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If awards were to be given today...

Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:33 pm

Let's say the NBA regular season would end right now. Who would you give the regular season awards to?

My Picks:

All NBA 1st team:

F Kevin Garnett
F LeBron James
C Dwight Howard
G Kobe Bryant
G Chris Paul

All NBA 2nd team:


F Dirk Nowitzki
F Chris Bosh
C Yao Ming
G Allen Iverson
G Steve Nash

All NBA 3rd team:
F Carlos Boozer
F Tim Duncan
C Amare Stoudemire
G Brandon Roy
G Chauncey Billups

All Defensive 1st team

F Tim Duncan
F Kevin Garnett
C Marcus Camby
G Kobe Bryant
G Chris Paul

DPOY: Kobe Bryant

All Rookie 1st team

F Yi Jianlian
F Kevin Durant
C Al Horford
G Juan Carlos Navarro
G Mike Conley Jr.

ROY: Kevin Durant

Coach of the Year: Nate McMillan

MIP: Andrew Bynum

6th Man: Manu Ginobili

MVP: Kevin Garnett

Re: If awards were to be given today...

Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:54 pm

MVP: Kobe Bryant

DPOY: Marcus Camby

ROY: Kevin Durant

MIP: Rudy Gay

6th Man: Manu Ginobili


All NBA 1st team:

F Kevin Garnett
F LeBron James
C Dwight Howard
G Kobe Bryant
G Chris Paul

All NBA 2nd team:

F Dirk Nowitzki
F Chris Bosh
C Amare Stoudemire
G Allen Iverson
G Steve Nash

All NBA 3rd team:

F Carlos Boozer
F Tim Duncan
C Yao Ming
G Caron Butler
G Chauncey Billups


All Defensive 1st team

F Tim Duncan
F Kevin Garnett
C Marcus Camby
G Kobe Bryant
G Chris Paul

All Defensive 2nd team

F Josh Smith
F Shawn Marion
C Dwight Howard
G Chauncey Billups
G Jason Kidd


All Rookie 1st team

F Yi Jianlian
F Kevin Durant
C Al Horford
G Juan Carlos Navarro
G Mike Conley Jr.

All Rookie 2nd team

Luis Scola
Jamario Moon
Sean Williams
Jeff Green
Daequan Cook
Last edited by Lakers'fan on Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:06 am

DPOY: Kobe Bryant



Kobe Bryant is defensive player of the year over Dwight Howard and Marcus Camby? lol.

Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:49 am



Kobe Bryant is defensive player of the year over Dwight Howard and Marcus Camby? lol.


yeah unfortunately there is no stat for lock-down defense. and Kobe's been doing that.


And your picks would be very much appreciated, thanks.

Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:48 am

The same "lock-down defense" that allowed alot of the other stars in the NBA he was guarding this season to score at will? Want me to bring up stats and links to games? Cause you know i'm good at that.

Re: If awards were to be given today...

Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:14 am

tommi wrote:Let's say the NBA regular season would end right now. Who would you give the regular season awards to?

All Rookie 1st team

F Yi Jianlian
F Kevin Durant
C Al Horford
G Juan Carlos Navarro
G Mike Conley Jr.



Dude this guy only played 1 game no?!?!?

Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:02 am

Thats what you get from people who don't know NBA basketball unfortunatly.

Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:21 am

Dude this guy only played 1 game no?!?!?

Thats what you get from people who don't know NBA basketball unfortunatly.


He's played 14 games.

MVP - Kobe / Chris Paul

I don't put much value in team wins for 1st/2nd/3rd team...

1st Team:

C - Yao
PF - Garnett
SF - LeBron
SG - Kobe
PG - Paul

2nd Team:

C - Howard
PF - Boozer
SF - Carmelo
SG - Hamilton
PG - Baron Davis

3rd Team:

C - Kaman
PF - Jamison
SF - Butler
SG - Iverson
PG - Nash

DPOY - Josh Smith
Most Improved - Chris Kaman
Sixth Man - Ginobili
ROTY - Durant

All Rookie 1st Team:

C - Horford
PF - Williams
SF - Yi
SG - Cook
PG - Navarro

Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:57 am

All NBA 1st team:

F Kevin Garnett
F LeBron James
C Dwight Howard
G Kobe Bryant
G Chris Paul

All NBA 2nd team:


F Dirk Nowitzki
F Tim Duncan
C Amare Stoudemire
G Allen Iverson
G Steve Nash

All NBA 3rd team:
F Carlos Boozer
F Caron Butler
C Yao Ming
G Brandon Roy
G Baron Davis

All Defensive 1st team

F Bruce Bowen
F Kevin Garnett
C Marcus Camby
G Kobe Bryant
G Chris Paul

All Defensive 1st team

F Josh Smith
F Tim Duncan
C Dwight Howard
G Jason Kidd
G Chaunsey Billups

All Rookie 1st team

Kevin Durant
Al Horford
Yi Jianlian
Luis Scola
Jamario Moon

All Rookie 2nd Team

Daequan Cook
JC Navarro
Jeff Green
Sean Williams
Glen Davis

ROY: Kevin Durant

Coach of the Year: Nate McMillan

MIP: Andrew Bynum

6th Man: Manu Ginobili

DPOY: Marcus Camby

MVP: Chris Paul

Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:47 am

BIG GREEN wrote:The same "lock-down defense" that allowed alot of the other stars in the NBA he was guarding this season to score at will? Want me to bring up stats and links to games? Cause you know i'm good at that.


So you think Kobe is a bad defender?

Wow, are box scores like The Holy Grail for you? WHo would you rather put in place of Kobe then? Bowen? Bell? Cause I'd put them there too.

Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:51 am

I don't think he's a bad defender...but i wouldn't go so far as naming him DPOY. Don't let fandom cloud your judgement; I'll take camby over him. The rest of your candidates is pretty much what I'd pick

Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:03 am

BIG GREEN wrote:I don't think he's a bad defender...but i wouldn't go so far as naming him DPOY. Don't let fandom cloud your judgement; I'll take camby over him. The rest of your candidates is pretty much what I'd pick


It's not fandom, If fandom was clouding my judgement then I'd give DPOY to KG, he's my favorite player. I think Kobe deserved it this year because I felt he got 1st team last year more of by reputation,. This year I think he really deserved it. Take their game against Memphis, how he defended Mike Miller.

Miller scores 13 in the first quarter. 2nd quarter he drained some 3s in the first 3 minutes when Kobe is taking a rest and then Kobe then comes out and plays air tight defense on him. The rest of the 2nd Miller is held scoreless,having trouble even catching the ball. 2nd quarter Miller plays 12 minutes and Kobe 11. Kobe holds him scoreless, and he doesn't score after Kobe sits down either. During the span in the 2nd and 3rd when Kobe tightened up, Miller was able to take 2 fg attempts, and he missed them both. 4th qtr when Kobe is taking a rest he starts heating up again. Had 4 points. Kobe comes back, and Miller gets a point off a technical free throw. Kobe sags a bit off him and Miller drains another 3 from way downtown to remind Kobe how hot he is. During the last 3 minutes, Kobe didn't let Miller get a shot off.

Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:31 am

At this point he's certainly the MVP but a couple of good defensive performances against streak people like Mike Miller don't qualify you as DPOY. Gimmie a break.

He sure did some lock-down D on people he guarded just last month alone like iverson when he got 51 on him. Crawford had 31 on him and peirce scored 33 on him. Guys who are also streaky and just so happen to burst out when kobe guards them. That's just to name a few players his lock-down defense did a fine job on....if you need me to...i can go on.

I gotta say though, I sure enjoy making you look this way...
Last edited by BIG GREEN on Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:44 am, edited 5 times in total.

Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:35 am

I assume Duncan will finally win Defensive Player of the Year, simply because the Spurs have fallen to fourth in the league, and the media has no clue what it is doing.

Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:47 am

BIG GREEN wrote:At this point he's certainly the MVP but a couple of good defensive performances against streak people like Mike Miller don't qualify you as DPOY. Gimmie a break.


Whatever lets you sleep at night, and for the record, If the Cavs had a better record,I'd put LeBron at MVP hands down.

Opinion: a person's ideas and thoughts towards something. It is an assessment, judgment or evaluation of something. An opinion is not a fact, because opinions are either not falsifiable, or the opinion has not been proven or verified.


See people don't always agree with the awards given. But that's what the voters decide on, it won't be changed or overturned just because a bunch of people disagree, that's my only issue with you. other than that, I respect your NBA knowledge(And I said this on my first post in your thread too). You've been around to watch NBA games longer than I have so I'm in no position whatsoever to question your thoughts however I made this thread for people to share their own thoughts. So please lay off if all you're gonna do here is disrespect them.
Last edited by tommi on Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:54 am, edited 1 time in total.

Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:51 am

All the awards are, are opinions of the media anyway.

Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:04 pm

tommi wrote:
BIG GREEN wrote:At this point he's certainly the MVP but a couple of good defensive performances against streak people like Mike Miller don't qualify you as DPOY. Gimmie a break.


Whatever lets you sleep at night, and for the record, If the Cavs had a better record,I'd put LeBron at MVP hands down.

Opinion: a person's ideas and thoughts towards something. It is an assessment, judgment or evaluation of something. An opinion is not a fact, because opinions are either not falsifiable, or the opinion has not been proven or verified.


See people don't always agree with the awards given. But that's what the voters decide on, it won't be changed or overturned just because a bunch of people disagree, that's my only issue with you. other than that, I respect your NBA knowledge(And I said this on my first post in your thread too). You've been around to watch NBA games longer than I have so I'm in no position whatsoever to question your thoughts however I made this thread for people to share their own thoughts. So please lay off if all you're gonna do here is disrespect them.


Respectable post. (Y)

benji wrote:All the awards are, are opinions of the media anyway.


..yep...and a fine job they have done with the mvp awards the past 3 seasons. In the same regard...I expect nash to win mvp yet again. That would put him in the same league as people like russel, wilt and micheal jordan...he deserves it.
Last edited by BIG GREEN on Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:13 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:06 pm

BIG GREEN wrote:
tommi wrote:
BIG GREEN wrote:At this point he's certainly the MVP but a couple of good defensive performances against streak people like Mike Miller don't qualify you as DPOY. Gimmie a break.


Whatever lets you sleep at night, and for the record, If the Cavs had a better record,I'd put LeBron at MVP hands down.

Opinion: a person's ideas and thoughts towards something. It is an assessment, judgment or evaluation of something. An opinion is not a fact, because opinions are either not falsifiable, or the opinion has not been proven or verified.


See people don't always agree with the awards given. But that's what the voters decide on, it won't be changed or overturned just because a bunch of people disagree, that's my only issue with you. other than that, I respect your NBA knowledge(And I said this on my first post in your thread too). You've been around to watch NBA games longer than I have so I'm in no position whatsoever to question your thoughts however I made this thread for people to share their own thoughts. So please lay off if all you're gonna do here is disrespect them.


Respectable post. (Y)


See all of us need to agree more often,. :applaud: :chug:

Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:33 pm

My Picks:

All NBA 1st team:

F - Kevin Garnett
F - LeBron James
C - Dwight Howard
G - Kobe Bryant
G - Chris Paul

All NBA 2nd team:


F - Dirk Nowitzki
F - Paul Pierce
C - Amare Stoudemire
G - Baron Davis
G - Steve Nash

All NBA 3rd team:
F - Carmelo Anthony
F - Tim Duncan
C - Yao Ming
G - Deron Williams
G - Chauncey Billups

All Defensive 1st team

F Bruce Bowen
F Kevin Garnett
C Marcus Camby
G Kobe Bryant
G Chris Paul

DPOY: Bruce Bowen

All Rookie 1st team

F Yi Jianlian
F Kevin Durant
C Al Horford
G Juan Carlos Navarro
G Mike Conley Jr.

ROY: Kevin Durant

Coach of the Year: Nate McMillan

MIP: Andrew Bynum

6th Man: Manu Ginobili

MVP: Kobe Bryant
Last edited by ultimateplaya on Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:41 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:02 am

MVP: Kobe / KG (close)

MIP: Bynum

ROY: Durant (unanimous)

DPOY: Camby / Dwight (close)

6th MAN: Manu (unanimous)

ALL 1st TEAM
C -d.howard
PF -k.garnett
SF -l.james
SG -k.bryant
PG -s.nash / c.paul

ALL 2nd TEAM
C -a.stoudamire
PF -t.duncan
SF -p.pierce
SG -a.iverson
PG -j.kidd

ALL Defensive team
C -m.camby / d.howard
PF -k.garnett
SF -j.smith
SG -k.bryant
PG -c.paul


about the lock-down D of kobe, i guess it's one of the best or THE BEST, i think if only he didn't have to score that much (like in the USA team) he'll be the DPOY, but now? he is too busy scoring and setting up teammates so he gets tired if he also defends like bowen. if you've seen what kobe can do to a player during the Olympic qualifiers i guess you'll be impressed of what can kobe do defensively.

glad to see BIG GREEN and tommi agree with each other...
:wink: i almost see you in every post arguing (Y)
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