DPOY -- Artest 4th

[Bricklayer]

Not bad for a guy who missed 1/3 of the season and killed the Pacers. Give him a full year next year and...

http://www.nba.com/news/bwallace_060508.html

 

[PixelPusher]

Not bad for a guy who missed 1/3 of the season and killed the Pacers. Give him a full year next year and...

http://www.nba.com/news/bwallace_060508.html

2005-06 NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR RESULTS
Player, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts
Ben Wallace, Detroit 58 39 13 420
Bruce Bowen, San Antonio 38 33 19 308
Andrei Kirilenko, Utah 12 11 28 121
Ron Artest, Sacramento 6 7 14 65
Marcus Camby, Denver 3 9 13 55
Tim Duncan, San Antonio 3 7 6 42
Shawn Marion, Phoenix - 7 12 33
Alonzo Mourning, Miami 4 2 3 29
Gerald Wallace, Charlotte - 7 6 27
Shane Battier, Memphis - 1 - 3
Elton Brand, L.A. Clippers - 1 - 3
Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia - - 2 2
James Posey, Miami - - 1 1
Raja Bell, Phoenix - - 1 1
P.J. Brown, NOK - - 1 1
Rasheed Wallace, Detroit - - 1 1
Andres Nocioni, Chicago - - 1 1
Eddie Jones, Memphis - - 1 1
Kevin Garnett, Minnesota - - 1 1
Tayshaun Prince, Detroit - - 1 1

Nice little peek into the homersim of various journalists who sneek in a player from their home team with a 3rd place vote. I mean, c'mon...James Posey? Andres Nocioni? Eddie Jones?

 

[Kings113]

Yup, despite Artest missing a bunch of games, he still got mentioned all over the place in top 5/top 3 defenders.

Eddie Jones is quite a good defender, on and off the ball. Posey had a disappointing season, not showing a whole lot till the POs. Nocioni being on there is fine.

 

[Fillmoe]

gerald wallace should be top 5!

 

[Kings113]

Think being in Charlotte hurt him. If he was in New York or somewhere bigger, it'd be different.

 

[T[MaC]]

P.J. Brown, NOK - - 1 1

Does this guy find himself onto every ballot because he is somehow considered an "expert"?

 

[Bballkingsrock]

Not bad....

 

[kingsfan916]

G WALLACE should be in top 3

 

[Evenstar]

nice job ron, i can't wait to see you reclaim your DPOY next year

 

[Rain man]

P.J. Brown, NOK - - 1 1

Does this guy find himself onto every ballot because he is somehow considered an "expert"?

Haha- PJ got one fifth place vote for MVP last year too. I love PJ, but come on...

 

[dukeswh]

Tayshaun Prince should be in the Top ten at least.

 

[KevinMartinsGirl23]

Tayshaun Prince should be in the Top ten at least.

Agree, I think being on the Pistons hurts him as far as recognition goes because it's easy for him to get overlooked.

 

[LilMissDiva]

I think Ben Wallace would have had more competition if Ron had stayed straight these past few years. I'm betting on him for next year.

 

[Kings113]

Indeed.