Who gets your End of Season Awards?

TheJohnWallShow · Post #1 » by **TheJohnWallShow** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:12 am

Rookie of the Year-
Griffin, even though I dont really consider him a rookie due to a lot of time playing and practicing with a pro-squad. Other than him, id go Wall then Cousins in 3rd.

Most Improved-
Michael Beasley, increased his PPG to over 20, slight increase in FG% and nearly doubled his 3pt FG percentage. Runner up his teammate Kevin Love who was a rebounding monster this year.

Defensive Player of the Year-
Dwight Howard, no one impressed enough to knock him off the top.

Sixth Man of the Year-
Wes Matthews, this is a hard award to pick because he did start a good amount of games much like Lamar Odom. But overall, Matthew filled in remarkable for the injured all star Roy.

Coach of the Year-
Tom Thibodeau- All the injuries to their core post game, and tied for the best record in the NBA.

Most Valuable Player- Derrick Rose, unstoppable player this year, exciting to watch, best player on the best team. Runner up Dwight Howard. Amazing year for him as well.

BurningHeart · Post #2 » by **BurningHeart** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:52 am

Rookie of the Year - Blake Griffin
Most Improved - Channing Frye
Defensive Player of the Year - Dwight Howard
Sixth Man - I don't know, Jason Terry?
Coach of the Year - Tom Thibodeau
MVP - Derrick Rose

JasonDaPsycho · Post #3 » by **JasonDaPsycho** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:29 am

ROY: Blake "Superior" Griffin
DPOY: Dwight Howard
MIP: Kevin Love / Derrick Rose
MVP: Derrick Rose
SMOY: Lamar Odom
COY: Can't pick a favorite. Tom Thibodeau, Nate McMillan, George Karl, Gregg Popovich. Take your poison.

Surprise of the year: Derrick Rose becoming a beast.
Surprise rookie of the year: Gary Neal
Most disappointing team of the year: Orlando Magic - They have the talents to be better than this. Stan Van Gundy needs to be fired.
Call of the year:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvyelLWnDMo[/youtube]
BS call of the year:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h60uviwKC0[/youtube]
BS technical of the year:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-2AQ4RMQLk[/youtube]
BS missed call of the year:
Any calls they've missed out on the Suns
BS missed technical of the year:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KclK6F_Am0[/youtube]

Trade of the year: Thunder - Celtics deal - Thunder finally got a legit big and the Celtics got a good backup in Jeff Green. While the C's have been slumping, they didn't do the wrong thing. It was high-risk-high-reward in the first place.
Most overpaid of the year: Joe Johnson
Most underpaid of the year: Jared Dudley

Fav Sun of the year (other than Nash): Gortat / Dudley
Most hated Sun of the year: Carter

Commentator of the year: Stacey King - This guy absolutely cracks me up. King on Brook Lopez, "If you're scared, go buy a dog."

KLEON · Post #4 » by **KLEON** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:30 am

Rookie of the Year - Blake Griffin

Most Improved - Kevin Love

Defensive Player of the Year - Dwight Howard

Sixth Man - Lamar Odom ( BTW I don't like you but you deserve it)

Coach of the Year - Doug Collins ( No one expected Sixers to do a thing this season and they also started out 3-13 BUT look at them now)

MVP - Derrick Rose

KLEON · Post #5 » by **KLEON** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:36 am

JasonDaPsycho your so right JJ is overpaid and the Suns need to tear up that new contract JD signed., he needs to be making at least 8 mill for 6 yrs and not over 2 mill for 6 yrs

JasonDaPsycho · Post #6 » by **JasonDaPsycho** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:37 am

KLEON wrote:JasonDaPsycho your so right JJ is overpaid and the Suns need to tear up that new contract JD signed., he needs to be making at least 8 mill for 6 yrs and not over 2 mill for 6 yrs

I'd rather see Sarver use the money he's saved on some good personnel.

sunsfan3 · Post #7 » by **sunsfan3** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:58 am

MVP= Derrick Rose (no explanation necessary)
MIP= Kevin Love (53 consecutive double-double streak, 30 point/30 rebound game)
COY= Tim Tibodeau (first year coaching, a lot of injuries... yet, best record)
ROY= Blake Griffin (even though I don't consider him a rookie, by rule, he is a rookie. so there you go)
SMOY= Lamar Odom (an underrated player that gets no love. Lakers bench would be trash w/o him)
DPOY= Grant Hill (we've put him on PGs, SGs, SFs, PFs (like Blake and Dirk), and even C's.. he's 38.)

Most underrated shooter: Jason Richardson
Most underrated sixth man: Jared Dudley

Nando88 · Post #8 » by **Nando88** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:30 am

thibedoeau for sure COY but i don't see how Lionel Hollins isn't in the discussion for COY.

Post #9 » by **TASTIC** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:33 am

Rookie of the Year - Blake Griffin
Most Improved - Kevin Love followed by Dorrell Wright then Kyle Lowry
Defensive Player of the Year - Dwight Howard...Hill better get votes too...McGee's been a beast too
Sixth Man - Odom...How can Mathews get consideration when he's started 69/82 games?
Coach of the Year - Tom Thibodeau
MVP - Derrick Rose...just ahead of D12

So yeah, very similar to everyone else

All NBA
Rose
Kobe
Durant
Lebron
Howard

2nd
Paul
Wade
ZRandolph
Dirk
Gasol

TheJohnWallShow · Post #10 » by **TheJohnWallShow** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:27 am

Youre right on Matthews, I thought it was later in the season when he took over. Odom started 35 games though, I wonder what the limit is to be considered a sixth man still.

TheJohnWallShow · Post #11 » by **TheJohnWallShow** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:32 am

Okay, says he has to come off the bench more games then he starts, so Lamar makes it by a mere 6 games. Close call.

b-ball forever · Post #12 » by **b-ball forever** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:06 pm

Rookie of the Year : Blake Griffin
Most Improved : Paul Millsap (Alltho it woulda been Gortat if we got him earlier)
Defensive Player of the Year : Dwight
Sixth Man : Odom
Coach of the Year - Thibodeau
MVP - Rose or Dwight

Rookie Bust of the year : Cole Aldrich
Most regressed player : Troy Murphy
Most overpaid player : Joe Johnson

All NBA 1st team :

Rose
Wade
LBJ
Durant
Dwight

TheJohnWallShow · Post #13 » by **TheJohnWallShow** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:34 pm

How is Cole Aldrich a bust when he played in 18 games at under 8 mins a game??
Evan Turner/Ekpe Udoh were the real busts this year, not saying they wont be a solid players in the future though.

b-ball forever · Post #14 » by **b-ball forever** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:46 pm

Not managing to play NBA games or get playtime is part of being a bust.

Evan Turner was a bust for most the season but he's had nice run recently. He could very well be a bust too but gotta see how he does in the playoffs first before labeling him.
Udoh is useless on offense but has value as a decent role player piece defensively

TheJohnWallShow · Post #15 » by **TheJohnWallShow** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:56 pm

I think to label a player as a bust, they need to play a decent amount of minutes to allow them to be comfortable and see how they play out from there. Like Robin Lopez, busted. Unlike Beasley, people wrote him off as a bust, ive always thought he was dope. He finally gets a chance to play real minutes and boom 20+ ppg. A lot depends on the team and coach you play under. But I agree, Turner will be a good player, but as far as being drafted so high, he was very unproductive for the bigger part of the year.

nevetsov · Post #16 » by **nevetsov** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:19 pm

TheJohnWallShow wrote:Beasley, people wrote him off as a bust, ive always thought he was a dope.

Fixed!

Post #17 » by **TASTIC** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:47 pm

Biggest Disappointment HAS to be Lopez...he was given free reign and promised heavy minutes and like some moody child he just couldn't handle it and played his way out of it

Gortat's position to lose next year, easily.

JohnVancouver · Post #18 » by **JohnVancouver** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:40 am

Frightening to think that one of the leading candidates for MVP is also a legit contender for MIP - Rose, though I think Love deserves the MIP

DRK · Post #19 » by **DRK** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:03 am

The Suns End of Season Awards.

MVP: Nash. He does it again and again year after year. I dont know where we would be without him

MIP: Channing. He's shown a tremendous improvement in his game this season, not only on the defensive end, and offensive end too. Drives to the rim more, and has a neat little pump fake. (HM: Dudley)

Defensive Player of the Year: Grant Hill. This guy can guard anybody, from small guards, to big forwards. He is an inspiration on the court.

Sixth Man: The Polish Hammer. I never expected Gortat to be such a great player. Most games he played off the bench, and put up great numbers. This guy should be a Sun for lifel (HM: Dudley)

Biggest Disappointment: Lopez. After being the best center in the Western COnference Finals, Lopez's game has fallen off the face of th earth.

Worst Transaction: Toss up between the Hedo/Barbosa trade, or the Brooks/Dragic trade.

Best Transaction: It probably has to be the Orlando trade bcause we got Gortat, and shipped Hedo's contract. Although, the addition of VC hurt our team.
(2nd. Dowdell Signing. Might have found a diamond in the rough here. He knows how to run an offence, and has great hands on defence. I would rather have him run our offence than Aaron freakin' Brooks.)