Dwight Howard Wins NBA’s Defensive Player of The Year Award
Fresh of a demolishing 2008-09 season in the NBA, the awards voters rewarded Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard w/ the league’s Defensive Player of the Year Award.
Starting the season on a mission to dominate the league in both blocks and rebounds, Howard wasted no time setting the tone on both ends. Keeping up his stats during the season was definitely a challenge, but something Dwight Howard has sought since the summer. After discussing the game w/ other great centers, Patrick Ewing and Dikembe Mutombo, Howard determined that winning slam dunk titles wasn’t enough to be remembered by. Not for the league’s “superman”… he wanted awards and domination.
Dwight led the league in both rebounds and blocks – only the 5th player in NBA history to do so. In the process, he helped his teammates earn a #3 seed in the Eastern Conference.
King James is 2nd? You Must Be Joking
Other notable votes included a (what the eff were they thinking) Lebron James in 2nd place and (deserved) 3rd place for Heat guard Dwyane Wade. The nomination of James as the 2nd place defender is a joke. Yes, he played great defense when chasing down opponents, but he’s the “sexy” pick if you will. TV announcers and other ass-kissers have been touting Lebron for several weeks, despite the fact that he is an average one-on-one defender. Seriously, they couldn’t find any other players averaging 30 minutes or more that play better defense? Kobe (barely), Artest, Battier, Paul (can’t believe I’m saying that even), etc.
Coach of the Year Award – Mike Brown
In other NBA news, Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown received the Coach of the Year Award for leading the Cavs to the NBA’s best record and homecourt throughout the playoffs. This award will soon be followed by a MUCH DESERVED MVP trophy for Lebron James – the same Lebron that I just dissed on the Defensive Player voting. He is a dominate force and his team is the best – that is easily going to earn him the MVP over Bryant, Wade and Howard.
Dwight Howard Jerseys – Orlando Magic
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