your pretend 2011-2012 awards ballots

MVP:

1 - lebron james
2 - chris paul
3 - kevin durant
4 - kevin love
5 - dwyane wade

coach of the year:

1 - gregg popovich
2 - tom thibodeau
3 - doc rivers
4 - frank vogel

rookie of the year:

1 - kyrie irving
2 - kenneth faried
3 - ricky rubio

6th man of the year:

1 - james harden
2 - al harrington
3 - lou williams

defensive POY:

1 - tyson chandler
2 - lebron james
3 - andre iguodala
4 - kevin garnett

most improved:

1 - jeremy lin
2 - nikola pekovic
3 - ryan anderson
4 - marcin gortat
5 - ersan ilyasova
6 - gerald green

all-nba:

first team: chris paul, dwyane wade, lebron james, kevin durant, dwight howard
second team: russel westbrook, kobe bryant, kevin love, blake griffin, andrew bynum
third team: derrick rose, tony parker, lamarcus aldridge, dirk nowitski, tim duncan

all-defense:

first team: rajon rondo, tony allen, lebron james, andre iguodala, tyson chandler
second team: ricky rubio, ronnie brewer, luol deng, kevin garnett, dwight howard
third team: jrue holiday, dwyane wade, taj gibson, serge ibaka, andrew bynum

some of my picks, especially for all-defense, are predictably biased towards playoff teams i watched the most on league pass this year. if someone will pay me to watch the nba for a season it might look differently

seriously try scoring on any of those teams though

MVP:

1 - lebron james
2 - kevin durant

no one else deserves a vote

coach of the year:

Tyrone Corbin

rookie of the year:

1 - kyrie irving
2 - Ricky Rubio
3 - Manimal
4 - Klay Thompson
5 - Chandler Parsons
6 - Isaiah Thomas
7 - Kawhi Leonard

Weakest draft in years my ass

6th man of the year:

James Harden

defensive POY:

1 - LeBron James
2 - Tyson Chandler

most improved:

1 - Jeremy Lin
2 - Nikola Pekovic
3 - Ryan Anderson

all-nba:

first team: chris paul, dwyane wade, lebron james, kevin durant, Andrew Bynum (Dwight's injury matters)
second team: russell westbrook, kobe bryant, kevin love, Lamarcus Aldridge, Dwight Howard
third team: Steve Nash, tony parker, Josh Smith, Dirk Nowitzki, Marc Gasol

all-defense:

first team: Ricky Rubio, tony allen, lebron james, Serge Ibaka, tyson chandler
second team: Iman Shumpert, Avery Bradley, Josh Smith, Paul Millsap, dwight howard
third team: Paul George, dwyane wade, taj gibson, Ekpe Udoh, Marc Gasol

yeah i underrate smith because i refuse to watch the hawks unless i have to tbh

hurt to leave shump out on all-defense too

I totally forgot about Millsap until I looked up the numbers and then I remembered that basically every time I watch the Jazz he has 3 steals.

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/miamiheat/post/_/id/13559/why-lebrons-mvp-is-far-from-guaranteed

kevin pelton's MVP thoughts, cool piece (warning - nerdy)

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2230

he's one of the few people I've seen who has paul #2 - our top 4 are identical actually. like most stat geeks i think Westbrook is generally underrated by the avg fan/media person but he's not in the top 5 for me for mvp

you guys can play too, i know matt and i aren't the only people here who watch basketball -_-

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/24879/two-part-b-s-report-joe-house

so simmons has an actual ballot this year - deserved imo. wish he would just write this out instead of it being a podcast tho

first team: chris paul, dwyane wade, lebron james, kevin durant, kevin love
second team: tony parker, russell westbrook, lamarcus aldridge, andrew bynum, dwight howard
third team: kyrie irving, james harden, kobe bryant, greg monroe, tim duncan

i'm pretty chalk on everything else

only debatable award imo is popp vs thibs for COY

Lebron's MVP is not a cinch bcz most fans love Durant. James, otoh...

i've gotten the impression over the last few weeks that lebron winning MVP is back to being a foregone conclusion

you guys can play too, i know matt and i aren't the only people here who watch basketball -_-

― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Monday, April 23, 2012 7:45 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'm not really an awards person but i enjoy reading the thoughts of u guys

I just don't see enough of the league to confidently fill an all-defensive second team.

executive of the year?

but lebron is clearly MVP, chandler is dopy, pops will prob win coy as nobody wins those back to back.

don't feel comfortable with Lin as mip since he played, what, 30 games? Not sure who I'd put there tho.

don't feel comfortable with Lin as mip since he played, what, 30 games? Not sure who I'd put there tho.

― Clay, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 11:04 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it'd have to be Pek. He went from being a guy who looked like a career 3rd stringer to a top 10 C. I think Ryan Anderson doesn't really have a case because his numbers are virtually identical to last seasons except his usage and minutes went up.

Kinda want to give it to Rubio on a lark

In doing some research right now I learned that the Bobcats have lost 21 games in a row, jeeeeeez

Pops/Buford for coach/exec.

Lebron/Kyrie for MVP/rook, duh

MVP
tony Parker

ROY
kawhi leonard

COY
pops

MIP
Danny green

DPOY
1 - Tim Duncan
2 (tie) all other spurs

mvp

bron
durant
parker
RONDO

coach pops in a walk but really feel like doc/thibs basically tied just behind him and one of them would win in a "regular" pops year, he uncorked something special this year

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/Rookies-120426/nba-rookie-watch-top-honors

thorpe picks faried as the best defensive rookie - he gets his blocks and obv rebounds the shit out of the ball, but from what i've seen he's not a very good defender (yet). not nearly as active on that side of the ball, has trouble with stretch 4s, gets murdered by size. the fact that he overlooked rubio makes it laughable

thorpe is ok though

Thorpe is awful and I don't think he watches games.

Thorpe said that Anthony Davis was a bad fit for Charlotte because they already have Biyombo at center. Try to unwrap all the wrongness of that.

oh actually he said Davis was a bad fit because it would impede the development of Byron Mullens.

this is what he said about Biyombo and Davis:

He's competitive, he's unafraid to challenge people on both ends and he should be expected to make huge strides before the season's out. If he performs well enough, the Bobcats won't have to draft a center, unless Anthony Davis is available.