3QC Mid-Season Awards

by erivera7 on Jan 25, 2009 2:00 PM EST in Evaluations Comment 11 comments

Winning awards used to be a breeze for Shaquille O'Neal as a member of the Orlando Magic back in the day.

Since it's Sunday, as promised, it's time to unveil the winners in the inaugural 3QC Mid-Season Awards.

Drumroll please.

Here are the results!

Best Individual Performance In A Game (18 votes)

Dwight Howard vs. Oklahoma Thunder (at OKC) [D12's first career triple-double] - 6 votes

Dwight Howard vs. San Antonio (at SA) - 1 vote

Jameer Nelson vs. Los Angeles Lakers (at LAL) - 11 votes

3.3seconds - Ten blocks is ten blocks [for Howard]. And if you can discount that performance for being against Oklahoma, you can just as easily "discount" Nelson’s performance [versus the Lakers] for being against the mummified corpse of Derek Fisher, drastically overworked by the injury to Farmar and the Lakers’ failure to locate a third point guard. Not that Nelson wasn’t heroic in that game, but if the Magic HADN’T gone to him in the fourth quarter against a rapidly flagging Fisher… well, I don’t believe SVG makes those kinds of mistakes.

gatormcd54 - The [Lakers] win was big, and it was Jameer’s performance that brought it home. Just huge shots down the stretch.

Biggest Surprise (24 votes)

Tony Battie - 1 vote

Marcin Gortat - 1 vote

Courtney Lee - 9 votes

Rashard Lewis - 1 vote

Jameer Nelson - 8 votes

Orlando Magic's 33-8 record - 2 votes

Orlando Magic bench - 1 vote

Orlando Magic front-office - 1 vote

Eyriq the Red - I really thought he’d [Courtney Lee] be relegated to spot duty but he has actually been starting games and doing very well for himself.

UNFNOLE - I have always thought he [Jameer Nelson] was solid. Not great, not bad. This year he has blown me away with his play. He is consistent (improved), confident (definitely improved), and has elevated his game in so many different areas.

Defensive Player of the Year (except Dwight) (25 votes)

Courtney Lee - 14 votes

Rashard Lewis - 9 votes

Jameer Nelson - 1 vote

J.J. Redick - 1 vote

L Magico - It's crazy that I thought Pietrus was going to be the guy to "shut" down opposing perimeter players. [Courtney] Lee has been such a great draft pick, it makes you almost forgot about the dozen or so blown draft picks the Magic have made.

NBR - I’m going to pick Rashard Lewis. I think he’s done a very good job helping Dwight in the paint, defending his man at the four spot, and using his quickness/length as a help defender. I think he’s been a huge part of the Magic’s defense.

Most Disappointing Player (23 votes)

Keith Bogans - 5 votes

Brian Cook - 3 votes

Anthony Johnson - 7 votes

Mickael Pietrus - 4 votes

J.J. Redick - 3 votes

Fran Vazquez - 1 vote

blue-blood - AJ of course! He is slow, sloppy and a liability on offense AND defense! I had very low expectations for him and he’s failed to meet even those! He’s the only Magic player that makes me hold my breath until he’s out of the game. I was SHOCKED to see that he could still dunk!

Pieful35 - Fran Vazquez, imagine [Indiana Pacers'] Danny Granger at the three.

Most Improved Player (21 votes)

Dwight Howard - 1 vote

Jameer Nelson - 20 votes

funny80sguy - I love how he [Jameer Nelson] is now fearlessly dribbling between defenders and into the middle of traffic to disrupt defenses.

pharmgreens - Without him [Jameer Nelson] we’re no better than a 4 or 5 seed. Think of how much of a drop this team could take if Nelson (god forbid) suffered a season ending injury. His numbers are career highs and he is the heart of this team.

MVP (22 votes)

Dwight Howard - 20 votes

Jameer Nelson - 1 vote

Hedo Turkoglu - 1 vote

milogoestovalencia - He [Dwight Howard] 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.

squinn - He [Dwight Howard] owns the town. He owns the team, and he’s the true face of the franchise.

... and there you have it.

Big ups to the Orlando Magic for making these awards possible.

Big ups to everyone that voted. Thanks for taking the time to cast your ballot.

We at Third Quarter Collapse will reconvene with a 3QC End-Season Awards once the season ends.

As for the current award recipients, what does everyone think? Agree/disagree with the winners? Want to defend your choice? Just have something to say? Fire away with your comments.

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Don’t see how Anthony Johnson can be the BIGGEST disappointment. When he came in we all thought that he’d be the third string safety net. Nobody expected hime to… um… play. Pietrus has to be the biggest disappointment. The guy was supposed to be our starting 2 guard and he has been out with one injury afer another.

Anyway, I forgot to vote so I my opinion doesn’t count. Does anyone know when Pietrus is coming back?

by magic fanatic on Jan 25, 2009 3:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

From the Sentinel

Mickael Pietrus, who was shooting before the game, to be out another five to seven days. Pietrus suffered a fractured right wrist and has missed 12games.

Source

Third Quarter Collapse: An Orlando Magic blog at SB Nation

by Ben Q Rock on Jan 25, 2009 4:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That sucks. He can't come soon enough.

Senior Writer for DePaul's Scout.com website

by erivera7 on Jan 25, 2009 4:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

thanks

by magic fanatic on Jan 25, 2009 9:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, that's why I didn't vote for A.J.

He stinks, yeah, but that’s not really a surprise. I voted for Cook because I thought he might at least play 10 minutes a game. Despite a clean bill of health (he missed three games due to a death in the family) he’s appeared in fewer than half the Magic’s games, and usually only in mop-up duty.

Bogans has been terrible, too.

Interesting how spread out the voting was for “most disappointing”

Third Quarter Collapse: An Orlando Magic blog at SB Nation

by Ben Q Rock on Jan 25, 2009 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, plenty of candidates for that particular category.

I think, given his track record, KBo has just been ridiculously disappointing this year. He’s been absolutely terrible this season .. which hurts the team given his importance to the bench play.

Senior Writer for DePaul's Scout.com website

by erivera7 on Jan 25, 2009 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Your "pseudo" vote is duly noted in my log.

Senior Writer for DePaul's Scout.com website

by erivera7 on Jan 25, 2009 4:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

he was never going to be the third option.

we got rid of dooling, we got rid of arroyo, and signed a 2/3 combo wing. Lee was SAID to be able to play the 1, but obviously not at an NBA level otherwise Stan would have him there.

AJ was supposed to provide veteran presence to our bench. In stead he plays like a rookie, he makes one of his first two shots then thinks he is a top shelf scorer and ignores the much more competent likes of Tony Battie, JJ Redick, Marcin Gortat, and Keith Bogans. He is a total failure. And if you think I’m being extreme by saying that, the definition of failure is ‘not meeting a desirable or intended objective’. He is the only player on the team with a negative win/share and this, in and of itself, epitomizes this definition because he is costing us games (which is always the ultimate goal).

To label Pietrus a disappoint does a great disservice to his ability, as well as providing a perfect juxtaposition to your argument because we wouldn’t be clamoring for him to come back if he was such a disappointment. Your argument is thus inherently flawed.

by fwedo on Jan 25, 2009 8:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs