Al Horford should be the ROY

JoshB914 · Post #1 » by **JoshB914** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:56 am

If you watched him tonight, you know that already.

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J~Rush · Post #2 » by **J~Rush** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:00 am

Dirk was the MVP last year too, shows you how much playoffs matter.

panacea · Post #3 » by **panacea** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:02 am

While I agree, it won't happen.

Htown_Koopa · Post #4 » by **Htown_Koopa** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:03 am

JoshB914 wrote:If you watched him tonight, you know that already.

not better than durants performance against the nuggets in a WIN.

Post #5 » by **dockingsched** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:04 am

the hawks got killed.

JellosJigglin · Post #6 » by **JellosJigglin** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:16 am

Htown_Koopa wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

not better than durants performance against the nuggets in a WIN.

I actually think they're both deserving and should get co-ROY. Durant will get it though because he had more hype.

Texas Longhorns · Post #7 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:18 am

If the awards were based on the playoffs, CP3 would still have a chance at MVP. If Horford wins it, it will be based on any games in the regular season, nothing in the playoffs.

CzBoobie · Post #8 » by **CzBoobie** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:10 am

Texas Longhorns wrote:If the awards were based on the playoffs, CP3 would still have a chance at MVP. If Horford wins it, it will be based on any games in the regular season, nothing in the playoffs.

Like CP3 has no chance at MVP based on regular season?

Post #9 » by **CBS7** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:32 pm

The knock on Durant has been his FG%. But now its higher then LeBron's and Carmelo's rookie FG%.

He's the ROY, easy in my eyes. Nothing against Horford though.

prekazi · Post #10 » by **prekazi** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:02 pm

Durant is the ROY, it's not even a close race in my eyes.

JoshB914 · Post #11 » by **JoshB914** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:03 pm

Texas Longhorns wrote:If the awards were based on the playoffs, CP3 would still have a chance at MVP. If Horford wins it, it will be based on any games in the regular season, nothing in the playoffs.

My point is that he has been doing those types of things all year. But no one knows because they haven't seen him.

LAKESHOW · Post #12 » by **LAKESHOW** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:05 pm

based on that, kobe lost the mvp title in the first half. and then won it back in the 2nd half.

Lost Angel · Post #13 » by **Lost Angel** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:11 pm

prekazi wrote:Durant is the ROY, it's not even a close race in my eyes.

Mateen Cleaves · Post #14 » by **Mateen Cleaves** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:19 pm

Horford, Scola > Durant

Post #15 » by **Nolan** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:36 pm

CBS7 wrote:The knock on Durant has been his FG%. But now its higher then LeBron's and Carmelo's rookie FG%.

He's the ROY, easy in my eyes. Nothing against Horford though.

agreed,

Wins and Losses and playoff success have nothing to do with who wins ROY.

D5150 · Post #16 » by **D5150** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:47 pm

really? are we still having this debate? its not even close. and i really like both horford and scola. but come on, durant was the focal point of the sonics offense and the focal point of the opposing teams defense. AND he got better as the year went on. just because barkley says it's so don't mean it's so. and you want to talk about hype? durant has been under a microscope all season. people were just looking for stuff to criticize him on. but every time i heard someone talk about horford, they were falling all over themselves to praise him. i watched a lot of nba basketball this year, and it just isn't an argument any more.

durant is the ROY. period.

D5150 · Post #17 » by **D5150** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:57 pm

Horford , Scola> Durant

well that is quite an impressive analysis, dabadestalbo69

how did you reach that conclusion?

yearsago · Post #18 » by **yearsago** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:36 pm

JoshB914 wrote:If you watched him tonight, you know that already.

No

JoshB914 · Post #19 » by **JoshB914** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:25 pm

Yeah give it to KD for racking up 20 PPG and nothing else on a terrible team. I know he had to carry the team, well based on their record how good of a job did he do? Give to a guy that "got better" down the stretch while Horford was a constant all year long.

D5150 · Post #20 » by **D5150** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:38 pm

durant
07-08 SEA 80 34.6 43.0 87.3 28.8 4.3 2.4 1.0 1.0 20.3

horford
07-08 ATL 81 31.4 49.9 73.1 0.0 9.7 1.5 0.7 0.9 10.1

get over it dude. durant put up better numbers. for christ sake, he averaged the same amount of blocks per game as horford.

and enough with the "who played on the better team" argument. the ROY award is all about the individual.

and yeah, give it to the guy who got better over the season as apposed to the guy who was consistent. consistently a little better than average in the numbers he put up. this is not even worth discussing anymore.