NBA Mid-Season Awards

Well, we have reached the midway point of the NBA season, and that means that the All-Star game is upon us. With the bogus voting system that the NBA has in place, players such as the Detroit Pistons Allen Iverson are being voted in as starters. During this time of year many players’ contributions to their teams are over valued. With all this being said I am prepared to select my All-Star, All-Rookie, and All-NBA teams for the first half of the season. I will also select my league MVP, Rookie of the First half, Coach of the first half, Most Improved Player, and Defensive Player of the first half. My All-Fantasy team will also be unveiled. So let’s go!

All-Star
East
PG Dwyane Wade
SG Danny Granger
SF LeBron James
PF Kevin Garnett
C Dwight Howard

West
PG Chris Paul
SG Kobe Bryant
SF John Salmons
PF Paul Millsap
C Amar'e Stoudemire

All-NBA
PG Chauncey Billups
SG Dwyane Wade
SF LeBron James
PF Amar'e Stoudemire
C Dwight Howard

All-Rookie
PG Russell Westbrook
SG O.J. Mayo
SF Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
PF Michael Beasley
C Brook Lopez

All-Fantasy
PG Chris Paul
SG Danny Granger
SF LeBron James
PF Amar'e Stoudemire
C Dwight Howard
Util Dwyane Wade
Util Paul Millsap
Util Kobe Bryant

MVP
LeBron James
Cleveland’s other starters PG Mo Williams, SG Sasha Pavlovic, PF Ben Wallace, C Anderson Varejao. This team has a record of 32-8 and is in a dead heat for best wining percentage in the league. What else needs to be said with that starting line up?

Rookie of the first half
O.J. Mayo POINTS19.1 ASSISTS2.9 STEALS1.0 MIN. PLAYED37.8
Have you seen him? Sure he puts up a lot of shots but he has to. He and Gasol could be the next Shaq and Kobe.

Most Improved Player
David Lee POINTS15.5 Rebounds 11.4 STEALS1.0 MIN. PLAYED 34.9
A double double machine and that is all that needs to be said about a guy who backed up Eddy Curry last season.

Defensive Player of the first half
Dwight Howard POINTS 20.2 ASSISTS 1.4 STEALS 1.0 Rebounds 14.1 Blocks 3.2
Howard has dominated the boards and swat anything within his Super Man reach so far this season.

Coach of the first half
Mike Woodson
The Hawks have a .610 winning percentage are in second place in their division this season. They are a good team because they are being put in the right situations to make plays by an undervalued coach, who the ownership group thought of firing last season.

All of the players named above may not play the designated position 100% of the time but they play it enough to qualify for the designation which I have given them in my mind at least.


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