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MIP is a toss up between Beasley and Love.
MVP is Ama're
Pointless thread but still:
MVP? Rose
MIP? E. Gordon
DPOY? Chandler
ROY? ....... yeah....
COY? Pop
MIP is a toss up between Beasley and Love.
MVP is Ama're
MVP: LeBron... I might pick Dwight but LBJ is still putting up 25/7/7 when everyone thought at least some of his numbers would go down on this team, plus look at how the Heat look without him. Dirk would be up there if not for the games missed. I still think Amare could make a case depending how the Knicks play the rest of the season.
DPOY: Dwight... don't really see anyone else making a strong enough case to overtake him. Chandler is an interesting choice though. Also, someone that doesn't get enough credit for his overall defensive impact is Josh Smith.
MIP: Russell Westbrook slightly over Eric Gordon because Westbrook's contributions have led to more wins. Gordon is very deserving though.
ROY: unanimous
COY: Would have to be Pop at this point considering none of his players are having huge MVP seasons. He deserves it too. Tom Thibodeau has done a really good job with the Bulls. He'd be my second choice.
Executive: Gar Forman takes it for me. Considering he missed out on Wade, LeBron, Amare, and Bosh, he took the next available guy he thought would fit in Boozer. He replaced Del Negro with Thibodeau, secured Noah with a long term deal, and got a couple of role players he felt would help them.
I forgot about Kevin Love. I change my MIP pick to him as well.
chandler is NOT getting defensive POY ...he has been good butt hat defense will fold down the stretch ...
Early it was Noah ... Lebron will get some consieration and he is good but not DPOY ...Howard should win it. Not because of the blocks and the boards, (him winning the award 3 straight times is probably akin to Nash winning back2back MVP's they are GOOD not THAT good) but if he can keep the Magic's defensive numbers close to the same while losing their backup center and best perimeter defender (Pietrus) he deserves to win it again ...
MVP: Howard he is doing more with less than Lebron plus he has improved offensively
ROY: Blake and Landry Fields will be runner up over Wall
COY: Pop
Exec: Riles ...
MIP: Kevin Love
MVP - Its between Dirk or Rose.
DPOY - Dwight Howard
MIP - Tyson Chandler
COY - Popovich
EOTY - Pat Riley
How is Love Most Improved player of the year when he had a pretty good year last year?
http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/pl...1/seasontype/2
Chandler is so over-rated defensively it is not crazy as Dallas plays a friggin zone most of the time and he blocks shots poorly - check it out 1.44 a game vs. Duncan who is at 2.05 in less minutes and Chandler is also not that great of a rebounder considering Dirk stinks and the rest of the team at that - again, "that over the hill" Duncan guy is outrebounding him with very similar per 48 numbers.
Team Dallas bought into the zone but the improvement was as much C. Butler as anyone as except for beating LAL this team has taken a dive. Dallas is now 11th in defensive efficiency and while Chandler has been sick a few days his contribution has been blantantly over-rated and Dallas and its defense is being exposed over time as it is missing its only true great on the ball defender in Caron Butler. (again).
In the clutch Duncan is a FAR better defender even at his age than Chandler and will prove it again in the playoffs!
http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/tea...ff/order/false
this. I do think chandler's "at ude" has helped changed the mindset ...but he should not get this award ...
Because his stats are far improved this year.
But generally the Most Improved award goes to a player who nobody expected to be really really good, but all of a sudden is producing great numbers. I think anyone who was paying attention thought that Love would be great.
Not Cweb. Love's rookie year he said he thought love would be a bust because he did not have the speed or athleticsm to be effective at the PF position in the NBA and was too small to play center ...
seems to me you are a bit insecure for someone who is so confident that the spurs are the greatest team in the history of great teams. damn near every one of your posts are about why such and such on the mavs is overrated, sucks, blah blah blah....
He has still improved.
14/11 to 21 and nearly 16 is a pretty big improvement. It might not be as big an improvement as some other candidates. But I think it's easier to improve from being a role player to a pretty good player than it is to being a really good player to a great player.
He's more athletic than a lot of people gave him credit before, but I'm still astonished by the 15+ RPG. That is just crazy to me for anyone who is not a Dwight Howard or Dennis Rodman type of run and jump athlete.
But Love had already proved him wrong by last year.
"We're just coasting" award - the Lakers
In Minnesota, Noah (if healthy) would be a 16 rebounds player too
I cannot pick Kevin Love for MVP simply because he doesn't make his teammates better. He gets stats, but those don't translate to wins. Rose, on the other hand, runs the show.
MIP: Greg Oden. He couldn't have gotten uglier, he has to have improved.
Seriously though, maybe Milsap.
MVP- Wow, think about it, we're already halfway here but it appears there is still no legitimate Top 2-3 MVP candidate fighting for it. It seems like any of these 5 players (Wade, Bron, Dwight, Durant, Rose) can win it and there won't be much argment why one deserves it over the other.
I think Lebron and Wade are the two best players in the league, but I can see the media giving this to Wade if the Heat wins 60+ games. Hard to win a third MVP for Lebron especially after two disappointing seasons. Lebron's numbers are slightly lower, he's playing on a much talented team and the stigma of his "decision" is going to hurt his chances tremendously. My pick is Wade.
MIP- Yeah Gordon is a good pick. Nick Young too.
Roy- eh..
COY- Thibodeau. NO doubt here. Bulls were 41-41 last year, now they're on pace to win 57 wins. That's a huge improvement. The Bulls will win the Central Division and they will end up with 56+ wins. Thibodeau got this one.
DPOY- Dwight. Who else? Chandler could win however if Dallas finds its early season dominance. Chandler got a lot of credit for the teams defensive tenacity. Hey, If Marcus Camby won it twice, any big man that rebounds and blocks efficiently can too, ya know.
Noah is one of the best rebounders in the league, so that's not a huge leap to suggest that. That doesn't refute any notion that it's really impressive that Love is doing it. Beyond that, the Timberwolves lead the league in rebounding. Would you have guessed that? And Love is the main reason for it. His rebounding is ridiculous.
Camby only won DPOY once. But yeah it was bull that he won it.
I don't see how anyone can argue against Pop for CoY.
If it's pace, the Spurs are on pace for ~70 wins. That's 20 more than last year. They are 6 up on the defending champs in the West, and a few up on the league. If you consider that the Spurs didn't make any blockbuster trades, that coaching, phenomenal scouting and adjustments (and healthy players) have made this difference, I don't see how you can deny what Pop has done.
If the Bulls coach turned around a 20 win team, that's different, but he's replacing Vinny Del Negro, not Jerry Sloan or Phil or Pop. , anyone here could out coach Vinny.
MVP: I put Rose cause as you said, there's no legitimate MVP right now: Kobe's numbers are not that impressive and the Lakers are not playing great, Dirk would be up there if his Mavs record was not what it is right now, Wade and Lebron have more or less excluded themselves from the race by joining their forces in Miami (along with Bosh). Howard, Paul and Durant? Yeah, they're playing good BB (not better than expected though) and have winning records but that's not enough for MVP IMO.
It leaves us with... Rose is just having a monster season and is carrying his team despite all the bigs injuries. More than Thibodeau, Rose is the reason for the Bulls improved record. Let's see if the kid can keep it up...
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