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All NBA Teams 2009 Announced

May 14, 2009 By: Ongai Category: NBA Awards

After having so many awards and accomplishments this year, Lebron James deservingly gets another award or should I say another sweep. This time he has been voted by all the 122 sportswriters and broadcasters around the league to be in the first team All NBA.

It’s just fitting as he is the NBA’s best player right now, he is the MVP. He led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the best record in the NBA and has been sweeping teams left and right. He also was second in the league in scoring with 28.4 while also ranking top 10 in both assists and steals. (more…)

My picks for NBA rookie of the year and the Rookie Teams

April 07, 2009 By: Ongai Category: NBA Awards

Michael Beasley? Russell Westbrook? Brook Lopez? ROY - none of the above

Michael Beasley? Russell Westbrook? Brook Lopez? ROY - none of the above

The NBA playoff is just around the corner and as teams try to win as many games as possible so are the rookies except that they’re focused also on winning something else. They have been battling it out the past few months on who should be part of the All- Rookie teams and who should be this year’s NBA Rookie of the Year.

I must say that this year’s draft featured a lot of future stars in this league and they’ve really proven it with their respective teams. You may argue that some just have stats that are high because their team sucks that’s why we’re here to take a look on who deserves the awards. So here are my picks: (more…)

Who should win the 2008-2009 NBA’s Most Improved Player

April 03, 2009 By: Ongai Category: Around the NBA, NBA Awards

Innovative basketball by benjieordonez
Basketball Image via flickr

Innovative basketball by benjieordonez

The NBA has been asking the question, “Where will amazing happen?” this year but before we know where that will happen since that will only happen in the playoff, we should first look at the individual awards. I like to take a look at the Most Improved Player award first since it’s nice to see players taking their game to another level from the previous year(s). So my question is who’s the Most Improved Player? So here are my candidates and my favorite to win the award for the 2008-2009 season. (more…)