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NBA awards the league forgot to hand out
Jake Goldberg
Issue date: 6/15/09 Section: Sports
The 2008-2009 NBA season is coming to a close, which means it's time for the first-ever Goldies, my personal awards for the association.
Before we get to the hardware, I want to share a thought. The NBA's talent is as high as it has ever been with quality players spread across the country, but it seems as though the NBA only wants you to know about Kobe and Lebron. Everyone knows Kobe and Bron-Bron are talented so how about some media exposure for the likes of Kevin Durant, Joe Johnson or Brandon Roy? Share the love, NBA.
Now on to the awards:
The Nick Cage Consistency Award:
Wally Szczerbiak; forward, Cleveland Cavaliers. Just like Cage, Wally is making an exorbitant amount of money to continually perform horribly. Wally earned $13,755,000 in 2009, which makes him third on the team behind Ben Wallace (who finished second for this award) and Lebron James. Wally averaged seven points and an assist in twenty minutes a game for the Cavs this past season, and he is unable to guard anyone while he is on the floor. Just like Mr. Cage, he continues to defy the critics by making money for doing next to nothing.
The My-jaw-is-still-on-the-floor Award:
Dwight Howard's performance against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Nov 12, 2008. Howard posted a 30 point-19 rebound-10 block game and used Robert Swift and Johan Petro as his personal toilet paper. Howard decided that the paint was his that night and he showed Swift and Petro the door to the developmental league. This is only the 46th time it has happened in the past 22 seasons.
The Mike Dunleavy Worst Coach Award:
Seeing how it would be too easy to give Dunleavy the worst coach award, I have decided to just name the award after him. Therefore, we are going to give it to the second worst coach: Ed Tapscott. First off all, shame on you Washington Wizards for firing Eddie Jordan. Secondly, brilliant move to hire Tapscott, who went 18-53, a winning percentage of .254. I know they didn't have Gilbert Arenas or Brendan Haywood for a majority of the season but there is still no excuse to winning only 18 games in the Eastern conference. Tapscott still had two former all-stars in Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison.
Before we get to the hardware, I want to share a thought. The NBA's talent is as high as it has ever been with quality players spread across the country, but it seems as though the NBA only wants you to know about Kobe and Lebron. Everyone knows Kobe and Bron-Bron are talented so how about some media exposure for the likes of Kevin Durant, Joe Johnson or Brandon Roy? Share the love, NBA.
Now on to the awards:
The Nick Cage Consistency Award:
Wally Szczerbiak; forward, Cleveland Cavaliers. Just like Cage, Wally is making an exorbitant amount of money to continually perform horribly. Wally earned $13,755,000 in 2009, which makes him third on the team behind Ben Wallace (who finished second for this award) and Lebron James. Wally averaged seven points and an assist in twenty minutes a game for the Cavs this past season, and he is unable to guard anyone while he is on the floor. Just like Mr. Cage, he continues to defy the critics by making money for doing next to nothing.
The My-jaw-is-still-on-the-floor Award:
Dwight Howard's performance against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Nov 12, 2008. Howard posted a 30 point-19 rebound-10 block game and used Robert Swift and Johan Petro as his personal toilet paper. Howard decided that the paint was his that night and he showed Swift and Petro the door to the developmental league. This is only the 46th time it has happened in the past 22 seasons.
The Mike Dunleavy Worst Coach Award:
Seeing how it would be too easy to give Dunleavy the worst coach award, I have decided to just name the award after him. Therefore, we are going to give it to the second worst coach: Ed Tapscott. First off all, shame on you Washington Wizards for firing Eddie Jordan. Secondly, brilliant move to hire Tapscott, who went 18-53, a winning percentage of .254. I know they didn't have Gilbert Arenas or Brendan Haywood for a majority of the season but there is still no excuse to winning only 18 games in the Eastern conference. Tapscott still had two former all-stars in Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison.
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testking 646-588
posted 7/02/09 @ 9:07 AM EST
Its nice if the NBA will be awarded for the session of 2008-2009, nice article this time.
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