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  • Marcus Camby named Defensive Player of the Year

    NEW YORK, April 27, 2007 – The NBA announced today that Marcus Camby of the Denver Nuggets has won the 2006-07 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.
    The 6-11 forward/center averaged a league-high 3.30 blocks to go along with 11.7 rpg (tied for fourth in the NBA), 11.2 ppg and a career-high 3.2 apg.
    Camby led the Nuggets in starts (70) and recorded a career-best 32 games with double figures in both points and rebounds. Camby also led all centers in steals (1.24 spg), while his assists were second among centers.

    Since entering the NBA in 1996, Camby has been one of the game’s best shot blockers. His career average of 2.56 blocks ranks fourth among all active players and has led the league in blocks on three occasions – 1997-98, 2005-06 and 2006-07. Camby joins George Johnson, Dikembe Mutombo, Hakeem Olajuwon and Theo Ratliff with three blocked shots titles, and is just one title behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Mark Eaton for the most all-time.

    Camby continues to work his way up the Nuggets’ all-time charts. He ranks second on the team’s all-time blocked shot list with 841 and is seven rebounds shy of passing Dan Schayes (3,086) for 10th on the Nuggets all-time rebounding list.

    Camby received 431 points, including 70 first-place votes, from a panel of 130 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. San Antonio’s Bruce Bowen finished second with 206 points and his teammate Tim Duncan finished third with 158 points. Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote received.

    Attached are the 2006-07 results and the league’s all-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award winners:

    2006-07 NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR RESULTS

    Player, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts
    Marcus Camby, Denver 70 23 12 431
    Bruce Bowen, San Antonio 22 26 18 206
    Tim Duncan, San Antonio 15 22 17 158
    Shawn Marion, Phoenix 7 12 22 93
    Shane Battier, Houston 7 11 18 86
    Ben Wallace, Chicago 1 10 7 42
    Gerald Wallace, Charlotte 3 3 3 27
    Ron Artest, Sacramento 1 3 6 20
    Tyson Chandler, NOK - 5 - 15
    Jermaine O’Neal, Indiana 1 2 - 11
    Emeka Okafor, Charlotte - 2 4 10
    Tayshaun Prince, Detroit - 2 4 10
    Kirk Hinrich, Chicago - 2 1 7
    Andrei Kirilenko, Utah - 2 1 7
    Quinton Ross, L.A. Clippers 1 - 1 6
    Dwight Howard, Orlando 1 - 1 6
    Josh Howard, Dallas - 1 2 5
    Udonis Haslem, Miami 1 - - 5
    Luol Deng, Chicago - 1 1 4
    Kevin Garnett, Minnesota - 2 1 7
    Josh Smith, Atlanta - - 3 3
    Caron Butler, Washington - 1 - 3
    Raja Bell, Phoenix - - 2 2
    Devin Harris, Dallas - - 1 1
    Yao Ming, Houston - - 1 1
    Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers - - 1 1
    Alonzo Mourning, Miami - - 1 1
    Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia - - 1 1
    Anthony Parker, Toronto - - 1 1
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    Marcus Camby #23 of the Denver Nuggets named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year speaks at a press conference during the 2007 NBA Playoffs

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    • #3
      Totally deserved it... he's been such a great defensive player for such a long time. He really is what keeps the Nuggets competitive. Well deserved Camby.

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      • #4
        The all-defensive teams were revealed:


        Die Liebe wird eine Krankheit, wenn man sie als eine Heilung sieht
        Artificial Nature

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        • #5
          Originally posted by rikhardur
          The all-defensive teams were revealed:


          http://www.nba.com/news/alldefensive_070430.html
          Marcus Camby was Defensive Player of the Year, yet he barely made it 2 the 1st all-defensive team!!!
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