Big (Man) Love

[VF21]

4/9 Big Man update:

Hassan Whiteside: 16/8/1/0/3 versus Thunder
Karl-Anthony Towns: 24/18/2/0/1 versus Grizzlies
Nikola Vucevic: 17/10/7/0/3 versus Bucks
(BMOtN) Nikola Jokic: 15/20/11/2/1 versus Trailblazers
Anthony Davis: 28/6/2/2/5 versus Clippers

Honorable Mention - Willie Cauley-Stein: 25/10/2/0/1 versus Spurs
Honorable Mention - Jusuf Nurkic: 20/19/1/1/0 versus Nuggets

I could go back and look to be sure but isn't this WCS's first time on the list?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Maybe second or third.

 

[kingsboi]

you can probably count on one hand how many 20 and 10 games Willie has had so far in his career

 

[VF21]

Final final Big Man update of the night:

Willie Caulie-Stein: 21/10/1/0/3 against the Rockets

Oh, here's one.

 

[VF21]

1/13 Big Man update:

Dwight Howard: 11/17/0/1/3 versus Thunder
Andre Drummond: 21/15/4/2/3 versus Bulls
Nikola Jokic: 23/9/7/2/0 versus Spurs

Honorable Mention - Willie Cauley-Stein: 23/13/4/1/1 versus Clippers
(BMOtN) Honorable Mention - Julius Randle: 23/15/2/0/0 [7 to] versus Mavericks

And another...

 

[VF21]

1/22 (complete) Big Man update:

Dwight Howard: 14/16/1/1/6 versus Kings
Rudy Gobert: 6/10/1/3/3 versus Hawks
Joel Embiid: 15/14/1/0/0 versus Grizzlies
Marc Gasol: 19/6/0/1/0 versus Seventy-sixers
Anthony Davis: 34/9/5/2/1 versus Bulls**
(BMOtN) DeMarcus Cousins: 44/24/10/4/1 versus Bulls
Hassan Whiteside: 22/13/2/3/0 [7 to] versus Rockets
Nikola Jokic: 16/12/5/1/1 versus Trailblazers
Karl-Anthony Towns: 11/17/3/0/1 versus Clippers

Scrolling backwards, I got to this one and all of a sudden my heart just wasn't in it any more. I really hope the big guy comes back better than ever next season for the Pels.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

4/10 Big Man update:

Dwight Howard: 14/17/0/0/1 versus Pacers
Rudy Gobert: 13/4/2/0/2 versus Warriors

We'll see whether BMOtM hinges on today. Otherwise, no award.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

4/11 Big Man update:

Nikola JOkic: 35/10/3/1/0 versus Timberwolves
(BMOtN) Karl-Anthony Towns: 26/14/2/1/0 versus Nuggets
Hassan Whiteside: 10/12/2/0/2 versus Raptors
Anthony Davis: 22/15/1/3/4 versus Spurs
Nikola Vucevic: 2/4/3/1/0 versus Wizards
Rudy Gobert: 13/13/1/0/1 versus Trailblazers


Honorable Mention - Aron Baynes: 26/14/2/0/0 versus Nets
Honorable Mention - Eric Moreland: 16/17/4/4/4 versus Bulls
Honorable Mention - Willie Cauley-Stein: 22/11/4/1/0 versus Rockets

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

April's Big Man of the Month is Nikola Jokic. Jokic finished the month with 5 BMOtN designations. Anthony Davis, Marc Gasol and Karl-Anthony Towns tied for second, with one apiece.

Big Man of the Month, Final:
October: DeMarcus Cousins
November: Joel Embiid
December: DeMarcus Cousins
January: Joel Embiid
February: Anthony Davis
March: Karl-Anthony Towns
April: Nikola Jokic


And the 2017-18 Big Man of the Year is...

Spoiler

 

[VF21]

And the 2017-18 Big Man of the Year is...

Spoiler

Cant help but wonder if this would have been different if only...

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Neither can I, but I would have loved to find out.

 

[VF21]

Which begs the eternal question...Was he fated to get injured regardless? Did the Kings actually dodge a bullet by trading him when we did, especially seeing the improvement of Buddy Hield? Is it all fate? These are things that keep me awake at night.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I blame Dell Demps: people praise him for the moves he made after the injury that saved the Pelicans' season (people conveniently forget that New Orleans didn't just lose 5-out-of-6 in the wake of the injury, but lost all five by double digits): signing Okafor, and trading for Mirotic... But, he could have made both of those moves three weeks earlier and, had he made at least one of them three weeks earlier, they could have avoided the wear on Cousins' body that led to the injury in the first place.

 

[ppine]

May is when it counts. Al Horford

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Nah. There's only one award that's given out for games played after the end of the regular season, and it ain't this one.