Sturty6ers
Years ago

Garnett wins DPOTY

From the morning Troll....

Boston's Kevin Garnett won the NBA's Defensive Player of the
Year Award on Tuesday for the second straight season. He
beat out Denver's Marcus Camby and Houston's Shane Battier.

The 6-foot-11 forward led the Celtics with 9.2 rebounds per
game. He added 18.8 points, 1.2 blocks and 1.4 steals.

Garnett helped the Celtics to league-best records of 66-16
(.805) overall and 31-10 (.738) on the road. Boston held
opponents to just 90.3 points (second in the NBA) after
allowing 99.2 points per game a season ago. The Celtics had
the biggest one-year turnaround in NBA history.

Garnett received 493 points, including 90 first-place votes.
Camby, who won the award last season, finished second with
178 points and Battier had 175 points.


I don't believe this is the second in a row as Marcus Camby won it last year....

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LC  
Years ago

Camby did win last year - check out story below on NBA website. It has a list of all the previous players to win at the end...where is your source from?

http://linky.com.au/tmnii

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jules  
Years ago

He was the heart and soul of the best team in the league, but most importantly the anchor for the best defensive team in the league - deserves it far more than Camby

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the_champ33  
Years ago

Well done to Garnett. Deserves the award. Celtics have been superb compared to previous season. Totally changed the franchise and finally given excitement since the Larry Bird era.

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M-Wills  
Years ago

Josh Smith should have won it. Although you got to give KG his props-He is a beast defensively.

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billo  
Years ago

Sturty, perhaps they're saying the award was announced on a Tuesday for the second straight season?

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