Midseason NBA Awards

MVP

LeBron James: He has dominated in every way possible so far this year. And without Wade in th lineup they are 8-1. All statistical categories are off the charts . Chris Paul is having a phenomenal year with the Clippers and the culture there is already changing, but he is not shooting the 54.8% on fg's the James is. Durant has the Thunder looking unstoppable out West, but he just is not as versatile as James. Most importantly, this guy does not miss games. There is no argument on who is the top MVP pick at this point

Runners up:
-Chris Paul
-Kevin Durant
-Kobe Bryant
-Tony Parker

Rookie of the year

Kyrie Irving: This guy is awesome in the 4th quarter for the Cavs and averages 18.3 points a game shooting 48.5 %. A shooter who drives and a scorer who passes, Irving is just the floor general to lead a comeback in Cleveland and show the Cavs that there is life after James. This not meant to take anything away from Ricky Rubio who has shown so far. He is a future star in this league who plays great defense with a lot of steals and takes charges as well.

Runners Up:
-Ricky Rubio
-Marshon Brooks
-Iman Shumpart
-Kemba Walker

Sixth Man

Lou Williams: He leads his team in scoring (15.9 ppg) while coming off the bench, and is also the go to guy in the crunch. I would have put James Hardin in the top slot if he wasnt such a liability on defense. I also like what Andre Miller gives the Nuggets with a change of pace from what Ty Lawson offers in the starting slot.

Runners Up:
-James Hardin
-Andre Miller
-Al Harrington

Defensive Player of Year

Dwight Howard: No question that as long as he is playing basketball this award will continue to go through him in most cases. The Magic have made a "down-slide" this year, but Dwight has continued with his dominance on the defensive end pulling down 15 boards a game. He makes every person who drives the lane think twice before their shot attempt ends up in the stands somewhere.


Runner up:
-Serge Ibaka
-LeBron James
-Andre Iguodala
-Tony Allen

Most Improved

Jeremy Lin: There are plenty of runner up candidates to this Lin fella... But he took the league by storm putting up elite numbers across the board, and the biggest part is the fact that they are winning games with Lin. Kyle Lowry is becoming one of the top guards in the league this year and Ryan Anderson is showing that he can light it up from long range and plays very well off of D Howard. But, Mr Lin has stepped in out of nowhere and has commanded all attention.


Runners Up:
-Kyle Lowry
-Ryan Anderson
-Andrew Bynum
-Greg Monroe

Coach of the Year

Doug Collins: Collins has the allegedly star-less Sixers playing not just like an interesting team, but the area motion running, ball sharing deep squad. They have cut out the turnovers and everyone is on the same page at this point. Collins has everyone committed in 2 years to his new philosophy he put in place. George Karl is doing what most probably would have struggled to do with the loss of their go yto guy and all the commotion that came with it. Greg Pop is doing exactly what he does about this time as well......

Runners UP:
-George Karl
-Greg Popovich
-Frank Vogel