Player of the D.A.Y.
13 games. Lots of good performances. Tough call…
Now see, this pisses me off. There were 13 games last night. Tonight there are two, Dallas-Houston and Lakers-Cleveland. Kobe and LeBron have their too soon rematch while maybe T-Mac scares everyone into thinking an individual virtuoso can beat the Mavs.
Paul Pierce led the Celtics to their first win since, I don’t know, possibly the dawn of time. I have been writing off big performances against the C’s, but now Milwaukee is proving to be nearly as bad. I can’t give it to Paul just because that would make two in a row against the Bucks, and they don’t deserve that kind of respect.
Other worthy candidates that fell short are Gerald Wallace, Chris Bosh, KG, Stephen Jackson, Joe Johnson, and Ray Allen. I’m giving today’s player of the D.A.Y. to Deron Williams. Utah hung on to beat Cleveland by one, the key basket a jumper from Deron. On a night when LeBron had help from Larry Hughes’s 33 points and Anderson Varaejo’s 17 boards, Deron came through with 33 and 12. Too bad he’s not on the All-Star team like most of those other names.
16 Responses to “Player of the D.A.Y.”
Feb.15 at 5:34 pm
Elvis says:
FIRST!!! Good Choice
Feb.15 at 5:42 pm
Reggie Evans says:
Deron’s second D.A.Y
Feb.15 at 5:42 pm
Reggie Evans says:
I always want to call him Duh-RON
Feb.15 at 5:42 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
EVERYONE CAN’T BE AN ALL-STAR.
Feb.15 at 5:53 pm
Chris says:
DERon is going to carve up the rookies tomorrow
Feb.15 at 8:19 pm
DP says:
DERON SHOULD BE AN ALL-STAR! Who is OKUR? Exactly. Just another Dirk fake. David Stern know that deron deserves without a doubt to make the team. play wit it.
Feb.15 at 8:57 pm
Reggie Evans says:
Don’t know if this was linked somewhere else on the site, but since the two players most likely to generate discussion are Kobe and Vince, here’s a video of Vince - I’m not so sure he’s saying “Cmon, MVP? … Wow” - he might be saying “Cmon, Gimme a break … Wow”. You be the judge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz0kGWU1U_U
Feb.15 at 9:00 pm
P Didd says:
Paul Pierce, What can I say . . . . I tell my friends typically you need 3-guns to win an NBA championship. With a Paul Pierce you need 2-guns (Paul included). It’s amazing how one player can spark an entire team. . . . you did notice it took him what 1 or 2 games to get the Leprechauns their first win in 18-games. P-Did
Feb.15 at 10:01 pm
Hersey says:
Not a Memo nor Jazz fan but the guy is clutch and has won a lot of games for the Jazz.
Feb.16 at 1:29 am
Basketball Revolution says:
Deron Williams FINALLY gets the love…not to say he hasn’t gotten any this season. But it’s about time this man got the POD. Keep up the great work, y’all!
Feb.16 at 2:06 am
Young Bo says:
oh hes sayin c’mon mvp reggie, trust me, i live in toronto and its all theyve shown for 24 hours straight lol we know what vince ate for dinner that night over here, and we seen vince laughing at mo pete for hyping up the crowd too, ahaha i love the media, i love vince for not caring there are a zillion cameras in the arena, and i love the raps for takin over the atlantic and comin for the slumpin wizards in the east, and yea deron is nasty, the sophs are goin to murder the rooks, i wanted jose calderon to make the team but the sophs are ALL points lol paul deron felton, nasssty
Feb.16 at 2:51 am
ziad bastami says:
deron is the future jason kidd with a jumper!oh! we have hurd that a million time! i know! and yes he should be an allstar all ready, if he were in the east no doubt! but when guys like baron davis and all the things he is doing in golden state, and to be also on the side line in the bigg show, that tells you!the all stars week end is loosing its value, for the crappy game they put in, and for the ugly slamdunk contest! i mean the future stars youngstars,rising stars shit! i can not beleive, akh! if they want keep it like that, but creat an all star slam dunk contest! like vince, kobe, lebron, tmac, and let the winner have something intersting, like i dont know, think of something, but save the allstar week end!
and yes deron deserves the honnor of being player of the day! rest a sure, the future will be tuned to the jazz beat!as a vince fan how i wish he can be traded for ak47, so the jazz will have more offence, and if it happens, well jazz next year as champs! yep! champs!
imagine this, deron, vince,matt, bozz, and okur!i mean, still look at the bench! wow! and the coach! it will be great to see that the jazz could win it with such a team! vince can provide them with the scoring touch they need! if it happens, vince will score27 a night! hands down! booz will have his 21-10, and deron 18 and 8! while the rest are the rest!
that is my peace!
Feb.16 at 4:14 am
Maqda7 says:
Deron for Most improved!!!
Feb.16 at 10:43 am
John says:
he said: “M.V.P. c’mon”, who the hell would actually chant Chris Bosh for M.V.P.?!?! I think the cold weather is getting to them up in Toronto.
Feb.16 at 11:59 am
Danny Ferry says:
An MVP candidate would be someone from a team that everyone picked to be near the bottom 5 in the L, but is what, 4 games over .500 now? 16-6 in the new year? C’mon John…..MVP? Of course. Shit, Bosh for Prime Minister!
Feb.16 at 2:26 pm
FLUXLAND says:
He did say MVP… I have the game on tape. And John, have you seen any Rap games this year? I am assuming not too many. Had you seen some, you would know why we are chanting MVP.
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Bargnani is ROY.