Kevin Garnett Defensive Player of the Year!!!!!!!!

[stackadolla]

NEW YORK, April 22, 2008 – The NBA announced today that Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics is the recipient of the 2007-08 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award presented by Kia Motors.
The 6-11 forward led the Celtics in rebounds with a 9.2 average (7.3 defensive rpg), to go along with 18.8 points, 1.2 blocks and 1.4 steals. He recorded a team season-high seven blocks against Chicago on Dec. 12.

As part of its support of the Defensive Player of the Year Award, Kia Motors will donate a brand-new 2009 Kia Borrego seven-passenger SUV on behalf of Garnett to Boston Centers for Youth and Families, the cities’ organization supporting the same youth as Kevin’s “Big Ticket Challenge” program. Kia Motors will present a Borrego to the charity of choice of each of the four year-end award winners in 2008 as part of the “The NBA Performance Awards Presented by Kia Motors.”

Garnett helped the Celtics to league-best records of 66-16 (.805) overall and 31-10 (.738) on the road. Boston held opponents to just 90.3 points (second in the NBA) after allowing 99.2 points per game a season ago. Garnett led the Celtics to the biggest one-year turnaround in NBA history as the team won 42 more games this season than in 2006-07 (24-58), surpassing the previous record of 36 games, set by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1997-98 season.

The 12-year NBA veteran became the 32nd player in league history to record 20,000 career points on March 8 against Memphis. Garnett is only the fourth active player to reach this milestone, joining Phoenix’s Shaquille O’Neal (26,296), Denver’s Allen Iverson (22,988) and Kobe Bryant (21,619) of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Garnett received 493 points, including 90 first-place votes, from a panel of 124 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Denver’s Marcus Camby, who won the award last season, finished second with 178 points and Houston’s Shane Battier finished third with 175 points. Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote received.

The 2007-08 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award presented by Kia Motors is part of a series of on-court performance awards called “The NBA Performance Awards Presented by Kia Motors.” The awards, which are part of a multi-year marketing partnership between Kia Motors America and the NBA, also include the Most Valuable Player, Sixth Man Award, and Most Improved Player. The series also includes the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month presented by Kia Motors. For more information on the “The NBA Performance Awards Presented by Kia Motors” visit www.NBA.com/performanceawards.

Attached are the 2007-08 results and the league’s all-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Presented by Kia Motors winners:

2007-08 NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY KIA MOTORS RESULTS


Player, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts
Kevin Garnett, Boston 90 12 7 493
Marcus Camby, Denver 12 32 22 178
Shane Battier, Boston 11 33 21 175
Bruce Bowen, San Antonio 7 7 24 80
Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers -- 10 10 40
Josh Smith, Atlanta 1 6 11 34
Chris Paul, New Orleans 1 4 7 24
Dwight Howard, Orlando 1 4 7 24
Tim Duncan, San Antonio -- 6 4 22
Tayshaun Prince, Detroit -- 3 4 13
Tyson Chandler, New Orleans 1 1 2 10
Rasheed Wallace, Detroit -- 3 -- 9
Richard Hamilton, Detroit -- 1 -- 3
Samuel Dalembert, Philadelphia -- 1 -- 3
Raja Bell, Phoenix -- 1 -- 3
Rajon Rondo, Boston -- -- -- 1
Chauncey Billups, Detroit -- -- 1 1
Kyle Lowry, Memphis -- -- 1 1
Ron Artest, Sacramento -- -- 1 1
Andrei Kirilenko, Utah -- -- 1 1


ALL-TIME NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS

Season Winner, Team
1982-83 Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee
1983-84 Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee
1984-85 Mark Eaton, Utah
1985-86 Alvin Robertson, San Antonio
1986-87 Michael Cooper, L.A. Lakers
1987-88 Michael Jordan, Chicago
1988-89 Mark Eaton, Utah
1989-90 Dennis Rodman, Detroit
1990-91 Dennis Rodman, Detroit
1991-92 David Robinson, San Antonio
1992-93 Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston
1993-94 Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston
1994-95 Dikembe Mutombo, Denver
1995-96 Gary Payton, Seattle
1996-97 Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta
1997-98 Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta
1998-99 Alonzo Mourning, Miami
1999-00 Alonzo Mourning, Miami
2000-01 Dikembe Mutombo, Philadelphia
2001-02 Ben Wallace, Detroit
2002-03 Ben Wallace, Detroit
2003-04 Ron Artest, Indiana
2004-05 Ben Wallace, Detroit
2005-06 Ben Wallace, Detroit
2006-07 Marcus Camby, Denver
2007-08 Kevin Garnett, Boston

 

[stackadolla]

the celts going all the way.....hahahaah i wonder who we fonna face in the finalz.....hahah

 

[phil]

the celts going all the way.....hahahaah i wonder who we fonna face in the finalz.....hahah

lakers or spurs

 

[Fucky McFuckerson]

Use the search button, please. THis was posted yesterday.

 

[phil]

yes sir officer sir

 

[Fucky McFuckerson]

yes sir officer sir

Thats right, bitch.

 

[KrazeeRDM]

yeah but this one is alot better and has the stats and shit so it's all good. yeah surprisingly the 1st celtic to get the award.

 

[Espiohti]

Motor Trend's defensive car of the year: Kia Rio5.

 

[phil]

he should get mvp but a +42 win differential and banner number 17 will suffice

 

[Gordon Gekko]

^^^Youre just talkin wreckless with that comment. Nobody from the celtics deserves MVP because they did what people thought they would do when the season started...which was win games. Nothing special about what they did this year.

 

[phil]

ok. keep tellin yourself that.

 

[Espiohti]

Garnett shouldn't get MVP..... Kobe or CP3 will... Garnett ain't on their level.. LeBron will prolly be third infront of KG too

 

[Fucky McFuckerson]

Garnett shouldn't get MVP..... Kobe or CP3 will... Garnett ain't on their level.. LeBron will prolly be third infront of KG too

Not on their level?!?! Dog, he is 7 FEET TALL and can play the fuckin SG position...are you out of your goddamned mind???

 

[NATIVE AMERICAN]

this award should have went to Camby for the simple fact that he stepped it up from last year's stats.

If you get a defensive award shouldnt it be about what you do to defend the opposing side ?
wait, hear me out !....
ok,

"DEFENSE"

K.G. (Great Player By The Way)
Rebounds Average (7.3) Blocking Average (1.2)

Marcus Camby (Last Years Winner, Got Robbed This Year)
Rebounds Average (13.1) Blocking Average (3.5) and thats a step up from last year !!!

do the math, but its all said, done and over so fuc dont start bitchin im just stating an opinion of facts.

let me kno wuts ur take. i just now read that their is another thread, sorry bout the late post.

 

[Fucky McFuckerson]

Rebounds have NOTHING to do with defense, so i dont know why that was even brought up.

 

[stackadolla]

to the neg that said kg is nowhere near cp3 and kobe hahahah if u said kobe then i can understand but cp3 come on that negga aint got shit on garnett....do you even fuckin watch basketball lil negga,,,,

 

[KrazeeRDM]

Garnett shouldn't get MVP..... Kobe or CP3 will... Garnett ain't on their level.. LeBron will prolly be third infront of KG too

youre right he shouldnt get the mvp but he is easily on the level of both of them and is easily better than CP3. for 10 years the fucka averages 20 pts 10 rebs. fuck outta here with that comment and he is 3rd before lebron.

this award should have went to Camby for the simple fact that he stepped it up from last year's stats.

If you get a defensive award shouldnt it be about what you do to defend the opposing side ?
wait, hear me out !....
ok,

"DEFENSE"

K.G. (Great Player By The Way)
Rebounds Average (7.3) Blocking Average (1.2)

Marcus Camby (Last Years Winner, Got Robbed This Year)
Rebounds Average (13.1) Blocking Average (3.5) and thats a step up from last year !!!

do the math, but its all said, done and over so fuc dont start bitchin im just stating an opinion of facts.

let me kno wuts ur take. i just now read that their is another thread, sorry bout the late post.

yeah but when u have KG doing very impressive shit that stast cant show and still have those good of stats on the best defensive team in the nba then u gotta give it up to him. camby does great defensive shit but it's on the worst defensive team in the league therefore he shouldnt be rewarded IMO

Rebounds have NOTHING to do with defense, so i dont know why that was even brought up.

well theres offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds so rebounds are mostly defense. i think KG average 7 defensive rebs exact, he never gets offensive boards, are team sucks at it lol.

 

[Fucky McFuckerson]

True, but getting defensive rebounds does NOT impact the defensive player of the year. It is CALLED a defensive rebound becuase it is gathered at the opponents side of the court, nothing more.

 

[KrazeeRDM]

True, but getting defensive rebounds does NOT impact the defensive player of the year. It is CALLED a defensive rebound becuase it is gathered at the opponents side of the court, nothing more.

well it's stopping the other team from scoring as well. all defensive teams got them rebounds on lock as well usually. but i see what you're sayin and you are right that they never really look at the rebound side of the defense for the award or else dwight would be up there

 

[coondogg26]

im happy for KG. His always fought for the Timberwolves, every single night. I will always root for him and hope this is the year he finally gets that ring he so desperately wants.