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Aside from a few insignificant awards and the NBA’s MVP award, all of the other awards have pretty much been decided.  The list includes a number of first time NBA winners, but also features a coach who’s won his 2nd Coach of the Year award.  Whether you agree with the list or not, these are the players (& coach) who the voting members chose this year.

Here is a quick summary of the winners:

• Rookie of the Year - Kevin Durant, Seattle Supersonics
• NBA’s 6th Man - Manu Ginobili, San Antonio Spurs
• Coach of the Year - Byron Scott, New Orleans Hornets
• Most Improved Player - Hedo Turkoglu, Orlando Magic
• Defensive Player of the Year - Kevin Garnett, Boston Celtics

The MVP award should come next and is basically a deaheat between the Hornets’ Chris Paul and the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant.  It would be the first MVP award for both basketball players and deserving (for either) as well.

Who’s your favorite? (let us know in the Comments)

The Boston Celtics acquired superstar Kevin Garnett in the hopes that he could help resurrect their team and bring it back to respectability.  With his worth ethic and strong determination to win, getting Garnett was a no-brainer for GM Danny Ainge.

After leading the Celtics to the NBA’s best single season turnaround this year and making Boston one of the top defensive teams in the league, Kevin Garnett was rewarded Tuesday w/ the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award.  This is the first time that Garnett has won the award - he had previously won an MVP while w/ the Timberwolves, but no defensive awards.

Garnett handily beat out the Nuggets’ Marcus Camby (last year’s winner) and 2nd runner-up Shane Battier from the Rockets.

The Celtics do not play tonight, but will resume their hunt for another NBA title tomorrow night (8pm EST) against the Atlanta Hawks.

There’s a lot of people out there who don’t like wearing jerseys of players who only play good offense - they want a jersey of the league’s defensive specialists or the defense juggernauts (ie: Wallace, Camby, Rodman, Oakley).  If that’s you, you’ll surely want to pickup a Garnett jersey (or Celtics’ jersey).

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