Regular Season Awards

With only a couple of days left before the end of the season and the beginning of the playoffs, this is the time of the year when awards are about to be announced. So I figured this would be a good time for me to give out my final regular season awards.

MVP (Most Valuable Player)
1st – Derrick Rose
2nd – Dwight Howard
3rd – Lebron James
Derrick Rose is the only real choice this season, even though I did list my second and third picks. He dominated all season, and he led the Bulls to the best record in the East despite plenty of injuries

Defensive Player of the Year
1st – Dwight Howard
2nd – Andre Iguodala
3rd – Kevin Garnett
Here it is really no contest as well; Dwight Howard is the most dominating player on defense hands down. This will be his 3rd straight Defensive Player of the Year award.

Rookie of the Year
1st – Blake Griffin
2nd – John Wall
3rd – Greg Monroe
This one was a little more close about halfway through the year but Griffin really widened the gap down the stretch. He is going to get this award on a technicality though because he was actually drafted last year, but because he got injured and didn’t play one game he is still considered a rookie.

Sixth Man of the Year
1st – Lamar Odon
2nd – Jason Terry
3rd – Thaddeus Young
This is always a close award and Jason Terry is always a frontrunner for the award and he won the award in 2009. This year though I think Odom had a better year, and he really helped blend the Lakers bench with their starters.

Most improved Player
1st – Lamarcus Aldridge
2nd – Derrick Rose
3rd – Russell Westbrook
Another close one, but Aldridge led the Blazers all year having his best season in his career, and he did it all while the team’s best player Brandon Roy was hurt for most of the year.

Coach of the Year
1st – Greg Popovich
2nd – Tom Thibodeau
3rd - George Karl
This is the closest of the all the awards in my opinion this year. Your splitting hairs as both Popovich and Thibodeau deserve the award. I’m giving it to Popovich because he revamped the Spurs entire offense and brought an aging spurs team who finished 7th last year to this year having the best record in the entire league.