2015 NBA Mid-Season Awards

[95 Vol Alum]

Just about every team has played to the halfway point. So, mid-season awards:

1. Best Team

2. Best Player/MVP

3. Best Coach

4. Best Defensive Player

5. Best Rookie/ROY

6. Biggest Surprise

7. Biggest Disappointment

Add your own if you see fit.

 

[n_huffhines]

Best team = GS
Best player = Harden
Best coach = Kerr
Best def. player = Davis, Jordan, Butler (3-way tie, IMO)
ROY = Mirotic
Surprise = Lillard (he was good, he looks elite now)
Disappointment = Exum (Jazz fan and he sucks right now)

First Team All-NBA
Curry
Harden
Butler (I don't really find any SF deserving)
Davis
Jordan

 

[gordonr24]

1. Best team- Golden State

2. MVP- Curry

3. Best coach- Budenholzer

4. Defensive player- Butler

5. ROY- Mirotic

6. Surprise- Atlanta

7. Disappointment- Knicks

 

[zjcvols]

Just about every team has played to the halfway point. So, mid-season awards:

1. Best Team

2. Best Player/MVP

3. Best Coach

4. Best Defensive Player

5. Best Rookie/ROY

6. Biggest Surprise

7. Biggest Disappointment

Add your own if you see fit.

1. Atlanta Hawks

2. James Harden

3. Mike Budenholtzer

4. Anthony Davis

5. Andrew Wiggins

6. The Cavaliers struggles

7. Cavaliers and Bulls

 

[95 Vol Alum]

Just about every team has played to the halfway point. So, mid-season awards:

1. Best Team

Golden State but not a believer yet

2. Best Player/MVP

James Harden

3. Best Coach

Mike Budenholzer

4. Best Defensive Player

Draymond Green

5. Best Rookie/ROY

Andrew Wiggins

6. Biggest Surprise

Milwaukee (though Atlanta is close)

7. Biggest Disappointment

OKC isn't mathematically eliminated yet

Add your own if you see fit.

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[TBrown]

Don't really get all the james harden love

 

[95 Vol Alum]

So, who ya got?

 

[LittleCat]

1. Best Team - Hawks

2. Best Player/MVP - Curry (although I think Davis is having an insane year statiscally).

3. Best Coach - Kerr (looks like he's been a coach for many years)

4. Best Defensive Player - Davis

5. Best Rookie/ROY - Wiggins

6. Biggest Surprise - How good the bucks are and how the Celtics have finally given up (Never thought they would trade Rondo and start over).

7. Biggest Disappointment - Cavs. I'm not a Lebron bandwagoner but I was hoping they'd at least easily above .500, especially in a crappy east. I like Lebron and he only has some many years in him left.

 

[BadJerry20]

Don't really get all the james harden love

+1 It's not as hard to be an offensive monster when you only play that side of the ball.

 

[LittleCat]

+1 It's not as hard to be an offensive monster when you only play that side of the ball.

i was feeling bad after a game the other day and i watched a harden video and reminded myself that even pros can play worse defense than mes

 

[BadJerry20]

Just about every team has played to the halfway point. So, mid-season awards:

1. Best Team

GS

2. Best Player/MVP

Steph

3. Best Coach

J. Kidd

4. Best Defensive Player

DJ

5. Best Rookie/ROY

Wiggins

6. Biggest Surprise

Hawks

7. Biggest Disappointment

Cavs

8. Most Improved Player

Butler

Add your own if you see fit.

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[BadJerry20]

i was feeling bad after a game the other day and i watched a harden video and reminded myself that even pros can play worse defense than mes

Lol Honestly if I'm starting a team I don't think he's in my top 10. They will never win a chip. He's the new Melo.

 

[zjcvols]

Curry is just as bad defensively as Harden. Harden isn't great but he's gotten better.

 

[BadJerry20]

We are watching 2 different guys evidently. Curry has improved this year, not great but he's becoming pretty solid. Harden is dreadful, he doesn't even try half the time. He used to be a decent defender in OKC, not so much anymore.

 

[gordonr24]

Harden is like Melo. He only brings it on offense. At least Curry tries on defense.

 

[YankeeVol]

Best Team: GS/ATL

Best Player: Steph

Best Coach: Budenholzer

Best defensive player: Davis

ROY: Wiggins

Biggest surprise: Hawks

Biggest disappointment: Cavs

 

[YankeeVol]

Lol Honestly if I'm starting a team I don't think he's in my top 10. They will never win a chip. He's the new Melo.

Yup

 

[95 Vol Alum]

No case for Lebron is telling, IMO.

 

[n_huffhines]

Don't really get all the james harden love

From my perspective, compared to the average SG per 48:

+13.2 points
+.074 TS%
+4.0 assists
+0.6 blocks (more than 2x average)
+0.8 steals
+2.0 rebounds

Those are MJ numbers. Too many turnovers, but he more than makes up for it.

 

[n_huffhines]

+1 It's not as hard to be an offensive monster when you only play that side of the ball.

Weird that there aren't more offensive monsters, then. Why does he get so many damn steals, blocks, and rebounds, if he only plays offense?

You call me a homer but your love for Westbrook and your bias against Harden is so transparently homerism.

 

[n_huffhines]

Against Houston, SGs are shooting 38% and are only making 1.9 3-pointers. That's the 5th and 3rd best in the league, respectively. We can't totally isolate that to Harden, but we can at least say opposing SGs are doing horribly against the Rockets.

2015 NBA Defense vs. Position Stats – Shooting Guards on FanDuel

 

[BadJerry20]

Weird that there aren't more offensive monsters, then. Why does he get so many damn steals, blocks, and rebounds, if he only plays offense?

You call me a homer but your love for Westbrook and your bias against Harden is so transparently homerism.

I call him an offensive monster but I'm bias? If I was bias I would flat say he sucks. I called him the best offensive player a few days ago but I'm biased? I'm critical of Russ when he deserves it. I just said Steph made him look silly a few days ago. But keep talking out your *** its what you do best.

 

[BadJerry20]

Everybody in the world thinks harden sucks defensively but you. Watch a game and get a clue. We've covered the stats thing before, I don't feel the need to teach another lesson. I prefer you pouting in the corner not talking to me. K thanks.

 

[n_huffhines]

Everyone thinks he sucks at D because someone started that narrative and then backed it up with a low-light video that was very convincing.

Why do opposing SGs do so poorly?

Opposing SGs:

5th worst in FG %
3rd worst in 3 pointers made
worst in assists

 

[TBrown]

Everyone thinks he sucks at D because someone started that narrative and then backed it up with a low-light video that was very convincing.

Why do opposing SGs do so poorly?

Opposing SGs:

5th worst in FG %
3rd worst in 3 pointers made
worst in assists

Because Trevor Ariza guards the good ones?