easily be Wallace or Kirilenko</div> No, I'm talking about the stats of the people he guards. They average only 9 PPG on 9 FGA.
Sampling of voters shows Artest favorite for NBA defense award <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">A sampling of voters for the NBA's postseason awards indicates Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest will be named Defensive Player of the Year. Votes are not due until Thursday, but a poll of 24 voters showed Artest as the first choice on 19 ballots. A total of 127 media members vote on the award. Artest was runner-up last season to Detroit's Ben Wallace. He would become the first Pacer to receive the award. Artest appears likely to be the only Pacers player to win a major performance award. Al Harrington is in contention for Sixth Man of the Year honors but ranks behind Dallas forward Antawn Jamison in the early balloting. Jermaine O'Neal has received mention in the voting for Most Valuable Player, but Minnesota's Kevin Garnett appears to be the winner. O'Neal, a third-team all-NBA selection the past two seasons, appears to be a second-team selection this year. Rick Carlisle, who was voted Coach of the Year two years ago, has received votes for the award again, but Utah's Jerry Sloan and Hubie Brown of Memphis are the leading contenders.</div> League's leading men <u>Coach of the Year</u> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">An informal poll of 24 reporters who cover the league regularly - 13 from the Western Conference and 11 from the East - showed that Utah's Jerry Sloan had an edge over Hubie Brown of Memphis for the coaching honor. Sloan received 14 first-place votes, Brown got eight, one was split, and there was one abstention. The point totals, on a 3-2-1 basis, showed Sloan with a 60 to 50 lead over Brown. The voting also indicated that what has transpired in Milwaukee this season has gone largely unnoticed nationally as Bucks coach Terry Porter received only two second-place votes and six third-place votes to finish a distant third. Miami's Stan Van Gundy was fourth.</div> <u>Most Valuable Player</u> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Minnesota's Kevin Garnett was a unanimous MVP choice, with Tim Duncan second, Jermaine O'Neal third, Kobe Bryant fourth and Shaquille O'Neal fifth.</div> <u>Rookie of the Year</u> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Cleveland's LeBron James was a near unanimous choice as the league's top rookie, with Carmelo Anthony second and Dwyane Wade third. In the league's balloting in the past, though, this race has turned out to be a tie twice - Jason Kidd and Grant Hill in 1994; and Elton Brand and Steve Francis in 1999. Why promote one player when you can promote two?</div> <u>All-NBA First Team</u> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">In the all-pro balloting, Garnett and Duncan were unanimous choices for the first team with Shaquille O'Neal a near-unanimous choice. Bryant and Jason Kidd rounded out the first team.</div> <u>All NBA Second Team</u> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The second team consisted of Jermaine O'Neal, Peja Stojakovic, Ben Wallace, Baron Davis, and Tracy McGrady.</div> <u>All-NBA Third Team</u> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The third team was comprised of Sam Cassell, Paul Pierce, Yao Ming, Dirk Nowitzki, and Ron Artest.</div> <u>Most Improved Player</u> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Portland's Zach Randolph edged Cleveland's Carlos Boozer for most improved player, with Milwaukee's Michael Redd finishing a distant third.</div> <u>Executive of the Year</u> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Memphis' Jerry West won executive of the year by more than a two-to-one margin over anyone else</div> <u>All-Rookie First and Second Team</u> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The first all-rookie team was comprised of unanimous choices James, Anthony, Wade and Chris Bosh, along with Kirk Hinrich. Milwaukee's T.J. Ford was the top vote-getter for the second team that also included Udonis Haslem, Josh Howard, Jarvis Hayes, and Raul Lopez</div>
I almost had the All-NBA teams right, just switch Baron Davis and Cassell, and Starbury doesn't make it instead Ron Artest does.
I dont know about the Baron Davis one, He started off the year extremely hot for the 1st couple of months but after that he has had an injury filled, inconsistent season. I think Kidd, Marbury, Cassell all deserve to make the All-NBA teams before Davis. Even when Davis was scoring all those points at the beginning of the season his FG% & 3pt% were horrible. And he was basically going nut.But know one was questioning his shot selection at the time because the Hornets were winning. Once the Hornets started losing then people started to question his shot selection. But truth is he was going nut from the word "go" of the NBA season.
I had the 1st team right with the exception of Jason Kidd, I had Cassell in over him. I still personally think that Cassell should have gotten it, but, what do I know.
