NBA: 2006 Awards Prediction.

Make your predictions on who wins MVP, Most Improved, etc.

Most Valuable Player: Steve Nash

Most Improved: Boris Diaw

Sixth Man: Mike Miller

Defensive Player of the Year: Bruce Bowen

Coach of the Year: Flip Saunders

Rookie of the Year: Chris Paul

All-NBA First Team:
G Steve Nash
G Kobe Bryant
F Tim Duncan
F Kevin Garnett
C Shaquille O'Neal

All-NBA Second Team:
G Chauncy Billups
G Tony Parker
F Shawn Marion
F Rasheed Wallace
C Yao Ming (even with all the injuries)

All-NBA First Defensive Team:
G Bruce Bowen
G Raja Bell
F Shawn Marion
F Andrei Kirilenko
C Ben Wallace

Your award predictions look good, although I hope Nash doesn't get it.

Although I disagree with your All-NBA teams:
Duncan has not been Duncan this year, LeBron will take All-NBA in his place. Garnett will be questionable as well because of his teams record. I personally would give it to Brand or Marion over him (this year). With all those Fs, I also don't see Rasheed as 2nd team. Your defensive team looks good, but I would substitute Artest for Bell, despite him only playing about 1/2 a season. Finally, Wade should be on 2nd team over Parker.

Keep in mind, these are just IMO.

MVP - Kobe if they are giving to the "most valuable player to his team". LeBron or Nash if its a popularity contest.

Most improved - David West

Sixth man - Michael Finley

DPOY - Andrei Kirilenko

Coach of the year - Flip or Mike D (Phil as the dark horse) 😮‍💨

Rookie - C.P.

NBA 1st:

G - Nash
G - Kobe
F - LeBron
F - Brand
C - Howard (never gonna happen but he has had a better year than Shaq by far)

NBA 2nd:

G - Billups
G - A.I.
F - Mello
F - Marion or K.G.
C - Yao (really improved this year).

Defensive team:

G - Billups
G - Bowen
F - Artest
F - Brand
C - Howard

Don't forget Dirk!

Who? 😛

HEY...vince has more votes than chauncey and dirk...and....just as much as nash and kobe.

MVP-nash, lebron,or vince carter.

Most improved- Boris Diaw/Chris Wilcox(after the trade to seattle...(he had a 24 point, 21 rebound game for me and many more double doubles after i picked him up from free agency)

Sixth man-Mike Miller

Defensive Player-Bruce Bowen

Coach of the year- Flip Saunders ( my favourite coach....gave vince the starting spot) lol.

mvp..... dirk

most improved... diaw

sixth man.. gordon

coach... byron scott

defensive... wallace

rookie of teh year.... charlie villanueva... just for proving the doubters wrong😉

[QUOTE=6365857]Originally posted by tanjot
[B]MVP-nash, lebron,or vince carter.

you know there can only be one mvp right? you just picked two of the favorites, and one you just picked out of pure favoritism, you may think vince carter should get MVP but he isn't even in the top 5 for MVP Consideration

MVP-Nash, although i would like to see billups get it, and admittingly part of that is because he is a piston...it's is more than unlikely he will

Most Improved-Caron Butler

6th man-Stack

defense-B. Wallace

COY-Avery Johnson

Originally posted by wuTa
[QUOTE=6365857]Originally posted by tanjot
[B]MVP-nash, lebron,or vince carter.

you know there can only be one mvp right? you just picked two of the favorites, and one you just picked out of pure favoritism, you may think vince carter should get MVP but he isn't even in the top 5 for MVP Consideration

MVP-Nash, although i would like to see billups get it, and admittingly part of that is because he is a piston...it's is more than unlikely he will

Most Improved-Caron Butler

6th man-Stack

defense-B. Wallace

COY-Avery Johnson

I KNOW THAT. its my opinion on who i think should be getting it...and if vince was not my favourite i still would have picked him because i know the nets would not even be close to a playoff spot without him. nash more than deserves to be a back to back mvp for proving all the haters wrong that said he could not play well without amare. just like the nets without vince, the cavs without lebron would be nowhere.

I think Vince has certainly improved the Nets, but to say the Nets wouldnt be in the playoffs (in the East no less) without him? Dont you think you are selling Kidd and RJ a bit short there? Vince has put them at the next level but i still think they would have made the playoffs without him, albeit a very low seed.

exactly....i don;t think anyone can argue that vince didn't improve the nets but when you put a good player with jason kidd, that player is going to have a good year, look at what he did to kenyon martin, now don't noone go shitting in diapers because i'm not saying vince carter isn't good i'm just saying one reason why carter has played so well this year is because he doesn't have the leadership role like he had in toronto, it's less pressure for him so even if the nets lose he doens't have to shoulder as much of the responsiblity, and playing with the best pure point guard in the league doesn't hurt either

Originally posted by koolruningz
I think Vince has certainly improved the Nets, but to say the Nets wouldnt be in the playoffs (in the East no less) without him? Dont you think you are selling Kidd and RJ a bit short there? Vince has put them at the next level but i still think they would have made the playoffs without him, albeit a very low seed.

so ru saying that the nets would have made BAAARELY edged out cleveland for the final playoff spot last season and won 14 of their last 20 games without vince??? remember... rj played the whole season up to that point and about 3 games after vince came to nj, and the nets did not secure a playoff spot (with rj and j-kidd). after that he got injured and was out for the rest of the season. so you mean to tell me that jason kidd, nenad krstic, and the rest of the nets players would have been enough to barely clinch the 8th seed with 20 games remaining in the season? no. they would not have. a few idiots last season were saying...he cannot do what he did for 20 games last season for a whole season, but he has done that and more. despite not having as high a scoring average he has been even more remarkable for the nets this season than last season.

The point is that we'll never know will we? Its all hypothetical, my opinion is that they would have reached this post season without him. Remember they would have still had Mourning, Williams and 2 first rounders if we're gonna act like the trade never happened. That with Kidd, RJ and the emergence of Kristic would have been enough to see them to the playoffs IMO.
We are actually complimenting Carter at the moment and still you act like a scalded cat just because we dont 100% agree with you.

yes, the point was that the eastern conference with the exception of 3 teams, is a wide open conference, adding vince carter with kidd and rj puts them in back in the top 3 but a healthy nets team without vince carter could have made the playoffs THIS year, now noone is saying that the nets are better without vince carter but we are saying that a healthy nets team minus carter could have made the playoffs as a low seed, COULD HAVE not WOULD HAVE, big difference there... nd lets not forget that even before vince carter was a net, the nets still made the nba finals twice and were one of the top 3 teams in the east, but at that time even being 1st meant nothing because the west was so dominant, that is until the detroit pistons snagged rasheed wallace and brought back respect in the east

Originally posted by koolruningz
The point is that we'll never know will we? Its all hypothetical, my opinion is that they would have reached [B]this post season without him. Remember they would have still had Mourning, Williams and 2 first rounders if we're gonna act like the trade never happened. That with Kidd, RJ and the emergence of Kristic would have been enough to see them to the playoffs IMO.
We are actually complimenting Carter at the moment and still you act like a scalded cat just because we dont 100% agree with you. [/B]

as for the last part of ur post....that was completely unnecessary. just because i post something differently you think im trying to be cocky??? just calm down a bit, and keep this as a debate on sports and do not try to get personal.

Originally posted by wuTa
yes, the point was that the eastern conference with the exception of 3 teams, is a wide open conference, adding vince carter with kidd and rj puts them in back in the top 3 but a healthy nets team without vince carter could have made the playoffs THIS year, now noone is saying that the nets are better without vince carter but we are saying that a healthy nets team minus carter could have made the playoffs as a low seed, COULD HAVE not WOULD HAVE, big difference there... nd lets not forget that even before vince carter was a net, the nets still made the nba finals twice and were one of the top 3 teams in the east, but at that time even being 1st meant nothing because the west was so dominant, that is until the detroit pistons snagged rasheed wallace and brought back respect in the east

i know the nets have a good history as a winning team over the past couple of years, but i was just talking about last season and this season in particular. i know they had alonzo but he is not nearly as good as carter...(got crowned by him twice in the same game..LOL). the first round draft picks were great for toronto with charlie v. and joey graham who both have great potential, but like you said the nets could have made the playoffs without vince...not would have, the nets could have gotten the same draft pick...not would have, meaning they may not have been as good draft picks.

3 teams in the east that could win it? is everyone sleeping on cleveland???? they have a better record than new jersey, ableit by only one game... but also have been on a decent run vcoming into the playoffs. dont count them out! i can see them beating the nets, possibly even miami... i think there wont be any upsets in the first roundwhos from there?

cleveland can make a good run, but i don't see them gettin past one of the top 3 seeds because they don't have the playoff experience and gooden and igudickface (sp?) are too incosistent, but that's not to sell them short and say they can't do it, thats just me saying i don;t think they are gonna do it, but i've been wrong before......but not often 😈

Originally posted by tanjot
i know the nets have a good history as a winning team over the past couple of years, but i was just talking about last season and this season in particular. i know they had alonzo but he is not nearly as good as carter...(got crowned by him twice in the same game..LOL). the first round draft picks were great for toronto with charlie v. and joey graham who both have great potential, but like you said the nets could have made the playoffs without vince...not would have, the nets could have gotten the same draft pick...not would have, meaning they may not have been as good draft picks.

yea but alonzo was never healthy with the nets either, i don't know the exact number of games he played for them , but i know it wasn't alot, and everyone knows carter is a better net than zo, that was kind of pointless to bring up....... i know you were talking about last season and this season, you talking about last season is what made me bring up prior season...all me and kool were saying was that the nets could have made the playoffs without carter due to the fact that the east's low seeds are so wide open come playoff time, and it appears you took exception to that because we said the nets could have made the playoffs minus vince carter

Most Valuable Player: Lebron

Most Improved: Boris diaw

Sixth Man: Mike Miller

Defensive Player of the Year: Ron Ron

Coach of the Year: Mike Dantone

Rookie of the Year: Chris Paul

All-NBA First Team:
G Steve Nash
G Kobe Bryant
F Shawn Marion
F Lebron James
C Shaquille O'Neal

All-NBA Second Team:
G Chauncy Billups
G Chris Paul
F Ron Ron
F Rasheed Wallace
C Yao Ming

All-NBA First Defensive Team:
G Bruce Bowen
G Kirk Henrick
F Ron Ron
F Andrei Kirilenko
C Ben Wallace