Potential end of the season award winners?
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 5:07 pm
If you look at the makeup of our squad I believe we have the potential to win at almost every NBA seasonal award. I want to see what your guys' takes are on all this as I try building a case for our players and these awards.
Let's start off with Reggie Jackson. He has what I would say is a top 5 chance at most improved player of the year. With him now guaranteed a starting role and a chance to be "the guy" he could really step up to the point where he could win NBA's Most Improved Player of the year.
Stanley Johnson is the self proclaimed best player in the draft. He has the swagger, confidence, and skill level to actually fulfill such a big statement especially if he can step into a starting role and play big minutes. He for sure has a top 10 chance at rookie of the year and barring injury I can see him make either the 1st or 2nd all rookie teams already.
Andre Drummond for defensive player of the year... Now I don't realistically see him winning this but I felt as if it still needs to be mentioned. Drummond has the rebounding aspect on defense down which is monumental but he needs to improve in every other facet on that side of the court. Of course we need the team playing grade A defense to help catapult Drummond to the conversation but if SVG can have us playing as a cohesive unit and Drummond can avg close to 2.5 blocks a game while W's are on the calender, I can see Drummonds name being mentioned in debates for the award. We haven't seen a Piston win this award since Big Ben Wallace. God do I miss those days.
Can Brandon Jennings win 6th man of the year? If fully healthy and playing with a great attitude, I can see Jennings as a top 5 option for the award. Jennings would be a Jamal Crawford type 6th man but at the PG spot. If he can dominate in this role, screw the award, we would actually start winning some big games with nobody better to lead our surprisingly stacked 2nd unit. This leads me to believe Jennings could win this award but obviously with the injury there are a lot of hurdles to climb. Jennings has a great shot at the award if everything works ideal.
SVG for coach and/or executive of the year? Let me start by saying that the only way for SVG to realistically win either award, we would need to be a 50 win team or better. If that is the case (I see us winning 43 games this year) he will undoubtedly be considered for such awards.
What are your guys thoughts? Do you see any of this realistically happening? Are there any other Piston candidates you feel can win an award?
Let's start off with Reggie Jackson. He has what I would say is a top 5 chance at most improved player of the year. With him now guaranteed a starting role and a chance to be "the guy" he could really step up to the point where he could win NBA's Most Improved Player of the year.
Stanley Johnson is the self proclaimed best player in the draft. He has the swagger, confidence, and skill level to actually fulfill such a big statement especially if he can step into a starting role and play big minutes. He for sure has a top 10 chance at rookie of the year and barring injury I can see him make either the 1st or 2nd all rookie teams already.
Andre Drummond for defensive player of the year... Now I don't realistically see him winning this but I felt as if it still needs to be mentioned. Drummond has the rebounding aspect on defense down which is monumental but he needs to improve in every other facet on that side of the court. Of course we need the team playing grade A defense to help catapult Drummond to the conversation but if SVG can have us playing as a cohesive unit and Drummond can avg close to 2.5 blocks a game while W's are on the calender, I can see Drummonds name being mentioned in debates for the award. We haven't seen a Piston win this award since Big Ben Wallace. God do I miss those days.
Can Brandon Jennings win 6th man of the year? If fully healthy and playing with a great attitude, I can see Jennings as a top 5 option for the award. Jennings would be a Jamal Crawford type 6th man but at the PG spot. If he can dominate in this role, screw the award, we would actually start winning some big games with nobody better to lead our surprisingly stacked 2nd unit. This leads me to believe Jennings could win this award but obviously with the injury there are a lot of hurdles to climb. Jennings has a great shot at the award if everything works ideal.
SVG for coach and/or executive of the year? Let me start by saying that the only way for SVG to realistically win either award, we would need to be a 50 win team or better. If that is the case (I see us winning 43 games this year) he will undoubtedly be considered for such awards.
What are your guys thoughts? Do you see any of this realistically happening? Are there any other Piston candidates you feel can win an award?
