Dwight Howard Wins Defensive Player of the Year Award
Photo by Fernando Medina of the Orlando Magic;
used with permission of the Magic
As expected, Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard was named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year today. In honor of his winning, Kia Motors donated a new Borrego to Orlando Day Nursery on Howard's behalf, as depicted in the above photo.
More of Howard's impressive credentials, as well as the identity of the other Magic player to receive a vote, follows the jump.
From the official press release, courtesy of the Magic:
Howard, a three-time NBA All-Star, helped the Magic to its second consecutive Southeast Division title (59-23), including a 32-9 record at home. The Magic held opponents under 100 points 54 times this season -- compiling a 43-11 record -- including a season-low 68 points allowed by New Orleans on Dec. 25. Orlando allowed 94.4 ppg (7,737 points), which ranked sixth in the NBA, and overall the team was in the NBA’s top 10 in seven defensive categories.
Howard became the fifth player in NBA history to finish the season leading the league in rebounding and blocks (1973-74 was the first season blocks were kept as an official statistic). The select group includes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (L.A. Lakers, 1975-76), Bill Walton (Portland Trail Blazers, 1976-77), Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston, 1989-90) and Ben Wallace (Detroit, 2001-02).
Howard received 542 points, including 105 first-place votes, from a panel of 119 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Cleveland’s LeBron James finished second with 148 points and Miami’s Dwyane Wade finished third with 90 points. Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote received.
It's worth noting that Howard did not appear on 5 ballots; it's also worth noting that Hedo Turkoglu received one third-place vote, joining Trevor Ariza, Marcus Camby, Grant Hill, Joel Pryzbilla, and Josh Smith.
Congratulations to Howard, once again.
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Whoever didn't vote for Dwight Howard AT ALL should have their ballots rescinded.
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by erivera7 on Apr 21, 2009 5:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What was their argument?
Other than maybe LBJ for MVP, I can’t think of another award that was as much of a no-brainer as this one.
by Lee for three on Apr 21, 2009 9:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
LeBron for MVP and Dwight for DPOY are no-brainers.
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by erivera7 on Apr 22, 2009 1:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he can thank Manu for getting hurt.
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by erivera7 on Apr 22, 2009 3:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why? Terry was injured for a longer period than Manu, missed about 2 months.
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by DieSlowKeyshawn on Apr 22, 2009 8:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was referring to the fact Manu was out for the season.
Sorry, should have been clearer with my comment.
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by erivera7 on Apr 22, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah it's all good, I knew what ya meant.
I’m just saying, if 6th man injuries are taken into account, I don’t see why someone getting injured for the season constitutes more consideration when that ‘out for the season’ is in reality less time than the Terry missed. Oh well, both are good options and either is fine in my book.
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by DieSlowKeyshawn on Apr 22, 2009 11:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, well, the logic of the voters is ..
.. if your out for the season, you’re essentially disqualified from consideration.
If Ginobili was healthy, he’d be the winner by a landslide. It’s not close between him and Terry.
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by erivera7 on Apr 22, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Way off topic here...
…but they need to change the qualifications for sixth man of the year award. There should be a limit on minutes played per game not whether you start or not. I was just looking at the Mavericks roster and Terry plays the third most minutes on the team. Guys like Manu and Terry aren’t actual sixth men…they are essentially starters who don’t play the first six minutes of the game (if that makes any sense).
by Lee for three on Apr 22, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It makes sense, yeah.
I agree that they should change the qualifications of the award.
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