Should Avery Johnson have gotten the Most Valuable Coach award?
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Flip and Avery should split it because they did basically similar things to both teams. Flip made a defence power house into one of the best scoring teams and Avery took an offensive minded team and made them good at defense. I really think it should go to Larry Brown for putting up with the Knicks
1062614
Ihe NBA officials should get the MVP! In a matter of 8 seconds, Dwyane Wade commited a backcourt violation, pushed off on THREE players, got a phantom foul and Josh Howard calls a time out between his foul shots when any ref that has been in the NBA for any period of time knows that no one would take their last time out then when they could advance the ball!  \nTerry should take the ball at Shaq and foul him out quick in game 6.\nStackhouse has averaged about 12 point per game in the series. The Mavs lost by one. Do the math.\nI'm a dude so I will stick with the cheerleaders.
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all i can say is wow.... not one person mentioned steve nash the reigning mvp. not only did he have a better season then his last years mvp season, but also his team is doing so much better. not only do they have a new roster, but he is playing with out amare, one of the most explosive and best big men in the game. still steve nash is having career highs in points assists, fg % and watever else. steve nash is also helping his teamates win other awards. such as boris diaw. who? who is boris diaw? who is raja bell? who is leandro barbosa? who is eddie house? who are these guys? all these guys are having career years, and very very good seasons. if u think anyone else, is even close to winning mvp then nash, you dont watch enough basketball. funny thing is, im not even a suns or nash fan...
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Actually, in the last season, Gigi Buffon played well, but his goalkeeping was, according to me, overshadowed by Lehmann's antics in goal. He was truly incredible, and the only blot on the season was his sending off in the Champions League final. I believe that the award should go to one of these 2 keepers. It's high time their jobs are given their due recognition.
864304
Duke's Coach, "Coach K" or Mike Krzyzewski is one of the best of all-time.....\n\nConsistantly produce High-Quality players(last year, J.J. Redick, Sheldon Williams)
606801
I definitely think Steve Nash deserved it this year. It was stupid that the LA fans was chanting MVP for Kobe Bryant. He's not the greatest player in the league, because Steve Nash is one of the few guards that truly make everyone around him better (the other guys are probably Kidd and James). But Nash also has the record and determination as well as the lack of height and atheleticism to show for it.
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KObe Bryant, In My Mind, Deserves it more then any one else. He worked so hard to bring the lakers to were they are now, and even through all the drama from the haters and the rape thing he still persevered and made it to the playoffs, anyone else wouldve given up. I hope the voters keep that in mind.
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no way. even though he had a nice year and a nice record. that doesnt only make him the mvp. steve nash in my mind repeats as mvp. not only is he having a better year then last year (he was mvp last year), but he also is helping his teammate boris diaw be the front runner in the most improved player award. he has lead his team without amare one of the most versatile and explosive big men in the league. steve nash wins hands down. kobe will win it when he does more then score points. lebron wins it in a couple years.
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One of 5 who truly deserved it (him, Chauncey, Dirk, LeBron and Kobe).  So I really got no problem with the choice.  The Suns lost their best big man, took in a number of new guys and managed to keep playing their brand of basketball.\n\nAs for your question, it's being reported that it's true.  (Or we know, but it's not official yet).
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Kevin Martin is going to win it for sure since he is puting up over 20 points a game every night. He is currently averaging 24.6 points a game.\nI agree that Andres Biedrins is defently a candidate for most improved player of the year, but it's going to go to Kevin Martin.
720871
Gotta be Lawrence Frank.  He's quite a bit younger than Avery Johnson.
1084006
Absolutely! Terry made a poor choice, we all do. (Especially when testosterone is raging and you have two HUGE males smothering you). Ultimately, he is a good team player and does a great service time and time again for the Mavericks. Mavericks will win the championship and have undoubtedly earned it!\n(If there is anyone we should dislike, not for skills (b/c he is an incredible player),but because he is a sorry excuse for a team player is Kobe Byrant. I wish him well but strongly dislike his playing style.
1090335
How can Sakic be over rated? The man gets VERY little press - hell, even Mats Sundin and Dany Heatly get more press than Joe Sakic. I mean, Sakic has been one of the most consistent point producers of the past 15-20 years (I know, he debuted in 1988), and captained TWO Avalanche teams to Stanley Cups, winning a Hart Trophy along the way. Multiple 100 point seasons, a 50-goal season here and there...this man deserves MORE accolades and is a shoe-in for the Hall of Fame. And he did it all with ONE franchise. A class act.
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Well if there hasnt Avery Johnson will be
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Thank you for bringing this up.  It came to a shock for me when Stan Van Gundy was actually resigning, but i saw it coming since the summer.  I think it may have an increase effect on the chances of the Heat winning more games.  For one, Pat Riley may be the coach one again, and based on his past coaching, he is very experienced and talented.  He has won a championship with every team he has coached except for the heat because of the previous team we had.  But looking at the team we have now, combined with Riley, we may be unstoppable.
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NFL=no\n\nNBA=yes, there has been including Avery Johnson this year for the Mavericks.\n\nThe question was "have there ever been a black head coach TO any championship"; while grammatically incorrect, yes there has been in the NBA, none in the NFL.  Now it's changed, I didn't see that before.   Wasn't Russell a player/coach during the latter part of the early Celts dynasty?
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no.should have taken andy jonhson or jermain defoe. players with more experience.