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It still makes me laugh that he was drafted 29th. At least Dallas was smart enough to take him.
2nd consecutive week, woohoo!!!
NEW YORK, Jan. 2, 2007 – The Milwaukee Bucks’ Michael Redd and the Dallas Mavericks’ Josh Howard today were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Dec. 25 through Sunday, Dec. 31.
Redd, who also won the award for the week of Nov. 27-Dec. 3, averaged 27.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists in helping Milwaukee to a 3-1 record last week. He notched 36 points and seven rebounds in a 114-107 win at San Antonio on Dec. 26 and posted 28 points, eight rebounds and four assists in a 119-102 win over Washington on Dec. 30.
Howard, who also won the award last week, registered averages of 21.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.3 blocks in helping Dallas, winners of 10 in a row, to a 4-0 week. He had 28 points, 17 rebounds, five assists and three blocks in Dallas’ 89-85 win at Denver on Dec. 31.
Here is a closer look at the week for Redd and Howard:
Michael Redd, Milwaukee Bucks
Dec. 26 at San Antonio: Posted 36 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals in 114-107 win over the Spurs.
Dec. 27 at Memphis: Tallied 20 points, five rebounds, four assists and one steal in 112-96 win over the Grizzlies.
Dec. 29 at Cleveland: Registered 24 points, two assists and one rebound in 109-99 loss to the Cavaliers.
Dec. 30 vs. Washington: Scored 28 points adding eight rebounds and four assists in 119-102 win over Wizards.
Josh Howard, Dallas Mavericks
Dec. 26 vs. Charlotte: Registered 27 points, eight rebounds, three assists and one steal in 97-84 win over Bobcats.
Dec. 28 vs. Phoenix: Scored 16 points and added 12 rebounds, three steals, two assits and one block in 101-99 win over Suns.
Dec. 30 vs. New Orleans/Oklahoma City: Tallied 15 points, six rebounds, three assists, two steals and one block in 94-80 win over Hornets.
Dec. 31 at Denver: Had 28 points, 17 rebounds, five assists and three blocks in 89-85 win at Nuggets.
Other nominees for Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week were Detroit’s Richard Hamilton, Houston’s Tracy McGrady, Milwaukee’s Andrew Bogut, Cleveland's LeBron James, Phoenix’s Steve Nash and Amaré Stoudemire, Sacramento’s Mike Bibby and Washington’s Gilbert Arenas.
It still makes me laugh that he was drafted 29th. At least Dallas was smart enough to take him.
it makes me laugh that arenas was drafted 31st
A couple other draft day steals
Tony Parker - 28th
Manu Ginobili - 57th
By the way, congrats to JHo. I really like how he's rebounding.
another steal - michael redd (43th overall)
no one cares, AGAIN!
How about Boozer?
He was about 50. I remember.
JHo Got Crazy Game.........
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WHvKObUoiNo
Now be nice. It's not like the Mavs' fans have any championship rings to keep track of.
I kid.
Player of the week twice in a row is an impressive accomplishment, especially in such a compe ive conference. Props.
oops....
my bad
Parker at 28 is about right for an unknown 19 year old kid from france. In retrospect, he should have been anywhere between 6-11 in that draft though.
Manu was definately a steal at 57th (or whatever it was).
Duncan still gives the team front office grief over not drafting Howard ahead of Dallas. That ended up being a pretty bad pick by the Spurs. They drafted Barbosa and traded him for a future 1st round pick. Who did they draft with that pick anyway? Udrih? I can't inagine how good the Spurs would be with either Howard starting at the 3 or with a backcourt of Barbosa, Manu and TP. We Mavs fans sure missed a bullet on that one. Spurs would easily be the team to beat for a long tome if they had drafted/kept either one of those players....
JHoward has always been a pretty good rebounder, his areas of greatest improvement are on defense, shot selection, and distributing the ball. He has become a much more mature player. Now that he has added a reliable outside shot to his game, there is no question that he is a top forward in the league and deserving of an All-Star spot this year.
The Spurs didn't pick Barbosa and trade him. They traded the #28 pick in that draft before the pick to Phoenix before the pick came up. Because of the NBA's archaic rules about trading picks during a draft, the pick was announced as a Spurs pick, but Barbosa was the guy that Phoenix instructed the Spurs to take. So, Barbosa was never really Spurs property.
The decision to deal the #1 that came back from Phoenix also proved to be fairly canny as well. With Phoenix reaching the elite, the pick lost virtually all of its real value to the Spurs. They never drafted a player represented by that pick; they dealt the pick along with one of their own and Malik Rose to the Knicks for Nazr Mohammed. Mohammed, in turn, played a fairly significant role in bringing a championship to San Antonio in 2005 -- something that arguably wouldn't have happened without the trade.
And, I'm not sure that the Spurs would have won a le in 2005 with either Barbosa or Howard. Moreover, I'm certain that if the Spurs had either of those guys on their payroll right now, the future would be far from settled, because Spurs' ownership doesn't have the limitless pockets of an owner like Cuban -- the Spurs in that situation might not have been able to keep Ginobili or Parker, or would be facing the imminent loss of whichever of the young guys they might have drafted.
Sorry Boozer was not the 50.but the 35.pick in 2002.
But a steal anyway isn' he?
As much as I dislike the Mavs, I love watching Howard. Dude has the total package and crazy game. He is just going to get better too. It's so painful that the Spurs passed on him.
Why? Did he learn the right time to call a timeout?
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Last edited by Amare_32; 09-01-2011 at 02:26 PM.
Pfft, don't criticize the guy. Josh Howard is a great player, and I'd love to have him on my team. He's one of the few things I actually like about this Dallas squad.
I would like him alot more if he had not developed the habit or tripping our players on fast breaks durring the WCF last year. He has game but hes a dirty bas .
Jordan at the third pick in 84' was the biggest steal of all time.
Yeah he's always been a pretty good rebounder. But not 11 rpg good.
I am not sure there is any room for him at the forward spot on the AllStar team - Garnett, Duncan, Dirk, Carmelo, Boozer, Marion. But he's definitely worthy.
Howard has improved in almost all areas from last season but, I agree, it will be tough to make the allstar team. Out of the group you've listed, Marion is the only one I think Howard should go before and even that's debatable. I'd much rather have Howard on my team than Marion though as Howard is a much better halfcourt player and that's what counts in the playoffs. Marion was not much of a factor on the offensive end in the 4th quarters of the Suns/Mavs playoff series.
When is the banner going up?
Good one...as it seems that all of the posts in this thread were saying that this small award means the Mavs will win a le this year...
Don't hate because the Spurs passed on him...and could REALLY use him about now...
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