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| From Breakout Player to Letdown Player in one year? Yikes. 2009/10 dude was sick going for 20/5. This year, dude was hurt, buried and traded en-route to a dismal 10/4 campaign. Can he rebound? Sure. Will he? .......doubtful. |
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| Coming into the year, Tyreke was looking to build on an incredible rookie season (one that saw him compared to MJ himself!). Fast forward a year and not only did Tyreke regress quite a bit but he was hurt...ALL....THE....TIME! |
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| Don't let them fool you.....anyone who owned CP3 last year was scared out of their minds coming into the 2010/11 season. Was he done? Is he as fragile as tissue paper now? Trade him now? What will the Knicks do?? Luckily, CP3 put many of those doubts to rest and though he didn't regain his for as an MVP candidate, he did rejoin the top 10 and next year could be even better. Letdown Player last year....nice recovery. |
| Holy Crap! Talk about a break out. Last season Love was a perfectly serviceable forward with really nice 14/11 numbers. This season dude became a 20/15 monster. He don;t block much (or ever) but he is a rebounding machine and can also chip in a few dimes too. Could we see his name up on our MVP list soon? |
| What a bummer. Yao has been a great ambassador for the game for many years but his real strength was his play. A near lock for 20/10 he was a beast inside for several years. Now though, it looks like it all may be over.....who plays more games from here on out.....Yao? Or Oden? |
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| Yeah its that time. Shaq may be at that point where we all start to say "Wha? He's still playin?!" If anyone has earned the right to play as long as they want, its The Diesel but man.....its starting to look grim for 2011/12. Cmon Shaq....get back for one more year in 50+ games!! |
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| Young Jrue has gone from fantasy afterthought to fantasy star and he's done it damn fast. Last year he totaled just 1800 points while this year he has jumped by over 1500 all the way to almost 3400 total points. He finished just 100 behind Kobe and next year he could go even higher. |
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| This award goes to the Biggest Trade of the Year. It could be a 7 for 7 deal with role players or it could be a 3 for 3 deal with STUDS throughout......either way unless we miss our guess, Denver will be in the running for this award darn near every year. |
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| Kobe flip-flopped to and from NY plenty of times this year, but in this deal he was leaving. As was Billups! In return NY got Hickson and some nice role-players to go with Dallas's 1st Round Pick. In the end, Kobe is back in NY and NONE of the players that NY got in this deal remain. Looks like a regular day at the Knicks front office. |
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| Took a few years but The Pipers have finally made it to the top of the mountain. The crazy thing though is....they may not have reached their peak. Repeating will be almost impossible but...maybe....just....maybe.... |
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| This was a TOUGH call. One one hand we wanna name the CP3 for Monroe and a buncha picks as the best deal of the year. But those picks are looking a lot better now So....we go with this one. Nash, still great. Dirk, still great. Scola is nice but Ariza and Anderson? meh. The Spurs won this one...and they will still be winning with it next year! |
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| This award goes to the best team of the regular season, record counts for a lot, but it isn't everything. |
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| Kobe? Baron? Great studs....5 years ago. Wall? Hibbert? NOT carrying a team any time soon. So, this squad has LaMarcus....and really...thats it. This team is so far from contending its a joke. |
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| MVP......ROY. Hasn't happened before, WON'T ever happen again. |
| The winner, 1st runner up and 2nd runner up for MVP are not eligible for this award. |
| Some trades just end up looking lopsided at the end of the year....some trades look lopsided right away. This award goes to the team that made out like a bandit..wether right away or by the end of the year. |
| This award goes to the Owner who was...the best. What do you need to be "The Best"? Good team, good trades, good pickups, good finish, etc..... |
| This one was TOUGH. After all, the league features a ton of stellar guards young and old. In the end though, no one has been quite as electrifying as Rose. He can do it all......and he WILL get even better! |
| King James didn't factor in the MVP race this year so his consolation prize will have to be the award for Forward of the Year. And really, if he isn't ranked among the MVPs, he is pretty much a sure thing to win this one every...single...year. |
| The winner, 1st runner up and 2nd runner up for MVP are not eligible for this award. |
| We're sorry, but they all can't be good awards. This one goes to the team most likely to be irrelevant in the coming season. |
| Wait WAIT. This guy isn't even a Center is he?! The Blazers have plenty of real centers. Like...like Oden! Ok, how about Przybilla? No? Camby? Oh yeah not him either. Makes it easy to see how a guy who isn't even supposed to play the position wins this award with EASE. |
| Man I HATE DAN!! But I also respect him. The Magic SUCKED this year. Who wants to be they push for The Playoffs next year? Anyone? Anyone? Cause I would make that bet. |
| This award goes to the team ready to make the leap from Regular to Post-Season, or possibly Post-Season to Title-Contender. |
| The winner, 1st runner up and 2nd runner up for MVP are not eligible for this award. |
| From challenges...to bets...to all out war and even Dan getting banned from speaking!!! These two go at it like almost no one else. Not even The Rock himself has as big a rivalry with Dan as Tim Cole. ....Now...keep it up boys!! |
| We'll just say he gets this award next year too. For better or (in a few cases) worse, Cole is the most active trader in just about every league he's in, year in and year out.....AGAIN. |
| This one goes to the team whos....most active in trading. Making the most trades helps, but so does making the most offers, counters and having the good sense to not get killed in every deal. |
| Take Love away from Seattle and what do you have? A team that can still win enough games to make the playoffs. Take CP3 away from the Heat? Hurts, but Miami would still be loaded. But take Griffin away from Utah and what do you have? Dwight....and NO ONE else. Thanks to Blake, Utah became a team that could no longer be ignored. One man making the irrelevant, relevant...thats MVP in our book. |
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| Ya'll thought we were done didn't you? Well have no fear, we're BACK with the 2011 BW NBA Player AND Leagues Awards! So read on to see just who...finished where. |
| Look at who would have made the playoffs if the season ended week 15. Yep, same exact teams that ACTUALLY made the playoffs. Boring. |
| 75-5!!! Now THATS a record. Portland captured the best regular season record of all time this year while dominating all comers. The stars have stayed and this team looked poised to make another big run in 11/12. |
| Dunk of the Year would be too tough, as would Play of the Year. Even the Oops of the Year isn't easy to pick..but we think we can get close. Enjoy... |
