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This is IMO the only award where there's no easy choice. As a matter of fact it is now quite obvious that Rose will be MVP, Odom Sixth Man, Griffin ROY, Howard DPOY and Love MIP. I mean other players would deserve those awards as well, but those players just deserve it more than everybody else. So for COY it's a toss up between Thibodeau and Pop. Both coaches would deserve it indeed. However I would personally pick Gregg Popovich. As a matter of fact there is no doubt that Tom did a great job in Chicago indeed but still the main reason why the Bulls had such a great season is Derrick Rose. While Coach Popovich is the main reason why the Spurs had such a terrific season. As a matter of fact before the season started most people thought that the Spurs would be AT BEST a 7 or 8 seed in the West. Many even thought that the Spurs wouldn't make the playoffs at all. This first because Duncan is now on the downside of his career and was expected to have his worst season.. People were right about that, the Spurs leader had the worst season of his career indeed. But the team did great nonetheless. Which is the biggest surprise of the year. And Pop's great coaching deserves most of the credit for that IMO. In fact Pop managed to make his team the best team in the league this with NO LEGIT MVP CANDIDATE. The Spurs are actually only the second team in NBA history to manage to have the best record during the regular season with no serious MVP candidate. And probably even no player in the All NBA teams (Ginobili could be third team AT BEST but it's far from being certain..). The other team were the 89 Pistons. At least they had a player in the NBA All Defensive team (Dumars) though... The Spurs will have none for sure. That certainly gives more credit to Pop. And that is why I would personally give the award to Gregg Popovich this year.

Dennis Rodman is definitely a Hall of Famer. First of all the All Star selections are totally irrelevant here. As a matter of fact the people who decide who will get an NBA award are not necessarily right... For example we all know that Aldridge had an All Star year this season. Yet fans and coaches decided not to make him an All Star. Sure the other players deserved to be All Star as well but no more than LMA IMO. Many players would have deserved to be All Star this year but the fact is that they couldn't all be picked. Aldridge was one of the players who were not picked. But all of us know that he would have definitely deserved it. Yet it's one less All Star selection for him and in the future, people who didn't watch the game this year will probably think that LaMarcus wasn't All Star because he didn't deserve it... Things are not always as simple as they might seem. The fact is that Rodman would DEFINITELY have deserved to be All Star way more often. So again the All Star selections mean nothing at all. Besides it's very important to know that Rodman was quite hated and blacklisted at the time. Because of his behavior... So he had no chance to be picked in the first place. But everyone who watched the 90's know that he should have been picked every year between 92 (his last All Star selection) and 98. Everyone was outraged that he was not picked during that time. And knew that he was an All Star indeed. So that's at least 6 more All Star selections... Then it's certainly true that Rodman wouldn't have won in Chicago without Pip and Jordan. But would Pip and Jordan have won without him ? I certainly do not think so. It's quite simple : except from Rodman all the major players from the 96 team were already there in 95. Now of course Jordan had just come back in 95 but still, when we look at it his stats were already as good as it was the following years IN THE PLAYOFFS. In fact his FG% was even better than it was the following years... Yet the Bulls lost against the Magic in 6 games. You add Rodman to that team and they win three rings in a row. This DEFINITELY shows the importance of Rodman as a Bull. Furthermore in the 96 Finals Rodman was absolutely unbelievable. I don't think that any player in the history of the game had such an incredible defensive performance as he had in those Finals (except maybe Russell...). George Karl even said that it was ONLY because of Rodman that the Sonics lost games 2 and 6. Rodman grabbed 11 offensive rebounds in each of these two games which tied an NBA Finals records. As a matter of fact only Elvin Hayes also grabbed 11 offensive rebounds in one Finals game in 79. Rodman did it twice in the same Finals... And he got Kemp completely out of the game both times. Many people think that he should have been Finals MVP. I am one of them. Actually I think that he and Jordan should have been co-MVP and if Rodman alone was Finals MVP I have to say that it would have been fine by me. Then let's not forget that Rodman didn't play in Chicago all of his career and had already showed who he was in Detroit and San Antonio. Rodman won two rings with the Pistons. And at the time when the Bad Boys were the best team in the league only three players were All Stars, they were Thomas, Dumars and... yes Dennis Rodman (that was before he was considered as "crazy" and so still had a chance to be All Star...). This clearly shows how important Rodman was to that team (although it was quite obvious how important he was for the people who watched some Bad Boys games...). Now it is true that Rodman was not as "gifted", especially offensively, as other players, but that doesn't mean that he was not as important to his team than those players were to theirs... For example I had a debate with another poster once who was trying to convince me that the Bulls would have been better with Webber instead of Rodman as Webber was definitely a better player overall. Something that I highly disagreed with because even if Rodman was not as "good" as Webber I doubt that Webber would have done the same things that Rodman did. Rodman was not the superstar that C-Webb was, he couldn't do all the things that C-Webb could do, that is true, but the fact remains that he was the best at what he did best. That's why that, even if Webber would have done a lot of things that Rodman couldn't do, especially offensively of course, he would not have been able to be as efficient defensively and would not have gotten as much rebounds. Let's not forget about all the little things that Rodman did to help his team to win, like entering his opponents mind (as I already mentioned it earlier) to destabilize them. Rodman's impact on his team was always fantastic, better than a lot of players who were more "gifted" than him and that's what matters the most. Besides his defense definitely makes up for his lack of offense IMO, he's even arguably the best defender in NBA history (the only player that can be considered as better is Bill Russell IMO). And he's probably the only player in the NBA history who could guard any player, from point guard to center, just as efficiently. Dennis Rodman definitely deserves to be Hall of Famer, this is not arguable, and I'm glad that he's finally been elected.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tbvW_rkvB4

Are you guys serious? lol Cudi is amazing.

MAN...that's not even the best part. Right after he spits his mouthpiece out of his mouth, he looks like a damn water fountain. That was hilarious.

He's only mad that Rondo dived for the ball near his ankles..

Translation: biggest game of the regular season for both teams. I'm pretty sure both can win out, regardless of who wins this game, so it's going to be important for Miami to take this. Boston already has the tiebreaker (due to the 3-0 series lead, can't change that by losing to the Heat today), so the Heat have to come out focused and playing like it's a playoff game (because, more than likely, they'll meet in the second round anyway).

Is that why he averaged 6rpg in the postseason last year?

No Dwight Howard today...can we just skip this game and go straight to the Celtics-Heat game?

Briana, nice pretty mouth on her.

+1. They won't make the NBA finals and as you said they won't beat Bulls or Magic in the playoffs and we all know why. The loss of Perkins will be hurting them down low. Boozer, Noah, and Gibson will do tons of damage in the paint.. even Derrick Rose will. As for the Magic, it will be very easy for Dwight Howard.

I think he posted this as a joke. If you didn't, I still can't see Boston getting past Chicago or Orlando.

Kobe has shown signs of slowing down. In about 2-3 years, he's gonna be a (currently) Tim Duncan... old guy. And when he retires in the near coming years, and when PJ retires, who can carry the Lakers? Gasol? Mitch Kupchak is no genius... he got lucky there's a stupid team like Memphis who was willing to trade its franchise player for scrubs (at the time Marc Gasol was just a second rounder). It's a once-in-a-lifetime, are -you-kidding-me deal. Before the Gasol deal, Laker fans wanted him out, even Kobe wanted him out... and now he's the genius who's gonna bring glory back to Lakers when Kobe retires? I doubt it. I hope Laker fans are not counting on him trading Ebanks, Caracter and 3 first round picks for Blake Griffin. Ron Artest signed for MLE because he wanted to do it, not because of "Mitch's persuasion power"... neither did Blake, Barnes come for cheap because of him. Back to this quote by Real Deal: How? --- I think Lakers will suffer a 3-4 year playoffs drought before they get back to playoffs... but it may take them lonngggggg time before they get to championship level again.

That wasn't the point.

Maria... lol. Her 3rd pic got me 6 to midnight damn fast

I don't think Kobe's had a great year. I think he's clearly lost a step, He doesn't elevate as well as he used to, he takes too many plays off on defense, and he hasn't been playing at an All-NBA first team level. After a disastrous start, Wade's been Wade. He's been more efficient in virtually every single category and has played better basketball.

The perfect option, he's a players coach, he's been around the system for over a decade, what more can you ask for?

Martin gets win number 600 but the last win we will get this year.

Good God Briana.

Nobody is asking you to feel bad for them. People are asking you to stop being a bitch and acting like you know what a teacher has to go through these days. Grading papers and writing tests is a tip of the iceberg, but obviously, you would know more because you are a teacher, or you live with one... Why don't you tell me how easy it is to sit on my ass and fix computers and design websites all day long? I'd like to know, since I'm numb to what I do for a living, and it only makes sense to ask someone who has no idea.

And? So what? They knew what they were getting into before they chose the profession. Are we supposed to sit here and feel bad for them because they have to grade papers and write tests? And way to generalize about other professions and then act like teacher's don't have any free time at all lol. This whole little pseudo-intellectual act you're trying to put on isn't fooling anyone tool.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20110408_PHO@NO

ALL-NBA First Team C: Dwight Howard PF: Kevin Garnett SF: LeBron James SG: Dwyane Wade PG: Derrick Rose All-NBA Second Team C: Amare Stoudemire PF: Pau Gasol SF: Kevin Durant SG: Kobe Bryant PG: Rajon Rondo All NBA Third Team C: Tim Duncan PF: LaMarcus Aldridge SF: Luol Deng SG: Manu Ginobili PG: Chris Paul

Uh,yeah...a quite successful one lol

I think the best part of ECN's post is where he calls Obama a "Natzi" "Socialist", things that are on the opposite side of the political spectrum. Too bad ECN is too retarded to understand politics and would rather just listen to Rush Limbaugh

Obama = antichrist. Nobody knows where hes born, he just came out of nowhere.

Derrick Rose. I think Howard comes in a very close second, much closer than people give him credit for, but I do think Rose deserves it. This dude has worked on his game hard and has gotten a lot better this season. Seems to be a leader, and is getting better and more committed on the defensive end. Who would have ever thought CHI would beat out BOS and/or MIA for the number one seed in the East this season? I really thought they'd be 3rd or 4th. The fact they'll be the one seed and a great shot at winning the title has to be credited a lot to Derrick Rose.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU1v_XKgEPc

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lol ChicagoStateOfMind you mad because you got banned from RSZ?

you [expletive]ed up your comparison bro

Actually, I always had this plan of recruiting in the future for OTR when my forum that I'm recruiting for right now is a big name

Yeah it's true! It looks the similar! I love it. But anyways, the admins told me we're getting a new skin soon

I love OTR and it's one of my favorite. If members join Hoops-nation but are old members on here.. they won't leave here. And thanks Illwill for backing me up. Too bad Jeneral. You looked like a rat.. you could of just PM Real Deal but your an attention whore

Good job being a rat... but if I'm banned, blame kylebeelong for telling me that it's aloud to say that

I agree with all of you guys. We need to stop but this problem is in EVERY FORUM

alright we'll try our best. It's just sometimes members want to have fun by laughing at other people. Insults are not a good way though

My number 1 player off the bench is DeMar DeRozan because he always comes and fires the crowd up with his sick dunks, alley-oops etc. he's the future for the Raptors and I can't wait to see him play the season coming up. 1. DeMar DeRozan 2. Lamar Odom 3. Shannon Brown 4. Amir Johnson 5. JR. Smith 6. Lopez 7. Dragic 8. Channing Frye 9. Calderon 10. Jeff Teague

Hard question. It's obviously not Boozer because this team would of still have a good season with all their good players. Amare Stoudemire will help the Knicks and will be the leader now since David Lee left. Talking of David Lee, I think this guy will also make a great impact with the Warriors. They will finally have a great big man and will have Biedrins off the bench (I think). Curry, Ellis and Lee will be a great energetic and scoring duo. Al Jefferson... without him... the Jazz would be screwed since Boozer left. Deron Williams needs a big man like Boozer to help him. Deron didn't need to have his team on his back alone. Forget about Boozer... he won't be the biggest impact. It's between Al Jefferson and David Lee in my opinion because I don't think Amare will be able to score 25 points per game if he doesn't have a good PG that will make him a lot of easy opportunities to score the basketball. I'm giving it to David Lee.. but it's close between Big Al and Lee

Dude you are boring as [expletive].