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• AlbertBarr Posted: Apr.9 at 1:48 pm
  All I know is this…Tyreke Evans had a monster game last night…If he does manage to secure a 20-5-5 average, I think it would be downright wrong to say he isn’t rookie of the year. I also think he is the best of the three obvious candidates in creating for himself. And even though teams are now sometimes triple teaming him as he drives the the hoop, he has still maintained good productivity and helped win a few games. Curry and Jennings are phenomenal as well but I liked what kobe said “Tyreke is a grown ass man.” He is going to wear teams out.

• DOOM Posted: Apr.9 at 1:49 pm
  R.O.Y. I think goes to Reke. Only fourth rook to go 20-5-5. That’s pretty amazing. C.O.Y. I think goes to Nate McMillan, with all the injuries the blazers have had and they are sixth in the west? Very impressive. D.P.O.Y. is Rondo I think, 6th man Crawford, and the most improved player should be Marc Gasol, he has def stepped his game up this year and helped the Griz threaten for a playoff spot. No one thought they’d do that this year and he was a major reason why

• barnabusb Posted: Apr.9 at 2:10 pm
  Marc Gasol for MIP. He’s a force. His numbers haven’t improved a huge amount from last year, but he’s playing like a BMF.

• sw Posted: Apr.9 at 2:14 pm
  I don’t think Rondo should be considered for dpoy. He gets burned by guards all the time and then attempts to steal the ball after they run past him. This creates problems for the defensive rotations and KG’s legs don’t get him places as quick as they used to.

• Brian Posted: Apr.9 at 2:22 pm
  For R.O.Y., Steph Curry should get the hardware. Yes, Tyreke Evans is gonna be the 4th rook to average 20-5-5 behind Big O, MJ, and King James. BJ is going to the playoffs, but he has steadily declined since 55 pt. outburst. Curry has silenced all his doubters about his PG skills while being a constant on a struggling Warriors squad. C.O.Y. is Scott Brooks by far. We knew the Thunder were gonna be good soon and improve from last year, but this quickly. Also, their defense is incredible. Sixth Man is Crawford. Do we really have to debate about this. M.I.P. should go to Gasol because he has stepped it up on both ends of the court. Averaging a near double-double and revitalizing the Grizz. He makes the Pau trade a little more even. MVP is gonna go to LBJ, but it should go to Durant. Just like team expectations, Durant has surpassed them all at a lightning pace. He is the catalyst for this squad. Even if they did improve a bit, to improve from 23 to 50 wins is a big jump, especially when you basically have the same squad from last year.

• Exile Posted: Apr.9 at 2:22 pm
  ROY: Although I love Evans…. I am leaning towards Steph Curry. Evans is a beast, but I think Curry is the better player. Also…. Isn’t it time we got rid of the 6th man award?

• Tim Posted: Apr.9 at 2:45 pm
  Andrew Bogut should definitely get the Third Team (if not the Second Team) Center position. Dude was killing it this year. 16 & 10 with 2.5 blocks for a playoff team. I’ll take that.

• Anton Posted: Apr.9 at 3:05 pm
  Coach of the Year: LeBron
  MVP: Jason Williams
  Most Improved Player: Tiger Woods
  Defensive Player of the Year: Steve Nash
  6th Man of the Year: Khloe Kardashian
  Rookie of the Year: Blake Griffin
  Community Outrach Award: Gilbert Arenas
  Most Likely to Kill Someone in the Offseason with Minimal Punishment: JR Smith
  Bodybuilder of the Year: Rashard Lewis
  No Regard for Human Life Award: Corey Brewer
  Mental Pu$$y of the Year: Dwight Howard
  WTF of the Year: Zachory Randolph
  Suicide Watch of the Year: Knickenbockers
  Inverse Swag/Performance of the Year: Brandon Jennings
  AARP Member of the Year: Kevin Garnett
  Failed Trade of the Year: Amare to Cavs
  Most Likely to have Ugliest Companion in Offseason: Dirk
  Free Agent of the Year: Wally Szcerbiak
  Undisputed H.O.R.S.E. Champion of the Year: Greg Oden

• Mo Money Bizzes Posted: Apr.9 at 4:18 pm
  If I know The Links like I do, you’re gonna vote Smith for Defensive POY, Horford 3rd team center, and Crawford 6th man. Hell, I could see Woody getting coach of the year 2.

• dma Posted: Apr.9 at 4:19 pm
  My ROY goes to Curry over Jennings. The league is all about numbers, and unfortunately, GSW produces numbers. Nobody thought the small ball backcourt would have worked. Coach goes to SVG just because he added THREE rotation players in VC, JWill and Barnes and didn’t miss a beat. Defensive player is Dwight of course. 6th man Jamal Crawford, congrats on playoffs finally. MVP no doubt LeBron. MIP I would prefer to give it to Brook Lopez, but from that list, I’m going with Gasol.

• k Posted: Apr.9 at 4:56 pm
  I think Brooks and Hill are a case of guys being this good already but just getting more minutes this year. For me the MIP is either Bogut or Brewer. Brooks (Scott) seems like an obvious choice for COY, though if Houston were eliminated tomorrow instead of a week ago Adelman would seem a good choice too. 6th should be Crawford, I might have said Landry except he’s started I believe every game since he got to Sacto. I’d give Jennings ROY but I really don’t even feel that strongly about him or either of the other two. The other ones seem obvious.

• Reflex Posted: Apr.9 at 5:08 pm
  R.O.Y: Curry’s on fire, but only since January. It’s easy to forget that Reke’s been on fire from Game 1 to now. 20-5- night in night out, it should be his award no doubt.
  MVP: 1) Bron (*yawn) 2)KD <3 3) D.Howard
  Coach of the Year: 1) Skiles 2) Brooks 3) Nate Mc
  D.P.O.Y: D.Howard, this shouldn’t be as close, game in game out guards cut through the lane for a lay up, see Dwight and settle for a jumpshot instead. 3blks pg plus numerous more intangibles that benefit his team.
  Most Improved: It’s KD surely, went from potential
  ststar to beast

• Reflex Posted: Apr.9 at 5:17 pm
  overnight and is still just 21. If he’s not in the ballot then Gasol or Westbrook should get it
  6th man: J Crawford, great pickup for ATL
  NBA 1ST TEAM: G: DWill G:Wade G F: Bron F: KD C: D12
  I love Kobe to the nth degree but I don’t think he’s play (save for the 1st 15-20 games where he was as good as anyone) this year merits 1st team selection, I feel Wade has been slept on a bit this year, he’s still been beastly just not getting as much love as over the last 2 seasons

• Reflex Posted: Apr.9 at 5:19 pm
  *his play
  loads of errors in my comments, my bad

• Moose Posted: Apr.9 at 6:09 pm
  RONDO FOR DPOY.

• Sparty's Law Posted: Apr.9 at 7:33 pm
  I really hope either Kobe or KD wins MVP instead of LeBron. LeBron is such a d*ck.

• Dacre Posted: Apr.9 at 8:04 pm
  MVP: LeBron James – games best player
  DPOY: Dwight Howard – CREATING statistical records
  ROY: B. Jennings – which team improved over last yr?
  6MOY: J. Crawford – doesn’t start ANY games
  _______________________________________
  ALLNBA1st:
  c D. Howard – best centre in the league
  f L. James – will be here for the next 6 yrs
  f C. Anthony – welcome to one of the 5 best players.
  g K. Bryant – will win games with last shot
  g D. Williams – best pg label belongs here
  ____________________________
  MIP: C. Frye – goes from NO 3pt shot to deep fryer

• DJ Leon Smith Posted: Apr.9 at 11:13 pm
  Does Bogut not get mentioned because he’d have to be ranked ahead of Al Horford?

• J Posted: Apr.10 at 4:44 am
  Anton for post of the year!

• SAB Posted: Apr.10 at 6:27 am
  ^^ yeh, but OUCH on the JR Smith comment……
  i like the thoughts so far… can’t really decide between Durant/Bogut/Gasol for MIP… Jamal to win the last ever 6th man award (cos the award is kinda pointless)… Gentry doesn’t have any love as coach of the year? I don’t think many thought Phoenix would be back this strong this year… great to see D-Will getting the love for first team…

• Mitya Posted: Apr.10 at 9:22 am
  How about David Lee for the third team? Is he listed as a Center?
  @Anton: that was some funny stuff man

• Joel O's Posted: Apr.10 at 11:14 am
  @Anton: Vintage stuff.

• Joel O's Posted: Apr.10 at 11:25 am
  For Coach of the Year, I think Scott Brooks has the edge over Skiles. Yes, Skiles did a tremendous job with his squad, and until Bogut went down they were a squad that many considered much more dangerous than a lower East seed. But Brooks has his Thunder RIGHT IN THE MIX with Denver, Dallas, Phoenix and Utah. Any of these four may get to the Finals, and are considered contenders. OKC, incredibly, are their equals right now.

• Joel O's Posted: Apr.10 at 11:29 am
  For the record, I think Durant has inherited that “aura” that Kobe had 2-3 years ago where his offensive ability gives his team this crazy optimism where, if they can keep the score close in the 4th quarter, even against apparently superior opponents, “anything can happen” KD proved just that against Utah earlier this week. Going into the playoffs, people are still doubting the Thunder, but I think they have a good shot of being giant killers soon.

• Joel O's Posted: Apr.10 at 11:37 am
  Okay, here are my two cents on the All NBA Teams. 1st team: Dwight, Bron and Durant, Kobe and DWill.
  2nd team: Duncan, Melo and Dirk, Wade and Rondo.
  3rd team: Bogut, Bosh and Amare, Nash and Joe Johnson.

• Joel O's Posted: Apr.10 at 11:49 am
  What! Duncan is still a “forward”? He hasn’t played “power forward” since Robinson retired, geez.

• TheFro Posted: Apr.10 at 3:00 pm
  Nate McMillan for COY. No one had to deal with more unforeseen injuries, and the Blazers are still in a position to potentially be 6th in the West.

• Mitya Posted: Apr.10 at 4:14 pm
  I say COY to Scotty – McMilan still had depth and experience at his disposal, plus one Marcus Camby later on.

• Mitya Posted: Apr.10 at 4:19 pm
  I meant Brooks of course. Skiles is a good choice as well, but I just love the Thunder and the West is much tougher.

• Hursty Posted: Apr.10 at 11:15 pm
  I “heart” Anton’s comments.

• Hursty Posted: Apr.10 at 11:20 pm
  MVP – James
  DPOY – Howard
  6th Man – Crawford
  ROY – Evans
  MIP – Brooks
  …
  1st Team
  …
  Williams
  Bryant
  James
  Anthony
  Howard
  …
  2nd Team
  Wade
  Nash
  Durant
  Boozer
  Bogut
  …
  3rd Team
  Rondo
  Billups?
  Nowitzki
  Boozer
  Stoudemire

• TheKiDD2kill Posted: Apr.11 at 1:10 am
  JOSH SMITH, i mean he passes like steve nash, Dunks better than lebron(Lebron does the same dunk), and blocks like dwight howard. If he could just learn to shoot he would be the best player in the NBA. Josh Smith improved alot this year, he played like an allstar……………..he deserves the nba’s most improved player award!

• Dacre Posted: Apr.11 at 8:23 am
  Hey hursty, you got boozer in PF at 2nd and 3nd team. I take it you mean, Dirk in 2nd team?

• Jon W. Posted: Apr.11 at 10:00 am
  Steph Curry (ROY), Dwyane Wade (MVP), Kevin Durant (MIP), Jamal Crawford (Sixth Man), Dwight Howard (DPOY), Scott Brooks (COY), and Cavs as champs……

• JD Posted: Apr.11 at 2:58 pm
  MVP Lebron
  ROY Tyreke Evans
  DPOY Dwight Howard
  6th man Manu Ginobili
  MIP Brooks
  COY Alvin Gentry

• dma Posted: Apr.11 at 4:11 pm
  anybody that doesn’t pick jamal crawford for 6th man should be banned from the links. hell even from slam.

• givard Posted: Apr.11 at 5:00 pm
  MVP: obviously Lebron, been as dominant as ever!
  MIP: i know bogut went down, but he stepped up and was probly the 2nd or 3rd best C in the league in the new year
  ROY: my heart says curry but i know its tyrekes
  6th man: Jamal got this by a mile
  DPOY: Dwight obviously
  COY: Scott Skiles 1st team all-nba
  C: dwight
  F: Lebron
  F: Durant
  G: Kobe
  G: D-will 2nd team all-nba
  C: amare
  F: melo
  F: Dirk
  G: Wade
  G: Nash 3rd team all-nba
  C: bogut
  F: Boozer
  F: Bosh
  G: Rondo
  G: Roy

• Hursty Posted: Apr.11 at 7:25 pm
  @Dacre, whoops! You’re right. Dirk in 2, Boozer in 3.

• Old Guy Posted: Apr.11 at 8:39 pm
  I’ll tell you what my ballot would look like: ROY: I want to go with Curry, and eventually, I think he might surpass Tyreke as the best player in this draft class, but that 20-5-5 line is difficult to overlook, so I’ll give it to Tyreke. COY: A lot of worthy names here, but I think what Scott Brooks has managed to do with this Thunders team is mighty impressive. DOY: Howard. There’s not even a counter-argument to be made here. MIP: Gerald Wallace’s name probably deserves a mention, along with Josh Smith and Aaron Brooks, but my pick is Marc Gasol. He was something of a joke last year, but now I’m not even sure if Pau was the best Gasol traded last year. 6th: Jamal Crawford. His pr48 scoring ave. is one of the highest in the NBA. Vinnie Johnson was like a homeless person’s Jamal Crawford. MVP: LeBron, I guess you could make a case for Howard or Kobe or Wade, or whomever, but you’d just be playing the devil’s advocate, right? All-NBA first team
  D. Wade
  K. Bryant
  L. James
  K. Durant
  D. Howard All-NBA second team
  S. Nash
  D. Williams
  C. Anthony
  D. Nowizki
  A. Stoudamire All-NBA third team
  J. Johnson
  B. Roy
  T. Duncan
  P. Gasol
  C. Bosh
  A. Bogut The guard spots are difficult to select, Rondo, Billups, and Kidd are all worthy of a mention, luckily Chris Paul’s injury freed up one spot.

• barnabusb Posted: Apr.11 at 10:44 pm
  I think the NBA already showed they want to give awards to Tyreke during All-Star Weekend. He deserves ROY more than that Rook/Soph MVP, though.

• mike Posted: Apr.12 at 5:17 am
  I think the toughest decision is the R.O.Y. award. I discount Curry because of 25 wins and Don Nelson’s system. If I had a vote I would really want to vote for Jennings because he put up numbers when needed like the 55 and could have better numbers I think but has to play with Ridinour, Redd, Stackhouse, and Salmons. I would put Jennings one and Evans two because the other voters will like the 20, 5, and 5 for the fourth time and not the 55(!). I thought OKC’s coach was the best this year until the last couple of games.

• Hoopistani Posted: Apr.12 at 5:49 am
  ROY: Tyreke Evans
  Coach: Scott Brooks
  DPOY: Gerald Wallace
  6th Man: Jamal Crawford
  MVP: LeBron James
  MIP: Aaron Brooks

• Joel O's Posted: Apr.12 at 9:18 am
  ROY is Jennings. His team is pretty much him, Bogut, and a bunch of shooters and rebounders. Skiles’ teams as usual play their butts off, but I think Jennings is ALREADY a consummate pure PG of a playoff squad. Evans put up great numbers, yeah, but I think we’ve been spoiled by guys like Lebron and Wade who routinely clock in those 28,7 and 7 nights so our idea of “superstar” is a guy who can put up those type of all-round numbers night in and night out. That mindset favours Evans, who probably will be putting up monstrous Wade-like numbers in a few years. But Jennings is the starting PG of a team that, before Bogut went down, many people thought would give any higher seed a heck of a fight in the first round. Numbers are one thing, and Jennings DID put up numbers, perhaps a bit too soon with the 55, making teams defend his shot more – but what matters is that Jennings adjusted and has grown leaps and bounds as a pg ever since. Remember what a PG is ultimately measured by – not his individual stats, but the W/L column. In that regard, it’s a no contest. Jennings for ROY.

• TyMo Posted: Apr.12 at 10:39 am
  Evans may be successful only because he dominates the ball, but I think that is evidence of why he should be ROY. His team put so much pressure on him from Day 1 to be their guy. They put the ball in his hands, and he’s never been overwhelmed by that responsibility. That and he’s put up huge numbers for a rookie. The wins will come in time.

• Garett Posted: Apr.14 at 2:21 pm
  ROY: Tyreke Coach: Scott Brooks DPO: Dwight All-NBA 1:
  C Dwight
  F Durant
  F LBJ
  G Kobe
  G Dwayne All-NBA 2:
  C Amare
  F Bosh
  F Melo
  G Dwill
  G Nash All-NBA 3:
  C Bogut
  F Duncan
  F Dirk
  G Pierce
  G Rondo 6th: Jamal MVP: LBJ MIP: Durant

• Jukai Posted: Apr.15 at 2:55 am
  MVP: Lebron
  DPOY: Dwight Howard
  ROY: Evans
  COY: Aaron Scott
  MIP: Aaron Brooks
  All NBA First-Team: Nash, Williams, Durant, Lebron, Howard
  All NBA Second-Team: Wade, Kobe, Anthony, Dirk, Stoudamire (even though he ain’t a center, sigh)
  All NBA Third-Team: Johnson, Roy, Bosh, Duncan, Bogut
  All-NBA Defense: Rondo, Westbrook, Artest, Josh Smith, Howard
  All-NBA Defense: Hinrich, Wade, Battier, Lebron, Bogut
  Rookie First Team: Jennings, Evans, Casspi, Gibson, Blair
  Rookie Second Team: Curry, Harden, Buddinger, Jerebko, David Anderson?

• Jukai Posted: Apr.15 at 2:58 am
  A few notes:
  -no, it’s not a typo I put Nash and Williams on first-team and Kobe/Wade on second…. Nash and Williams have brought their A-games all year long, Wade has only picked it up the second half and Kobe has faded. No one has a problem with putting two shooting guards there, I’m putting two points!
  -Makin’ the rookie teams like G-G-F-F-C… although I’m not sure they have to be in that category, like All-NBA… Easily add Curry in first team if I can squeeze in another guard
  -Is David Anderson really the best rookie center next to Blair? Did I really just decide between him and Jon Brockman?

• Jukai Posted: Apr.15 at 2:58 am
  Oh, and if Kobe makes all-team defense ANYTHING this year, it will be the biggest sham ever

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