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All I can say is:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8060680?MSNHPHMA
NEW YORK (AP) - Boston's Kevin Garnett won the NBA's defensive player of the year award Tuesday. He beat out Denver's Marcus Camby and Houston's Shane Battier.
Garnett helped the Celtics to league-best records of 66-16 (.805) overall and 31-10 (.738) on the road. Boston held opponents to just 90.3 points (second in the NBA) after allowing 99.2 points per game a season ago. The Celtics had the biggest one-year turnaround in NBA history.
Garnett received 493 points, including 90 first-place votes. Camby, who won the award last season, finished second with 178 points and Battier had 175 points.
What's sad is Camby came in 2nd, and Battier 3rd. No mention of Bruce at all in the running this year
In fact I think Battier may even take his place on the All NBA Defensive team as well...
All I can say is:
What a surprise?
I thought the Celts finished first in opponent scoring. Did the Spurs or Pistons get first?http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8060680?MSNHPHMA
NEW YORK (AP) - Boston's Kevin Garnett won the NBA's defensive player of the year award Tuesday. He beat out Denver's Marcus Camby and Houston's Shane Battier.
Garnett helped the Celtics to league-best records of 66-16 (.805) overall and 31-10 (.738) on the road. Boston held opponents to just 90.3 points (second in the NBA) after allowing 99.2 points per game a season ago. The Celtics had the biggest one-year turnaround in NBA history.
Garnett received 493 points, including 90 first-place votes. Camby, who won the award last season, finished second with 178 points and Battier had 175 points.
What's sad is Camby came in 2nd, and Battier 3rd. No mention of Bruce at all in the running this year
In fact I think Battier may even take his place on the All NBA Defensive team as well...
Since Boston is the fashionable team .. probably some thropies will go there ...
I expected Bruce to not win, which is an atrocity in it of itself, but...Battier taking his spot on the All-Defensive team? You can't take that away from the man! GAY!
The award is a joke, there should be no reason to get mad. Unless Bowen can leap in the air in a single bound and block shots and make it look good for ESPN highlights, it's not gonna happen.All I can say is:
Garnett is a bad,bad man. I think they got it right.
What's hilarious is Camby coming in 2nd - when everyone knows Denver plays NO defense!
Oh well Bruce - just win another championship and let KG have his regular season award! I hope we meet the Celtics in the Finals and Bruce totally shuts them down just to show what a joke that award really is!
So the writers feel Battier is a better defensive player than Bowen now?
haha
morons..
Bah!
this is a bunch of
What a joke. Even 2nd and 3rd place. It's obvious this award is just birthday cake for anyone to have.
2007-08 NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY KIA MOTORS RESULTS
Player, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts
Kevin Garnett, Boston 90 12 7 493
Marcus Camby, Denver 12 32 22 178
Shane Battier, Boston 11 33 21 175
Bruce Bowen, San Antonio 7 7 24 80
Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers -- 10 10 40
Josh Smith, Atlanta 1 6 11 34
Chris Paul, New Orleans 1 4 7 24
Dwight Howard, Orlando 1 4 7 24
Tim Duncan, San Antonio -- 6 4 22
Tayshaun Prince, Detroit -- 3 4 13
Tyson Chandler, New Orleans 1 1 2 10
Rasheed Wallace, Detroit -- 3 -- 9
Richard Hamilton, Detroit -- 1 -- 3
Samuel Dalembert, Philadelphia -- 1 -- 3
Raja Bell, Phoenix -- 1 -- 3
Rajon Rondo, Boston -- -- -- 1
Chauncey Billups, Detroit -- -- 1 1
Kyle Lowry, Memphis -- -- 1 1
Ron Artest, Sacramento -- -- 1 1
Andrei Kirilenko, Utah -- -- 1 1
you have got to be a complete moron to be angry at this decision
KG has been amazing defensively this year on the BEST defensive team.
stop being such homers. Bruce is still a very good defender but not what he was...he is not the best defender in the NBA. Being dirty doesn't make you the best defender
I agree with everything except about bruce being dirty. Bowen is a great defender but this year hasn't been his greatest defensive year. Congrats to KG for the award!
KG easily deserves this. He is the anchor of the best defensive team in basketball.
Who ing cares.
He can get his individual awards.
We'll get the
Congrats to Mr. Overrated
being dirty?
Are you a ing moron or somethin?
Rhetorical question I know...
Anyone with a freaking brain knows Bruce is a dirty player. He is of course a top draw defensive player but you have to be a complete moron to think he doesn't play dirty basketball at times during games.
he does what it takes to win....like they did in the 80's
If coaches voted instead of idiot sportswriters, we'd probably see a different outcome. Ask the coaches who their best players hate to play against - I'll bet it's not KG or Shane Battier. And it's most certainly not Marcus Camby!
I'm pissed about Camby being there.... DPOY candidate on perhaps the worst defensive team in a decade? There are no words for that level of incompetence.
Garnett deserved it, but the fact that Bruce isn't even in the top 3 is sad. He will go down as the best defender ever not to win a DPOY.
1st of all, this isnt the an award for the best defensive TEAM which people keep bringing up. It's an individual award so don't even say "well his team plays no defense". If you put Bowen on the Sonics...would you say he's now not a good defender because the rest of his team isn't? No.
2nd. Who the gave Chris Paul 1st and 2nd place votes, LOL. He's not even top 10.
3rd. Garnett doesn't gaurd all 5 opponents on the court. Until he does, using the arguement that he deserves it because he's the best defender on the statistically the best defensive team is irrelevant. I'm sure they can play defense without Garnett.
4th. The voting panel for this award is rE eDe...look
Chris Paul, New Orleans 1 4 7 24
Tim Duncan, San Antonio -- 6 4 22
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Big ing deal. So the big ing vagina cricket won some ty award. Why dont you man up and play with balls when it counts Garnett! Individual awards are and meaningless just like having the best record in basketball is. Again show me something in the later rounds KG. Until you do that, I give you an F- on your first season here in Boston!
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