3QC Mid-Season Awards: MVP
by erivera7 on Jan 21, 2009 1:00 AM EST
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PrintSince the first-half of the season has gone by for the Orlando Magic, it's time to present the inaugural Third Quarter Collapse Mid-Season Awards. Instead of conducting a regular poll, we at 3QC have decided for you to vote and comment which Magic player you feel is most deserving of each award.
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I will officially nominate Hedo as my choice
Only because I hope he might read this blog and see how appreciated he is and make him want to stay in Orlando beyond this season.
Honorable mention goes to Dwight for his absolute dominance and Jameer for his newfound ability in temporarily taking over games.
Dwight
It’s a team effort (not a one-man show), but Dwight is really the key. Jameer, Rashard, and Hedo are able to get the looks they do because Dwight is in the middle. And he’s really the only A+ defender on the team. It’s a tough call between Dwight and Jameer, but Dwight has the edge.
Dwight
He is a league MVP candidate. Nough said.
'Coach, Dwight is a nice guy. Dwight don't hit anybody. But Superman will knock the crap out of you.' - D12
Dwight.
Without him, we’d be approximately 21-20.
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"Shoot first, ask questions last" Jameer Nelson
by DieSlowKeyshawn on Jan 21, 2009 2:59 PM EST reply actions
I don't mean he has
won 12+ games on his own, however he opens it all up. Opens up the 3 point shooters, he makes SVG’s style work. On second though with Gortat/Battie as our starting center, we’d probably be < .500
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"Shoot first, ask questions last" Jameer Nelson
by DieSlowKeyshawn on Jan 21, 2009 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
Dwight
He makes everything possible. The gold medal summer did wonders for him. I’m not sure if anyone caught it, but in the L.A. game Kobe and Dwight were jawing towards the end of the game and Kobe missed the jumper, then went to the charity stripe and shot 1-2, while Howard was talking to him throughout. The rest, as they say, is history.
He’s our leader.
by milogoestovalencia on Jan 21, 2009 3:03 PM EST reply actions
Dwight
But with Nelson coming in close 2nd. Howard would be the runaway winner if he could manage to shoot 70% from the line.
Tough call, buy SVG's design
On a scale of one to ten (ten being essential), lets rate the importance of the big four’s games
Dwight’s Offense-5- Can survive and win with a struggling Dwight, as long as he is still putting work on the other end, which this year he is
Dwight’s Defense-10- With the offensive players put around Dwight the drawback is a team ill equipped to keep guys outside the lane, so Van Gundy has built a defense that funnels to dwight, gives up long twos, and doesn’t foul shooters, dwight almost always has to be in the game defensively for this team to click
Lewis’ Offense-6- need him to hit threes, post up smaller players, give his 15-20, nothing more nothing less
Lewis’ Defense-6- keep dwight out of foul trouble, backside rebound, play hard, nothing more nothing less
Turk’s Offense-9- close out games and take over and run the show if Jameer’s off, Magic are dead in the water if Jameer and Turk both have bad games, one of them needs to be on for the magic to win
Turk’s defense-3- don’t foul, show on shooters
Jameer’s Offense-9- See Hedo, but flip
Jameer’s Defense-3-see Hedo
SVG’s system allows the magic to win in different ways and situations, so its difficult to narrow in one guy as the key to any one game. But this team gets their identity and respect from the big man, so I’ll give it to Dwight.
"Iron man, iron man, does what an iron man can"
Definitely D12 . . .
. . . Jameer has been instrumental in taking us to the next level but without Dwight there is no level.
Got to go with Dwight
Dwight Howard-Jameer Nelson this season is like a Tim Duncan-Tony Parker situation. Make no mistake — Parker is crucial to the team. he does a lot of stuff. But the whole premise of the team is based on the fact that there is a big man under the basket, and if you’re playing this team, you have to deal with the big man. If you do, one of the four other guys will probably shoot a three-pointer on you, but if you don’t, that is worse.
Dwight David Howard
"Poor guy is probably out there without a flipper, swimming around in a circle, freaking out his whole family."
D12
I wan’t to vote Jameer in this spot so much, but we all know without Dwight in the middle playing D-fense and his presence down there, our wing players don’t get anywhere near the same number of looks. He edges out Nelson just slightly here.
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