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Manu had this confidence way before he won Gold.
LOL. I don't particularly like Wade, so I'm a little biased.
He's only in his sophmore year though, I don't see it going to him.
Manu had this confidence way before he won Gold.
Simmons seems to have brought it all season, but if you look closer you'll see that Pryzbilla is averaging 9pts 10reb and 2.4blk since he took over the starting job. Brezec has to get consideration, especially in light of his Brandy Chastain escapade after beating Shaq's team.
It should end up a pretty tight race between Simmons, Brezec and au.
Grant Hill sucked last year. I can't recall a single thing he did.
This year, very solid contributor.
LOL. Astute observation as always Shoogar
did hill only miss one game this year?
There's also an award called the Comback Player of the Year given usually to a player who overcomes a serious or lengthy injury...
Obviously that is Grant Hill's award this season.
Nah, they got rid of the Comeback award a few years ago. It's really a stupid concept when you think about it.
I agree that the only choices for the award are Simmons and Hughes.
most surprise team has to be the suns
I do not think anyone thought they would mesh with nash this quick!
Jim did.
I thought he picked them last year when they sucked.
lol
Probably. To him it counts though.
They did? I disagree...I think it's stupid to start an award and then discontinue it...you basically render the awards meaningless for the people that won them...I think that's kind of crappy. I don't like the way the NBA discontinues awards...I think they have discontinued the IBM award too...further dissing the Admirals career.
Grant Hill had to battle back from serious injuries and it took him years to make it back to the NBA...if anyone ever deserved a comeback POY award it's Grant Hill...I don't think that's stupid. They sh restart it again just for him.
Geez...I just looked it up and they discontinued it after Michael Ray won it for coming back from drug addiction in 1985...a few years ago indeed...I guess it's a little too late for me to get outraged over the fact it no longer exists
I think the MIP is the replacement award for the CPOY.
IMO it should be Hughes.
I don't think they'll give it a guy who will end playing only about 60 games this season. He deserves it by the numbers, but I think the voters will think he missed too much time.
Primoz Brezec
i agree.
Of late, the award seems to go to guys who elevate from being rotation players who are roughly in the top 150 overall to being all-star caliber guys who move into something more like the top 50 overall. Guys who go from being around 10 ppg scorers to being more like 20 ppg scorers in one year. It's all very subjective.
I'd say, generally, you can look to vets who are first-time all-stars (or guys who warranted a serious look at the break) to see who might be in serious contention.
If you take a look at the past winners of MIP award, it looks like it is (almost) necessary to score at least 10 ppg in the previous season.
What about Dwade or Lebron, or maybe Chris Bosh.
I'm basically in agreement with Slava on this one -- I think the media is gaga over Lebron and Wade and they'll give the award to one of those two. I'm not sure it's deserved, but since they can't really give either the MVP or DPOY, they'll battle it out for MIP.
By the way, now that the drug problems have basically been eradicated and there is no longer any prospect of a guy winning for beating an addiction, I think the league should bring back the Comeback Player of the Year award. Grant Hill deserves some kind of historical recognition for what he's done this season.
Luke Ridnour or Primoz Brezec, not sure if Ridnour has been playing long enough to be eligible though. By the way what's this I hear about Hedo being considered (before he broke his wrist) for the Sixth Man of the Year award?
tayshaun prince?
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