[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

 MVP Winner – Steph Curry

Runner Ups.

1. Kawhi Leonard
2. Russell Westbrook
3. LeBron James
4. Chris Paul

DPTY Winner – Hassan Whiteside

Runner Ups.

1. Draymond Green
2. Kawhi Leonard
3. Deandre Jordon
4. Tony Allen

Most Improve Player Winner – CJ McCollum

Runner Ups –

1. Hassan Whiteside
2. Steph Curry
3. Kemba Walker
4. Will Barton

Rookie Of the Year Winner  – Karl-Anthony Towns

Runner Ups –

1. Kristaps Porzingis
2. Devin Booker
3. Jahlil Okafor (would’ve been number 2 if it wasn’t for the injury)
4. Nikola Jokic

6th Man of The Year Winner – Will Barton

Runner Ups –

1. Andre Iguodala
2. Enes Kanter
3. Jamal Crawford
4. Jeremy Lin

Coach Of the Year Winner – Steve Clifford

Runner Ups –

1. Brad Stevens
2. Steve Kerr
3. Erik Spoestra
4. Gregg Popovich

All-NBA Teams –

1. Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook, LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, DMC
2. Chris Paul, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, DeAndre Jordan
3. Damian Lillard, Kyle Lowry, Paul Millsap, Paul George, Anthony Davis

Defensice All-NBA Teams –

1. Chris Paul, Tony Allen, Kawhi Leonard, Draymond Green, Hassan Whiteside
2. Ricky Rubio, Klay Thomspon, Jae Crowder, Paul George, Tim Duncan

All-Rookie Teams –

1. Devin Booker, Nikola Jokic, Kristaps Porzingis, Jahlil Okafor, KAT
2. D’Angelo Russell, Josh Richardson, Myles Turner, Bobby Portis, Justise Winslow

* I would really consider John Wall as an All-NBA team member. I believe he had an outstanding season.

 

 

 

 

[OlvlOParticipant]

 Agree with most of your choices, many of the awards almost seem set in stone this year, though its hard to envision Draymond Green falling out of All Nba first team, but I guess it may occur due to his position. 

Also, though Whiteside leads the league in blocks by a substantial amount, the first half of the season saw the Heat performing better defensively without him on the floor,  a trend that has recently changed since the new year. Interesting to see if he will still get the nod. 

[OlvlOParticipant]

 Agree with most of your choices, many of the awards almost seem set in stone this year, though its hard to envision Draymond Green falling out of All Nba first team, but I guess it may occur due to his position. 

Also, though Whiteside leads the league in blocks by a substantial amount, the first half of the season saw the Heat performing better defensively without him on the floor,  a trend that has recently changed since the new year. Interesting to see if he will still get the nod. 

[TRC1991Participant]

Kerr will win coach of the year 

[TRC1991Participant]

Kerr will win coach of the year 

[The GoatParticipant]

 Not bad, i agree with most. KD and Draymond both had All NBA 1st team years, but theres only x number of places.

I would have to say Terry Stotts has to be in the top 3 for Coach of the Year considering the job he’s done with the Blazers this year. I think Clifford, Pop, Kerr and Stevens are the best coaches out there though. Brett Brown too.. crazy considering he had a 10 win team. A lesser coach would be holding the bag for the newly crowned worst team ever. 

[The GoatParticipant]

 Not bad, i agree with most. KD and Draymond both had All NBA 1st team years, but theres only x number of places.

I would have to say Terry Stotts has to be in the top 3 for Coach of the Year considering the job he’s done with the Blazers this year. I think Clifford, Pop, Kerr and Stevens are the best coaches out there though. Brett Brown too.. crazy considering he had a 10 win team. A lesser coach would be holding the bag for the newly crowned worst team ever. 

[2quick4uParticipant]

 i see some big mistakes in my opinion..

1. demarcus cousins in the all nba 1st has to be a joke..

2. draymond green not in the 1st has to be another one.

3. warriors beats the all time record and kerr is not coach of the year¿?

4. klay thompson not making the all nba 3rd?

5. you have hassan whiteside winning the DPY but he’s not even on your all nba 3rd and you have anthony davis instead?

 

 

 

 

 

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

1.  DeMarcus Cousins was the best Center this season.
2. Draymond Green does not deserve to be on the 1st team ahead of Kawhi Leonard and LeBron
3. Steve Kerr didn’t coach all of his games. I believe the award should go to Brad Stevens or Steve Clifford because they had a more impressive coaching season than Steve Kerr
4. In my opinion, James Harden, Damien Lillard, and Kyle Lowry had better seasons than Klay Thompson
5. Being Defensive Player of The Year does not mean you should be in the All-NBA team. Anthony Davis still had a pretty impressive season.
6. You seem like a typical Warriors fan.

[2quick4uParticipant]

 i’m not a typical warriors fan, i’m not even a warriors fan, i’m a basketball fan and old enough to recognize the season their having..

[2quick4uParticipant]

 i’m not a typical warriors fan, i’m not even a warriors fan, i’m a basketball fan and old enough to recognize the season their having..

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

1.  DeMarcus Cousins was the best Center this season.
2. Draymond Green does not deserve to be on the 1st team ahead of Kawhi Leonard and LeBron
3. Steve Kerr didn’t coach all of his games. I believe the award should go to Brad Stevens or Steve Clifford because they had a more impressive coaching season than Steve Kerr
4. In my opinion, James Harden, Damien Lillard, and Kyle Lowry had better seasons than Klay Thompson
5. Being Defensive Player of The Year does not mean you should be in the All-NBA team. Anthony Davis still had a pretty impressive season.
6. You seem like a typical Warriors fan.

[2quick4uParticipant]

 i see some big mistakes in my opinion..

1. demarcus cousins in the all nba 1st has to be a joke..

2. draymond green not in the 1st has to be another one.

3. warriors beats the all time record and kerr is not coach of the year¿?

4. klay thompson not making the all nba 3rd?

5. you have hassan whiteside winning the DPY but he’s not even on your all nba 3rd and you have anthony davis instead?

 

 

 

 

 

[SubZeroParticipant]

I’ve got a few disagreements, but overall I’d say pretty accurate. I don’t think Harden should be All-2nd team over Lillard though. Dame took a team that most people thought would win 29 games into the playoffs, and Harden’s out of them while they should be a contender

[SubZeroParticipant]

I’ve got a few disagreements, but overall I’d say pretty accurate. I don’t think Harden should be All-2nd team over Lillard though. Dame took a team that most people thought would win 29 games into the playoffs, and Harden’s out of them while they should be a contender

[Dazzling Dunks and Basketball BloopersParticipant]

 Kawhi or draymond green will win DPOY. Most likely kawhi.

[Dazzling Dunks and Basketball BloopersParticipant]

 Kawhi or draymond green will win DPOY. Most likely kawhi.

[Hype Machine]

 Call me cynical, but I’ve not understood the reputation Brad Stevens has earned as a coach. 47 wins this season doesn’t wow me at all and he gets no COY consideration.

To me, a great coach finds ways to make the team greater than the sum of its parts. Based on my preseason projections, Id say the C’s have had an average season as per their talent levels, possibly even below average. They gained an All Star in IT4, and their young players have another year of experience..so a few extra wins should have been expected. The Celtics have amongst the deepest rosters in the League. I had them pencilled in for 50+ wins easily.

For Stevens to even be considered I believe he needs to take the Celtics to at least 55 wins.

Coaches wbo are doing more with less talent are Rick Carlisle, Terry Stotts and Steve Clifford. Then you need to consider higb achievers like Pop and Kerr.

 

I believe Stevens is a beloved figure who hasn’t earned his place among the great coaches. Must be something about his smile that makes people love him…47 wins? Not for me. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

 It’s this simple, the Celtics have a mediocre to below average roster, and they are now battling for a top 4 seed in the easter conference (the better conference this season). You wouldn’t consider none of their players on the roster top 10 players at their position before this season have started. Nobody expected IT4 to have this type of season, nobody expected Jae Crowder to have this type of season……

Brad Stevens doing more than what his roster talent level suggest. Jae Crowder didn’t get any playing time in Dallas, IT4 was traded twice and was a backup, Evan Turner is considered a bust, and there’s plenty of similar stories about most of the roster.

 

[ChicagoCaseyParticipant]

 It’s this simple, the Celtics have a mediocre to below average roster, and they are now battling for a top 4 seed in the easter conference (the better conference this season). You wouldn’t consider none of their players on the roster top 10 players at their position before this season have started. Nobody expected IT4 to have this type of season, nobody expected Jae Crowder to have this type of season……

Brad Stevens doing more than what his roster talent level suggest. Jae Crowder didn’t get any playing time in Dallas, IT4 was traded twice and was a backup, Evan Turner is considered a bust, and there’s plenty of similar stories about most of the roster.

 

[Hype Machine]

Thats cool

The other thing I take issue with…

Rudy Gobert not even top 5 in DPOY? No way Tony Allen has the same defensive impact as Rudy Gobert. Easily leads rim protection stats…

I can only put it this way…

Ricky Rubio is more likely to score a bucket than someone taking a layup at the rim with Gobert lurking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hype Machine]

Thats cool

The other thing I take issue with…

Rudy Gobert not even top 5 in DPOY? No way Tony Allen has the same defensive impact as Rudy Gobert. Easily leads rim protection stats…

I can only put it this way…

Ricky Rubio is more likely to score a bucket than someone taking a layup at the rim with Gobert lurking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hype Machine]

 Call me cynical, but I’ve not understood the reputation Brad Stevens has earned as a coach. 47 wins this season doesn’t wow me at all and he gets no COY consideration.

To me, a great coach finds ways to make the team greater than the sum of its parts. Based on my preseason projections, Id say the C’s have had an average season as per their talent levels, possibly even below average. They gained an All Star in IT4, and their young players have another year of experience..so a few extra wins should have been expected. The Celtics have amongst the deepest rosters in the League. I had them pencilled in for 50+ wins easily.

For Stevens to even be considered I believe he needs to take the Celtics to at least 55 wins.

Coaches wbo are doing more with less talent are Rick Carlisle, Terry Stotts and Steve Clifford. Then you need to consider higb achievers like Pop and Kerr.

 

I believe Stevens is a beloved figure who hasn’t earned his place among the great coaches. Must be something about his smile that makes people love him…47 wins? Not for me. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Al PerezParticipant]

 Hype you post ignorant and biased based stuff all the time but this is it…..do you not recognize the job Stevens has done? Absolute pessimist here. Now I don’t think he should win COY but to discredit his value as a coach, is incredibly ignorant. Get real….IT4 wasn’t an All Star til Boston, who was Crowder til the end of last year/this season? Avery Bradley’s an average player who gets his weaknesses masked in Stevens system….Jerebko/Amir oh wow what a combo for forwards we have and Olynyk has missed lots of time this year…stop trying to be a villain around here or open your mind up and understand ball, you make some good points then and here but my god your attitude/over opinionated self is way too much sometimes…..

Rant over.

[Al PerezParticipant]

 Hype you post ignorant and biased based stuff all the time but this is it…..do you not recognize the job Stevens has done? Absolute pessimist here. Now I don’t think he should win COY but to discredit his value as a coach, is incredibly ignorant. Get real….IT4 wasn’t an All Star til Boston, who was Crowder til the end of last year/this season? Avery Bradley’s an average player who gets his weaknesses masked in Stevens system….Jerebko/Amir oh wow what a combo for forwards we have and Olynyk has missed lots of time this year…stop trying to be a villain around here or open your mind up and understand ball, you make some good points then and here but my god your attitude/over opinionated self is way too much sometimes…..

Rant over.

[Hype Machine]

Dude you’re only proving my point. You’ve dissed the entire roster in an attempt to make Stevens stand out.

Seriously, you can’t even suggest Brad Stevens has done an average job without people losing their mind. What is it with this guy! 

Obviously hes doing a better job of winning fans than me. And the accusations of me being a biased sports fan are way, way out of line lol. 

[Hype Machine]

Dude you’re only proving my point. You’ve dissed the entire roster in an attempt to make Stevens stand out.

Seriously, you can’t even suggest Brad Stevens has done an average job without people losing their mind. What is it with this guy! 

Obviously hes doing a better job of winning fans than me. And the accusations of me being a biased sports fan are way, way out of line lol. 

[AKtheLawParticipant]

I know Russell is the PG but Mudiay led all rookies with 5.5 APG and his shooting as awful as it was seemed to improve in the second half. Plus 12.4 PPG and 3.5 Rebounds round out a solid first season of production. I think he still has what it takes to be the best PG in his draft class, although Booker was definitely impressive as an 18 year old.

[AKtheLawParticipant]

I know Russell is the PG but Mudiay led all rookies with 5.5 APG and his shooting as awful as it was seemed to improve in the second half. Plus 12.4 PPG and 3.5 Rebounds round out a solid first season of production. I think he still has what it takes to be the best PG in his draft class, although Booker was definitely impressive as an 18 year old.

[chrispaulwallParticipant]

MVP – Curry

DPOTY – Draymond

6Moty – Turner

ROTY – Towns

MIP – McCollum

 

All NBA  –

1 Curry, Paul, Durant, Leonard, Green

2 Westbrook, Lowry, James, Millsap, Cousins

3 Lillard, Harden, George, Davis, Jordan

 

All Defense (Positions Not Considered) –

1 Paul, Lowry, Leonard, Millsap, Green

2 Bradley, Crowder, George, Noel, Whiteside

 

All Rookie

1 Booker,  Okafor, Jokic, Porzingis, KAT

2 Russell, Mudiay, Richardson, Winslow, Turner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[chrispaulwallParticipant]

MVP – Curry

DPOTY – Draymond

6Moty – Turner

ROTY – Towns

MIP – McCollum

 

All NBA  –

1 Curry, Paul, Durant, Leonard, Green

2 Westbrook, Lowry, James, Millsap, Cousins

3 Lillard, Harden, George, Davis, Jordan

 

All Defense (Positions Not Considered) –

1 Paul, Lowry, Leonard, Millsap, Green

2 Bradley, Crowder, George, Noel, Whiteside

 

All Rookie

1 Booker,  Okafor, Jokic, Porzingis, KAT

2 Russell, Mudiay, Richardson, Winslow, Turner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SmooveKRYPTParticipant]

MVP Winner – Steph Curry

Runner Ups.

1. Kawhi Leonard
2. Russell Westbrook
3. LeBron James
4. Chris Paul

DPTY Winner – Kawhi Leonard

Runner Ups.

1. Draymond Green
2. DeAndre Jordan
3. Rudy Gobert
4. Hassan Whiteside

Most Improved Player Winner – CJ McCollum

Runner Ups –

1. Hassan Whiteside
2. Will Barton
3. Jae Crowder
4. Kent Bazemore

Rookie Of the Year Winner – Karl-Anthony Towns

Runner Ups –

1. Kristaps Porzingis
2. Jahlil Okafor
3. Devin Booker
4. Nikola Jokic

6th Man of The Year Winner – Jamal Crawford

Runner Ups –

1. Will Barton
2. Enes Kanter
3. Ryan Anderson
4. Jeremy Lin

Coach Of the Year Winner – Steve Kerr

Runner Ups –

1. Terry Stotts
2. Steve Clifford
3. Gregg Popovich
4. Brad Stevens

All-NBA Teams –

1. Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, DMC
2. Chris Paul, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Draymond Green, DeAndre Jordan
3. Damian Lillard, Kyle Lowry, Paul Millsap, Paul George, Andre Drummond

Defensice All-NBA Teams –

1. Chris Paul, Tony Allen, Kawhi Leonard, Draymond Green, Dean
2. Ricky Rubio, Avery Bradley, Jae Crowder, Paul George, Tim Duncan

All-Rookie Teams –

1. Devin Booker, Nikola Jokic, Kristaps Porzingis, Jahlil Okafor, KAT
2. Emmanuel Mudiay, D’Angelo Russell, Josh Richardson, Myles Turner, Bobby Portis

 

[SmooveKRYPTParticipant]

MVP Winner – Steph Curry

Runner Ups.

1. Kawhi Leonard
2. Russell Westbrook
3. LeBron James
4. Chris Paul

DPTY Winner – Kawhi Leonard

Runner Ups.

1. Draymond Green
2. DeAndre Jordan
3. Rudy Gobert
4. Hassan Whiteside

Most Improved Player Winner – CJ McCollum

Runner Ups –

1. Hassan Whiteside
2. Will Barton
3. Jae Crowder
4. Kent Bazemore

Rookie Of the Year Winner – Karl-Anthony Towns

Runner Ups –

1. Kristaps Porzingis
2. Jahlil Okafor
3. Devin Booker
4. Nikola Jokic

6th Man of The Year Winner – Jamal Crawford

Runner Ups –

1. Will Barton
2. Enes Kanter
3. Ryan Anderson
4. Jeremy Lin

Coach Of the Year Winner – Steve Kerr

Runner Ups –

1. Terry Stotts
2. Steve Clifford
3. Gregg Popovich
4. Brad Stevens

All-NBA Teams –

1. Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, DMC
2. Chris Paul, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Draymond Green, DeAndre Jordan
3. Damian Lillard, Kyle Lowry, Paul Millsap, Paul George, Andre Drummond

Defensice All-NBA Teams –

1. Chris Paul, Tony Allen, Kawhi Leonard, Draymond Green, Dean
2. Ricky Rubio, Avery Bradley, Jae Crowder, Paul George, Tim Duncan

All-Rookie Teams –

1. Devin Booker, Nikola Jokic, Kristaps Porzingis, Jahlil Okafor, KAT
2. Emmanuel Mudiay, D’Angelo Russell, Josh Richardson, Myles Turner, Bobby Portis

 

[benny15Participant]

 Award: MVP

think will win: Steph Curry

hope will win: Steph Curry

Award: DPOY

think will win: Draymond Green

hope will win: Paul Milsap

Award: MIP

think will win: CJ McCollum

hope will win: CJ McCollum

Award: ROY

think will win: Karl Anthony-Towns

hope will win: Karl Anthony-Towns

Award: 6MOY

think will win: Andre Iguodala

hope will win: Jeremy Lin

Award: COY

think will win: Steve Kerr

hope will win: Dave Joerger

 

i think its unrealistic to expect the warriors not to dominate the awardsthis year. thats what happens when you have a historic season. i just cant see the media not voting steph curry Most Valuable Player while leading the league in the following categories: Player efficiency, True Shooting percentage, offensive win shares, win shares, box plus/minus, value over replacement player and others. as much as i would have loved to put damian lillard in my hope to win collumn for leading the blazers to the post season after loosing aldridge in the off-season and not having a good start to this one, i just cant deny that steph curry is the most desserving player this year.

the Deffensive Player of the Year award is a little more annoying. I do believe that Draymond is the heart and soul of the dubs deffense and its because of that on why they are able to dominate teams the way they do, but almost all of the warriors’ losses this season has been because they dint d up enough as well as a bunch of close calls. and he’s only 6th on the list in deffensive win shares, want to know who number 1 is? you guessed it, Paul Milsap. he was the best deffender on the team that lead the league in opponent FG%. he was a good deffender both in the post and in the perimeter, avergaing over 1.5 in both steals(1.8) and blocks(1.7). why do i think Draymond will still win the award? its a make up from last year when he made history of being the only player to receive the most 1st place votes for DPOY and not win it. 

Most Improved Player might have been the easiest award to project, or maybe second easiet. CJ busted out this season jumping to over 20 PPG from 6 something from a year ago. I liked how Hassan progressed this season and Will Barton could have made this much closser if he dint have a steep drop off after Gallo came back, but not much else can be argued against McCollum here.

now this is probably the easiest award to project, Rookie of the Year. Yes, Porzingis had a good year and blew away the expectations, but there was a time in the season where he hit the rookie wall. Yes Okafor put up some huge numbers while being the focal point of opposing deffenses, but was lack luster deffensively. Yes Jokic put up the best under the radar rookie season ive seen in my life, seriously, this guy is the posterboy for overshadowed this season. But Towns just was clear cut above the rest. excelling on both ends of the floor, staying consistent the whole season and even beat the warriors. 

from the easiest, to the hardest. no one player seperated themselves from the pack this season in regards to the Sixth of the Year. Will Barton looked like he may have had the award in the bag before his looong slump, and the fact that his team wasnt winning was working against him already. Iggy who i think will win it will do so more as a credit to what his team has accomplished and not his individual season. Kanter put up some big stat games but it always felt that his baskets dint count as much as his all-nba teamates’. still though, he lead all bench players in PER, ranking 10 on the list over the whole leage. Lin who i think had the best individual season for bench players had some duds as well, scored in single digits(36) almost as much in double figures(42). Still though, he was critical to the hornets’ success this season, being that secondary play maker when batum went down, helped shoulder some of that scoring burden from kemba and was only second to him in free throw attempts for the season.

lastly i wrap up with Coach of the Year. Steve Clifford, Brad Stevens, Terry Stotts, Stan Van Gundy, Dave Joerger. A shout out to all of these great coaches who exceeded their team’s expectations this season. one could argue with SVG and one has with Stevens, but generally, i saw all of these coaches take their teams and get them to be more than the sum of their parts. personally want to give higher emphasis on Dave Joerger who still somehow lead his team to the play-offs despite loosing key players to injuries and at the dead line. not to mention getting wins when they transitioned to the small ball offense and benched their leading scorer from seasons past(Randolph) for more spacing in the front court(Barnes and Green) then loosing his all-nba 1st team player. him and Steve Clifford has been the most remarkable coaches to me this past season who has had the most challenges and had to make the biggest adjustments mid season.

 But, when someone ties or gets the record for most wins in NBA history, he becomes the default winner of that award. thats the secret, if kurt rambis does become the knicks’ new HC next season and gets 74 wins, he will be coach of the year. a coach is always seen as the teams true leader and no regular season award is refflected as much to a team’s success than Coach of the Year. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[benny15Participant]

 Award: MVP

think will win: Steph Curry

hope will win: Steph Curry

Award: DPOY

think will win: Draymond Green

hope will win: Paul Milsap

Award: MIP

think will win: CJ McCollum

hope will win: CJ McCollum

Award: ROY

think will win: Karl Anthony-Towns

hope will win: Karl Anthony-Towns

Award: 6MOY

think will win: Andre Iguodala

hope will win: Jeremy Lin

Award: COY

think will win: Steve Kerr

hope will win: Dave Joerger

 

i think its unrealistic to expect the warriors not to dominate the awardsthis year. thats what happens when you have a historic season. i just cant see the media not voting steph curry Most Valuable Player while leading the league in the following categories: Player efficiency, True Shooting percentage, offensive win shares, win shares, box plus/minus, value over replacement player and others. as much as i would have loved to put damian lillard in my hope to win collumn for leading the blazers to the post season after loosing aldridge in the off-season and not having a good start to this one, i just cant deny that steph curry is the most desserving player this year.

the Deffensive Player of the Year award is a little more annoying. I do believe that Draymond is the heart and soul of the dubs deffense and its because of that on why they are able to dominate teams the way they do, but almost all of the warriors’ losses this season has been because they dint d up enough as well as a bunch of close calls. and he’s only 6th on the list in deffensive win shares, want to know who number 1 is? you guessed it, Paul Milsap. he was the best deffender on the team that lead the league in opponent FG%. he was a good deffender both in the post and in the perimeter, avergaing over 1.5 in both steals(1.8) and blocks(1.7). why do i think Draymond will still win the award? its a make up from last year when he made history of being the only player to receive the most 1st place votes for DPOY and not win it. 

Most Improved Player might have been the easiest award to project, or maybe second easiet. CJ busted out this season jumping to over 20 PPG from 6 something from a year ago. I liked how Hassan progressed this season and Will Barton could have made this much closser if he dint have a steep drop off after Gallo came back, but not much else can be argued against McCollum here.

now this is probably the easiest award to project, Rookie of the Year. Yes, Porzingis had a good year and blew away the expectations, but there was a time in the season where he hit the rookie wall. Yes Okafor put up some huge numbers while being the focal point of opposing deffenses, but was lack luster deffensively. Yes Jokic put up the best under the radar rookie season ive seen in my life, seriously, this guy is the posterboy for overshadowed this season. But Towns just was clear cut above the rest. excelling on both ends of the floor, staying consistent the whole season and even beat the warriors. 

from the easiest, to the hardest. no one player seperated themselves from the pack this season in regards to the Sixth of the Year. Will Barton looked like he may have had the award in the bag before his looong slump, and the fact that his team wasnt winning was working against him already. Iggy who i think will win it will do so more as a credit to what his team has accomplished and not his individual season. Kanter put up some big stat games but it always felt that his baskets dint count as much as his all-nba teamates’. still though, he lead all bench players in PER, ranking 10 on the list over the whole leage. Lin who i think had the best individual season for bench players had some duds as well, scored in single digits(36) almost as much in double figures(42). Still though, he was critical to the hornets’ success this season, being that secondary play maker when batum went down, helped shoulder some of that scoring burden from kemba and was only second to him in free throw attempts for the season.

lastly i wrap up with Coach of the Year. Steve Clifford, Brad Stevens, Terry Stotts, Stan Van Gundy, Dave Joerger. A shout out to all of these great coaches who exceeded their team’s expectations this season. one could argue with SVG and one has with Stevens, but generally, i saw all of these coaches take their teams and get them to be more than the sum of their parts. personally want to give higher emphasis on Dave Joerger who still somehow lead his team to the play-offs despite loosing key players to injuries and at the dead line. not to mention getting wins when they transitioned to the small ball offense and benched their leading scorer from seasons past(Randolph) for more spacing in the front court(Barnes and Green) then loosing his all-nba 1st team player. him and Steve Clifford has been the most remarkable coaches to me this past season who has had the most challenges and had to make the biggest adjustments mid season.

 But, when someone ties or gets the record for most wins in NBA history, he becomes the default winner of that award. thats the secret, if kurt rambis does become the knicks’ new HC next season and gets 74 wins, he will be coach of the year. a coach is always seen as the teams true leader and no regular season award is refflected as much to a team’s success than Coach of the Year. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ZouldiersParticipant]

 MVP Winner – Stephen Curry

DPTY Winner – Hassan Whiteside

Most Improve Player Winner – CJ McCollum

Rookie Of the Year Winner – Karl-Anthony Towns

6th Man of The Year Winner – Jeremy Lin

Coach Of the Year Winner – Steve Kerr

All-NBA Teams –

1. Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook, LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, DMC
2. Chris Paul, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Anthony Davis
3. Damian Lillard, Kyle Lowry, Paul Millsap, Paul George, Hassan Whiteside

Defensice All-NBA Teams –

1. Chris Paul, Tony Allen, Kawhi Leonard, Draymond Green, Hassan Whiteside
2. Ricky Rubio, Jimmy Butler, Jae Crowder, Paul George, Deandre Jordan

All-Rookie Teams –

1. Devin Booker, Nikola Jokic, Kristaps Porzingis, Jahlil Okafor, KAT
2. D’Angelo Russell, Josh Richardson, Myles Turner, Bobby Portis, Justise Winslow

 

[ZouldiersParticipant]

 MVP Winner – Stephen Curry

DPTY Winner – Hassan Whiteside

Most Improve Player Winner – CJ McCollum

Rookie Of the Year Winner – Karl-Anthony Towns

6th Man of The Year Winner – Jeremy Lin

Coach Of the Year Winner – Steve Kerr

All-NBA Teams –

1. Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook, LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, DMC
2. Chris Paul, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Anthony Davis
3. Damian Lillard, Kyle Lowry, Paul Millsap, Paul George, Hassan Whiteside

Defensice All-NBA Teams –

1. Chris Paul, Tony Allen, Kawhi Leonard, Draymond Green, Hassan Whiteside
2. Ricky Rubio, Jimmy Butler, Jae Crowder, Paul George, Deandre Jordan

All-Rookie Teams –

1. Devin Booker, Nikola Jokic, Kristaps Porzingis, Jahlil Okafor, KAT
2. D’Angelo Russell, Josh Richardson, Myles Turner, Bobby Portis, Justise Winslow

 

[morestealsthanscoresParticipant]

 Not really sure why you got negged apart from the extreme John wall opinion

One guy who isn’t being mentioned in the coach of the year race – frank Vogel. I mean, he has entirely reworked their defense and still made it league leading. That’s real x’s & o’s stuff. And the fact that they’ve been in the playoffs all season long – I mean, the second best player on the Blazers is McCollum, on the hornets is batum or Jefferson…all three are better than hill, Ellis, or cj miles!

 

[morestealsthanscoresParticipant]

 Not really sure why you got negged apart from the extreme John wall opinion

One guy who isn’t being mentioned in the coach of the year race – frank Vogel. I mean, he has entirely reworked their defense and still made it league leading. That’s real x’s & o’s stuff. And the fact that they’ve been in the playoffs all season long – I mean, the second best player on the Blazers is McCollum, on the hornets is batum or Jefferson…all three are better than hill, Ellis, or cj miles!

 

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