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This thread will be a checkpoint for players who received the Player of the Game in each Thunder game. The votes will be open until the next game takes place. The player who wins the most votes in the voting threads will be counted in the system as one vote in this thread. At the end of the season, the player with the most votes in the thread will be considered the player of the year for the Thunder.

Players of the Game

Chucky Atkins
Nick Collison- 1,1,1
Kevin Durant- 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
Jeff Green-1,1,1,1,1,1
Nenad Krstic- 1,1
Shaun Livingston- 1,1
Desmond Mason- Out for Season
Malik Rose-
Thabo Sefolosha- 1,1,1,1,1,1
Robert Swift-
Earl Watson- 1
Kyle Weaver- 1,1,1,1,1
Russell Westbrook-1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
D.J. White- 1
Damien Wilkins-

Updates on the race.

1/28 vs. Memphis- Kevin Durant
1/30 vs. Utah- Russell Westbrook
2/01 @ Kings- Jeff Green
2/04 vs. Nuggets- Kevin Durant
2/06 vs. Portland- Nick Collison
2/08 vs. Kings- Kevin Durant
2/10 @ Lakers- Kyle Weaver
2/11 @ Blazers- Russell Westbrook
2/17 vs. Hornets- Kevin Durant
2/19 @ Phoenix- Kevin Durant
2/22 @ Warriors- Green and Weaver
2/24 @ Lakers- Kyle Weaver
2/27 @ Mavericks- Jeff Green
2/28 @ Grizzlies- Jeff Green
3/02 @ Mavericks- Russell Westbrook
3/04 @ Wizards- Thabo Sefolosha
3/07 vs. Hornets- Russell Westbrook
3/08 vs. Sixers- Nenad Krstic
3/10 @ Sacramento- Thabo Sefolosha
3/11 @ Denver- Sefolosha and Green
3/14 @ Phoenix- Sefolosha and Westbrook
3/16 vs. San Antonio- Thabo Sefolosha
3/18 vs Chicago- Nick Collison
3/20 vs Utah- Westbrook and Durant
3/22 @ Minnesota- Kevin Durant
3/24 vs LA Lakers- Thabo Sefolosha
3/27 @ Toronto- Nick Collison
3/29 @ Boston- Kyle Weaver
3/31 @ San Antonio- Kevin Durant
4/03 vs Portland- Shaun Livingston
4/05 vs Indiana- DJ White
4/07 vs San Antonio- Kevin Durant
4/08 @ Denver- Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook
4/10 vs Charlotte- Russell Westbrook
4/11 @ Milwaukee- Livingston and Weaver
4/13 @ Portland- Krstic, Westbrook, and Watson
4/15 @ LA Clippers- Kevin Durant

I'll take a stab at guessing end of the year results... What will I win?

I have no ideas. lol

Sefolosha already with 3 POG's, impressive.

He's doing that well. I wonder Chicago regret trading him now with what he's done for the Thunder at this point.

He seemed uncertain & timid playing for the Bulls, as typified by the recent game vs Miami (I think) where he turned over an inlet pass in the final seconds & in doing so lost the game. Thabo looks like a totally different player now.

Updates on the POY votes race.

1) Kevin Durant 7
2) Thabo Sefolosha 6
Russell Westbrook 6
3) Jeff Green 5
4) Nick Collison 3
Kyle Weaver 3
5) Nenad Krstic 1

It's nice to know that who I consider to be the top 4 players are the top 4 player of the game winners. And the top 7 players are the top 7 winners.

Right now until the final vote comes we have a tie between Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook for our new Thunderbolt Player of the Year Award. One of these guys will have to break the tiebreaker in the final vote thread of the season.

Final update to the 2009 Thunderbolt Player of the Year: Durant vs. Westbrook tied with 9 votes with one more voting thread to go.

1. Kevin Durant- 9
Russell Westbrook- 9
2. Jeff Green- 6
Thabo Sefolosha- 6
3. Kyle Weaver- 5
4. Nick Collison- 3
5. Nenad Krstic- 2
Shaun Livingston- 2
6. DJ White- 1
Earl Watson- 1

It's official:

The winner of the 2008-09 Thunderbolt Player of the Year is Thunder SF Kevin Durant.

He edged out Russell Westbrook by one vote in this season's debut of the award ceremony. He will receive the Thunderbolt Trophy for collecting the most votes from the fans throughout the season.




Hopefully this board will look for to continuing this new tradition for seasons to come. Thx to the fans for taking part in the chase. We'll look to pick this up later when the 2009-10 season begins.

Final Results

1. Kevin Durant- 10
2.Russell Westbrook- 9
3. Jeff Green- 6
Thabo Sefolosha- 6
4. Kyle Weaver- 5
5. Nick Collison- 3
6. Nenad Krstic- 2
Shaun Livingston- 2
7. DJ White- 1
Earl Watson- 1

I'm sure Durant taking home the trophy isn't going to shock anyone, but looking at the results you've gotta be happy with the distribution. Close race that came down to Durant and Westbrook fighting it out in the last game

Another interesting thing to note is that every player who has played any meaningful minutes at all since we started this in January got at least one player of the game award. Always good to see different guys stepping up on different nights.