Garnett - DPOY

peternorth

Facts Machine
Joined
May 6, 2005
Posts
82,710
Likes
38,636
AFL Club
Richmond
Thread starter Moderator #1
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
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

Shaucob_Burjan

Brownlow Medallist
Joined
Oct 11, 2006
Posts
13,327
Likes
17,232
Location
Sydney
AFL Club
Port Adelaide
#5
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.
 

The Sim Dog

Brownlow Medallist
Joined
Aug 5, 2007
Posts
12,602
Likes
7,004
Location
Near Casey Fields
AFL Club
Geelong
Other Teams
Trailblazers and Storm
#7
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.
 
Joined
Dec 12, 2007
Posts
10,590
Likes
40
Location
Melbourne
AFL Club
Melbourne
#8
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

Brownlow Medallist
Suspended
Joined
Oct 2, 2004
Posts
19,583
Likes
63
Location
Celtic Utopia
AFL Club
Carlton
Other Teams
The Boston ones.
#9
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.
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

Top Bottom