W.I.N.N.E.R.S.
And the All-Rookie teams too
It really feels like the NBA is stalling before giving the MVP trophy to Dirk. I saw somewhere the other day that about 75% of the people with votes had been polled, and Dirk was going to be the winner. Come on Stern, the sooner it’s out there, the sooner people can make their jokes, and the sooner it blows over. But hey, they threw us the bone of the All-Rookie teams.
2006-07 T-Mobile NBA ALL-ROOKIE FIRST TEAM
| Player | Team | First (2 pt) | Second (1 Pt) | Total |
| Brandon Roy | Portland | 29 | - | 58 |
| Andrea Bargnani | Toronto | 28 | 1 | 57 |
| Randy Foye | Minnesota | 21 | 6 | 48 |
| Rudy Gay | Memphis | 12 | 15 | 39 |
| Jorge Garbajosa | Toronto | 13 | 11 | 37 (tie) |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | Portland | 14 | 9 | 37 (tie) |
2006-07 T-Mobile NBA ALL-ROOKIE SECOND TEAM
| Player | Team | First (2 pt) | Second (1 Pt) | Total |
| Paul Millsap | Utah | 10 | 16 | 36 |
| Adam Morrison | Charlotte | 12 | 11 | 35 |
| Tyrus Thomas | Chicago | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| Craig Smith | Minnesota | 1 | 19 | 21 |
| Rajon Rondo | Boston | 1 | 8 | 10 (tie) |
| Walter Herrmann | Charlotte | 1 | 8 | 10 (tie) |
| Marcus Williams | New Jersey | 1 | 8 | 10 (tie) |
Congrats to all the rookies. In a season that has earned the distinction of worst performance by defending conference champions, worst injury bug to star players, and worst blatant case of tanking, we can also add worst All-Rookie teams in a while. Actually, these teams are the least embarrasing on that whole list I just rattled off. Onto the W.I.N.N.E.R.S.
PHOENIX: Steve Nash had 20 and 16, and people are more concerned with Suns fans wearing nasal strips. Kurt Thomas helped a lot, as did Shawn Marion’s defense, but Nash made them go.
CLEVELAND: LeBron. Now rest up until Saturday. That applies to both series.
22 Responses to “W.I.N.N.E.R.S.”
May.9 at 3:37 pm
Chris says:
first
May.9 at 3:41 pm
Michaelq says:
Saturday. The NBA is feelin itself too much.
May.9 at 3:53 pm
mutoni says:
is it wrong of me to celebrate the fact that renaldo balkman didn’t make the cut?
May.9 at 3:58 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Those ties make absolutely no sense at all. Aldridge got more first-team votes than Garbajosa, therefore he should be the fifth first-teamer. Garbajosa moves to the second team, and you dump the last three “ties” from the second team. Pretty simple to me. Or is this just a way to be more inclusive? So stupid—it’s almost as bad as when the MLB All-Star Game ended in a tie.
May.9 at 4:03 pm
Ben Osborne says:
Russ, Sam and I were talking about the All-Star tie earlier today. He referred to it as “the lowpoint of baseball in my life.” He may have a point.
May.9 at 4:07 pm
SK says:
Adam Morrison was the worst regular player in the league by most stathead rankings. Did he make second-team because of the ’stache?
May.9 at 4:14 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
It doesn’t bode well for the League when the worst player in the L is the eighth-best rookie, that’s for sure. Although I think Paul Milsap will take ninth and a shot at the Western Conference Finals and beyond. (And all those guys played better than Renaldo Balkman and Thabo Sefolosha? Really?)
May.9 at 4:15 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
I always spell Paul MilLsap’s name wrong. Apologies. Please don’t send Jerry Sloan after me.
May.9 at 4:34 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
I think these numbers may have been tainted by voter laziness. And Mutoni, is Balkman the only rookie in the league to not make the list?
That ASG tie in baseball was so bad.
May.9 at 4:37 pm
W. Mack says:
Because I was so deep into football, and trying to recover from the NFL season after it was over, I didn’t get a chance to watch a lot of the NBA this year. But this group…..I’ve never even HEARD of most of them. Who in the world is Craig Smith and/or Walter Herrmann?
The team may have looked a little better had Oden & Durant been able to be on it…but you know…
May.9 at 4:37 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Bud Selig shouldn’t be allowed to run a Burger King let alone a major sports league.
May.9 at 4:38 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
And Oden and Durant were third-team, I believe.
May.9 at 5:11 pm
Dblizzy! says:
This should have been the first year that they scrap the all-rookie team, instead the named 13 people. And no Balkman. I think they announced this garbage first to deflect the fact that the MVP is sitting at home right now.
May.9 at 5:39 pm
mutoni says:
he’s not, sam. i’m happy because it now gives me a reason to post on ‘bench renaldo’.
May.9 at 5:41 pm
tedturner says:
rajon rondo is a triple double waiting to happen. quadruple? he IS a thief. statlines like 16 8 8 5 helped me win my fantasy league. he should get minutes next year right? sebastian?
May.9 at 6:46 pm
Rod Strickland says:
Where’s Kinsey? His one month of production should be enough to put him on the first team. Seemed like rookies popped outta nowhere and started producing (as soon as their teams went in tank mode that is) such as Kinsey, Herrmann, Mardy Collins. NO Dukies HA HA HA.
May.9 at 9:00 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
It amuses me greatly that only three of those 13 guys are still playing right now.
May.10 at 1:37 am
Ikemob22 says:
Playing or getting minutes? anyways MWilliams Hot no matter what!
May.10 at 4:08 am
James says:
Walter Herrmann should have got more minutes. If he had, he would have been challenging roy, based on the 21 games that he got 20 minutes or more (17 pts, 5 rebounds, 53 percent from the field, 44 from 3) thats better than Bargnani
May.10 at 11:26 am
Russ Bengtson says:
Playing. As in, in the second round of the playoffs.
May.10 at 2:41 pm
Darksaber says:
Thabo got nothing? Jack? Walter “Fabio” Herrman got votes but Thabolosha was dissed? Damn.
May.11 at 12:42 am
what says:
What, no Shelden Williams?