by Dan's Brain on Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:21 pm
Are we going to keep score and make it a competition like we usually do? Cos I think it'll be a 50-way tie.
Anyway:
(winners in bold, runners-up in italics)
MVP: LeBron James. Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul - James' burglary from the last two years will be avenged with his first, but not last MVP award. If Mo Williams didn't come to Cleveland, then this belongs to Wade.
ROY: Derrick Rose. Kevin Love, O.J. Mayo, Brook Lopez, Russell Westbrook, Marc Gasol - The best rookie class since 03, and it would be fitting if this award was shared between Rose and any or all of the other guys I mentioned. All of these guys are going to be terrific players, and all of them are potential All-Stars, along with Beasley. But i have to go with the guy who took on a bad Bulls team and led them to the playoffs.
DPOY: Dwight Howard. Tim Duncan, Shane Battier. Probably the award that's the closest to a lock out of all of them. Dwight is a complete monster.
MIP: Devin Harris. David Lee, Danny Granger, Kevin Durant. Tough one. My heart says David Lee, given that he's one of my favourite players outside of the Windy City, but I have to give this to Harris.
6th Man: Jason Terry. Lamar Odom. Also close to a lock. Have to give it to the 20 point scorer.
Coach: Erik Spoelstra. Mike Brown, George Karl. The rookie coach had a lot on his shoulders going into the season. Bringing back Wade, incorporating 2 rookies into pivotal roles on the team. But he came through with flying colours. Brown makes the list by default because of team record, but Karl would be unlucky not to win this.
GM: Danny Ferry (Cleveland). Mark Warkentien (Denver). Both of these guys make the list for making terrific deals to bring in all-star point guards. Ferry gets the nod, because it was a riskier move at the time that it was made. Warkentien's deal had to be done.
Team Awards:
All-NBA First Team: Chris Paul (G), Dwyane Wade (G), LeBron James (F), Dirk Nowitzki (F), Dwight Howard (C)
All-NBA Second Team: Kobe Bryant (G), Chauncey Billups (G), Paul Pierce (F), Tim Duncan (F), Yao Ming (C)
All-NBA Third Team: Brandon Roy (G), Mo Williams (G), Rashard Lewis (F), Pau Gasol (F), Nene (C)
All-Defence First Team: Chris Paul (G), Rajon Rondo (G), Shane Battier (F), Tim Duncan (F), Dwight Howard (C)
Second Team: Kobe Bryant (G), Dwyane Wade (G), LeBron James (F), Gerald Wallace (F), Yao Ming (C)
All-Rookie First Team: Derrick Rose, O.J. Mayo, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, Brook Lopez
All-Rookie Second Team: Eric Gordon, Marc Gasol, Mario Chalmers, Michael Beasley, Jason Thompson.
(I want to make mention of the guys missing out on the All-Rookie Teams, because any other year, a lot of these guys would be making the second or maybe even first teams - D.J. Augustin, Rudy Fernandez, Luc Mbah-a-Moute, Brandon Rush, Nicolas Batum, Courtney Lee. They should introduce a temporary All-Rookie Third Team, just for this year)
but, could you ever post some serious stuff, based on topic name???
. I'll pick him to make the first team, Rudy Fernandez to drop back to the second team and Mario Chalmers to get the snub.
