Garnett - DPOY

[peternorth]

NEW YORK (AP)—Boston’s Kevin Garnett won the NBA’s defensive player of the year award Tuesday. He beat out Denver’s Marcus Camby and Houston’s Shane Battier.
The 6-foot-11 forward led the Celtics with 9.2 rebounds per game. He added 18.8 points, 1.2 blocks and 1.4 steals.
Garnett helped the Celtics to league-best records of 66-16 (.805) overall and 31-10 (.738) on the road. Boston held opponents to just 90.3 points (second in the NBA) after allowing 99.2 points per game a season ago. The Celtics had the biggest one-year turnaround in NBA history.
Garnett received 493 points, including 90 first-place votes. Camby, who won the award last season, finished second with 178 points and Battier had 175 points.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y...YcB?slug=ap-defensiveplayer&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

[celtic_pride]

Good news indeed, now if only he can win the MVP to it and Finals MVP as well

 

[BABYBOMBERS2007]

Good on him, he deserves it.

 

[no1bankteller]

Good news indeed, now if only he can win the MVP to it and Finals MVP as well

Happy for him to win the Finals MVP and watch the Lakers take the title

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

im puzzled on why he won it.

in the past, they gave it to someone who really stood out, usually those who had the best defensive fantasy stats (cough cough Camby).

yes he made Boston a good defensive team, and maybe KG must have an award... but if the media are going to go through it like that, then Duncan or Bowen should've won it over Camby last season.

get ur heads right media.

 

[jerry springer]

got me stumped how he won that

 

[The Casey Cat]

im puzzled on why he won it.

in the past, they gave it to someone who really stood out, usually those who had the best defensive fantasy stats (cough cough Camby).

yes he made Boston a good defensive team, and maybe KG must have an award... but if the media are going to go through it like that, then Duncan or Bowen should've won it over Camby last season.

get ur heads right media.

Yep he deserved it but considering this Duncan has deserved it the last 4 or 5 years.

 

[Karl Pilkington]

Unfortunately for Timmy D, it appears the media voters have finally worked out what being a good defender is all about.

KG fully deserves this over Camby, and Duncan has every right to be annoyed, because he should have won it last year.

IF... you want to talk about best all around defender, it's Artest.

IF... you want best defensive stats, it's Camby

But IF you want the actual defensive player of the year, it's been Garnett and Duncan for the last decade or so.

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

im puzzled on why he won it.

in the past, they gave it to someone who really stood out, usually those who had the best defensive fantasy stats (cough cough Camby).

yes he made Boston a good defensive team, and maybe KG must have an award... but if the media are going to go through it like that, then Duncan or Bowen should've won it over Camby last season.

get ur heads right media.

Uh I think you'll find he made them THE best defensive team in the NBA after being one of the worst.

 

[celtic_pride]

Happy for him to win the Finals MVP and watch the Lakers take the title

I don't think a losing player in a finals team has actually ever won the finals MVP before (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)

 

[jerry springer]

I don't think a losing player in a finals team has actually ever won the finals MVP before (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)

only once-Jerry West