NBA 2010-11 Awards

[wardjdim]

I think this is the moment to create such a thread, since we have reached the point in the season where we have the right view towards the first 70 matches and before the playoffs affect any opinions on what matters on the awards. The season

All-NBA 1st Team

G- Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls)
G- Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
C- Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic)
F- Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks)
F- LeBron James (Miami Heat)


All-NBA 2nd Team

G- Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets)
G- Manu Ginobili (San Antonio Spurs)
C- Pau Gasol (Los Angeles Lakers)
F- Amare Stoudemire (New York Knicks)
F- Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder)


All-NBA 3rd Team

G- Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder)
G- Dwayne Wade (Miami Heat)
C- Zach Randolph (Memphis Grizzlies)
F- Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves)
F- Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers)

I have been proclaiming the Celtics as the main favorite (among the 6-8 contenders) to win the title this year, but there is no room for Paul Pierce in any of my 3 teams. Neither for him nor for my favorite (and most outstanding) Celtics player, Rajon Rondo. It is likely, though, that they will fight for playoff success, which could bring them closer to the NBA Finals' MVP

The rest:

MVP: Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls)
MIP: Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves)
DPoY: Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic)
RoY: Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers)
6th Man: Lamar Odom (Los Angeles Lakers)
CoY: Gregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs)
Executive: Masai Ujiri (Denver Nuggets)

[Khalid80]

Great list there Wardjdim

Imo the difference between Kevin Durant and Dirk Nowitzki is really minimal but I do give the slightest ever of advantage for Durant over Nowitzki for the Forward position on that first team...

I also believe LaMarcus Aldridge deserves a spot on that 3rd team but it's also really close... The thing is Aldridge has carried the team on his shoulders and helped them qualify to the playoffs while Roy was recovering from his injury...

[wardjdim]

Great list there Wardjdim

Cheers man

Imo the difference between Kevin Durant and Dirk Nowitzki is really minimal but I do give the slightest ever of advantage for Durant over Nowitzki for the Forward position on that first team...

Check the Mavs with Dirk (Top-4 team in the NBA) and without Dirk (Top-24 team in the NBA). Wait a sec. The NBA has 30 teams, so the Mavs are so good that you take him out and they are high lottery material in the summer. You have him in and maybe you win the title

You wanna take someone out in order to get Durant in? Take LeBron James or Kobe Bryant out. Not Dirk

I also believe LaMarcus Aldridge deserves a spot on that 3rd team but it's also really close... The thing is Aldridge has carried the team on his shoulders and helped them qualify to the playoffs while Roy was recovering from his injury...

Excellent pick on LaMarcus, I agree. These guys are a tough tough team. And yes, Aldridge has been leading them somehow and you can support them in upsetting a big named team in the 1st round.. So, yet, take Griffin out or even Love, then move Randolph to PF, make room for Griffin at center to manage more fairness among players who know how to win

[mvblair]

First Team
G – Derrick Rose
G – Kobe Bryant
F – Kevin Durant
F – Dirk Nowitzki
C – Pau Gasol

Second Team
G - Chris Paul
G - Manu Ginobili
F - Kevin Love
F - Luis Scola
C - Dwight Howard

MVP: Dirk Nowitzki - he's super consistent
MIP: Kevin Love - not sure who else could be in this category
DPoY: Dwight Howard - pretty obvious, IMO
RoY: Blake Griffin - Landry Fields and John Wall are the only other contenders, so...
6th Man: Jason Terry - he doesn't carry his team, but he's a real bottle rocket
CoY: Doug Collins - with minimal changes, his team went from one of the worst to a play-off team - I could go with Tom Thibodeau, too
Executive: Masai Ujiri - I guess I'd agree...Denver did great with the Carmelo trade

[super man]

First Team
G – Derrick Rose
G – Kobe Bryant
F – Kevin Durant
F – Dirk Nowitzki
C – Pau Gasol

Second Team
G - Chris Paul
G - Manu Ginobili
F - Kevin Love
F - Luis Scola
C - Dwight Howard

MVP: Dirk Nowitzki - he's super consistent
MIP: Kevin Love - not sure who else could be in this category
DPoY: Dwight Howard - pretty obvious, IMO
RoY: Blake Griffin - Landry Fields and John Wall are the only other contenders, so...
6th Man: Jason Terry - he doesn't carry his team, but he's a real bottle rocket
CoY: Doug Collins - with minimal changes, his team went from one of the worst to a play-off team - I could go with Tom Thibodeau, too
Executive: Masai Ujiri - I guess I'd agree...Denver did great with the Carmelo trade

First team:
G-Rose
G-Bryant
F-James
F-Dirk/Durant
C-Howard

MVP: Rose (no doubt)
MIP: Love (no doubt)
ROY: Blake (no doubt)
Coach: Thibodeau
6th man: J.Terry
DPL: Dwight

[LuisBrosso]

My list

All-NBA 1st Team

G- Derrick Rose
G- Kobe Bryant
C- Dwight Howard
F- Dirk Nowitzki
F- LeBron James


All-NBA 2nd Team

G- Russell Westbrook
G- Dwayne Wade
C- Pau Gasol
F- Kevin Love
F- Kevin Durant


All-NBA 3rd Team

G- Chris Paul
G- Manu Ginobili
C- Al Horford
F- Amare Stoudemire
F- Blake Griffin

The rest:

MVP: Derrick Rose
MIP: Kevin Love
DPoY: Dwight Howard
RookieY: Blake Griffin
6th Man: Lamar Odom
CoachY: Gregg Popovich

[rikhardur]

First ever player to win the defensive player of the year award three times in a row.

Dwight Howard defensive POY again

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dwight Howard had a message for the one voter who had the audacity to completely leave the Orlando Magic center off the ballot for NBA defensive player of the year.

"Thank you," Howard said Monday, when asked for his reaction to the slight. "I'll do better next year."

That mission will be difficult to accomplish for Howard, who on Monday became the first player in league history to win defensive player of the year for three consecutive seasons. Howard led the league in double doubles and also averaged 14.1 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and a career-high 1.3 steals this season.

Although Howard focused on making strides in his offensive game, his defensive dominance remained intact for the Magic, who were fourth in the league in both defensive field-goal percentage and points allowed. Orlando led the league in defensive rebounding.

Howard received 114 of a total of 120 first-place votes and accumulated 585 points.

Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett finished second with one first-place vote and 77 points while Dallas Mavericks center Tyson Chandler was third with 20 second-place votes and 70 points.

Howard found a bit of humor in being left off the one ballot, and also took a playful jab at teammates for always allowing him to keep his defense sharp. Only Ben Wallace and Dikembe Mutombo have won the defensive player of the year award four times. Howard also acknowledged several other great post players, including Hakeem Olajuwon and Magic assistant coach Patrick Ewing, for helping him develop his game on both ends over the years.

"Just to be in the same sentence with those guys, they've paved the way for me," said Howard, who at age 25 is in his seventh season. "It's my job to keep it going. I'm going to try to do the best I can on the defensive end to dominate and to change the game. It definitely is a honor to be considered one of the best defensive players to play the game, and I'm still young. So hopefully, I can keep it up."

Howard said there are still areas in his game where he needs to improve defensively. He mentioned cutting down his personal fouls -- "less silly fouls," he said -- and learning how to draw charges as the next phases of his defensive development.

Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said there isn't much more room for Howard to grow defensively. He wasn't too bad on the other end of the court, either. Howard averaged a career-high 22.9 points and shot 59.6 percent from the field this season.

"He doesn't have a weakness," Van Gundy said. "In a league that has this much talent, to be able to do anything like that, that nobody else has done before -- that's incredible. The one thing that's probably under-appreciated about him is that he's the smartest big guy I've ever been around."

Otis Smith, Orlando's president of basketball operations, took the praise of Howard a step further.

"It's nice to be doing this for the third consecutive year for probably the most dominating basketball player in history right now," Smith said. "We're hoping [to] come back here with another trophy in a couple of weeks."

Smith was alluding to another major award for which Howard is in top contention: MVP. That trophy will be handed out in the next couple of weeks, with Howard, Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose and Miami Heat forward LeBron James considered the front-runners. James was named league MVP the past two seasons, but Rose is the overwhelming favorite to win it this season in a poll of ESPN analysts and former players, many of whom have cast official NBA ballots.

Howard, who was flanked by the three trophies during Monday's news conference, picked up his latest defensive honor two days after the best offensive game of his career. He had a playoff career-high 46 points and 19 rebounds in Orlando's 103-93 loss to Atlanta in Game 1.

The Magic have spent the past two days making defensive adjustments after allowing the Hawks to shoot nearly 73 percent from the field over the decisive second and third quarters of Saturday's game. Howard insisted his team would have a better defensive effort in Game 2 on Tuesday.

As far as making room for additional awards hardware, Howard said he's got plenty of space.

"I have a lot of space in my two-bedroom house," Howard joked. "I think I've had a great year. If I do win MVP, it would be a great honor. It's something I've been working toward -- one of my individual goals I put above my bed every year. I want a Finals MVP. I think that's better than the regular award."

Michael Wallace covers the NBA for ESPN.com.

Follow Michael Wallace on Twitter: @http://twitter.com/WallaceHeatNBA

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2011/news/story?id=6381715

[sculls6]

rose is staking a claim for finals MVP very early on!

[CKR13]

Lamar Odom won the Sixth Man of the Year Award for 2010-2011.

[CKR13]

Kevin Love to be named Most Improved Player 2011

Report: Kevin Love To Be Named NBA's 2011 'Most Improved Player'

[twilost]

NBA 1st:
Rose-Ginobili-Lebron-Dirk-Howard
NBA 2nd:
Paul-Kobe-Durant-Amare-Gasol
NBA 3rd:
Westbrook-Rondo-Garnett-Griffin-Horford

Howard deserved defensive player of the year.
Odom was also my 6th man candidate.

In my opinion, Love has just statistics. his team is garbage. against minnesota everyone plays relax. opponents make +10 difference and to the end of match they just protect and raise the difference. in wolves roster theres nobody to take rebound beside him. I just appreciate him because of his 3pt percentage.

NBA doesnt give the same player both of MVP and MIP but normally Rose should take MIP. a player who had played 5-15 more minutes than last year, naturally scored more points, took more rebounds etc. most improved player should be the player who takes more role, goes up in a higher level, and at the same time he elevates his team. except him my candidate is Alridge or Westbrook.

MVP: Rose without discussion
ROY: no need to write his name
Coach: Tom Thibodeau

edit: they already named kevin love as MIP. I didnt except anything else unfortunately..

[CKR13]

Quote of the Year

My choice for Quote of the Year:

"It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis"

-Paul Pierce via Twitter

[CKR13]

Artest Citizen of the Year

Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest won the 2011 NBA's Citizen Award.

http://www.sportsrageous.com/citizen-award-goes-to-ron-artest-04-26-2011

[CKR13]

Thibodeau

Chicago Bulls Head coach Tom Thibodeau won the 2011 Coach of the Year.

Thibodeau lead the Chicago Bulls to 62-20 record on his first year with the team, stepped out of the Doc Rivers' shadow in Boston. Well done indeed.

[eliooo93]

Chicago Bulls Head coach Tom Thibodeau won the 2011 Coach of the Year.

Thibodeau lead the Chicago Bulls to 62-20 record on his first year with the team, stepped out of the Doc Rivers' shadow in Boston. Well done indeed.

Well deserved!