2008-09 Regular Season Award Winners
(122 media members select, by position (2 guards, 2 forwards, 1 center),
a first team (worth 5 points), a second team (3 points), and a third team
(1 point))
First Team Total
Pos Player Points (1st team votes)
F LeBron James (Cle) ....... 610 (122)
F Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ...... 383 (35)
C Dwight Howard (Orl) ...... 598 (116)
G Kobe Bryant (LAL) ........ 604 (119)
G Dwyane Wade (Mia) ........ 572 (103)
Second Team Total
Pos Player Points (1st team votes)
F Tim Duncan (SA) .......... 378 (39)
F Paul Pierce (Bos) ........ 330 (27)
C Yao Ming (Hou) ........... 354 (8)
G Chris Paul (NO) .......... 424 (32)
G Brandon Roy (Por) ........ 189
Third Team Total
Pos Player Points (1st team votes)
F Pau Gasol (LAL) .......... 165 (2)
F Carmelo Anthony (Den) .... 116 (2)
C Shaquille O'Neal (Pho) ... 68
G Tony Parker (SA) ......... 158 (1)
G Chauncey Billups (Den) ... 131
Others receiving votes Total
Player Points
Deron Williams (Uta) ...... 105
Kevin Garnett (Bos) ....... 72
Chris Bosh (Tor) .......... 56
Joe Johnson (Atl) ......... 36
Kevin Durant (OKC) ........ 34
Danny Granger (Ind) ....... 25
David West (NO) ........... 12
Maurice Williams (Cle) .... 10
Al Jefferson (Min) ........ 8
Steve Nash (Pho) .......... 7
Antawn Jamison (Was) ...... 7
Ray Allen (Bos) ........... 6
Nene (Den) ................ 6
Devin Harris (NJ) ......... 5
LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) ... 4
David Lee (NY) ............ 4
Rajon Rondo (Bos) ......... 2
Vince Carter (NJ) ......... 1
Paul Millsap (Uta) ........ 1
O.J. Mayo (Mem) ........... 1
Mehmet Okur (Uta) ......... 1
Jermaine O'Neal (Mia) ..... 1
Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) ....... 1
Derrick Rose (Chi) ........ 1
Caron Butler (Was) ........ 1
Carlos Boozer (Uta) ....... 1
Andre Miller (Phi) ........ 1
Andre Iguodala (Phi) ...... 1
Total position votes (121 media votes)
Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd
Danny Granger (Ind) ...... 364 48 37 13
Devin Harris (NJ) ........ 339 43 35 19
Kevin Durant (OKC) ....... 83 6 14 11
Paul Millsap (Uta) ....... 77 3 13 23
Nene (Den) ............... 58 7 5 8
Rajon Rondo (Bos) ........ 29 2 5 4
David Lee (NY) ........... 25 1 3 11
John Salmons (Chi) ....... 17 2 2 1
Thaddeus Young (Phi) ..... 16 1 2 5
Von Wafer (Hou) .......... 12 2 0 2
Brandon Roy (Por) ........ 8 1 1 0
Chris Andersen (Den) ..... 6 1 0 1
J.R. Smith (Den) ......... 6 1 0 1
Glen Davis (Bos) ......... 5 1 0 0
Jason Terry (Dal) ........ 5 1 0 0
Wilson Chandler (NY) ..... 5 1 0 0
Aaron Brooks (Hou) ....... 4 0 1 1
Jameer Nelson (Orl) ...... 4 0 1 1
Kelenna Azubuike (GS) .... 3 0 0 3
Dwyane Wade (Mia) ........ 3 0 1 0
LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) .. 3 0 1 0
Luis Scola (Hou) ......... 2 0 0 2
Ronnie Brewer (Uta) ...... 2 0 0 2
J.J. Barea (Dal) ......... 1 0 0 1
Rasual Butler (NO) ....... 1 0 0 1
Andrea Bargnani (Tor) .... 1 0 0 1
Mike Conley (Mem) ........ 1 0 0 1
Jeff Green (OKC) ......... 1 0 0 1
Emeka Okafor (Cha) ....... 1 0 0 1
Kendrick Perkins (Bos) ... 1 0 0 1
Tyrus Thomas (Chi) ....... 1 0 0 1
Gerald Wallace (Cha) ..... 1 0 0 1
Maurice Williams (Cle) ... 1 0 0 1
(30 coaches select first and second teams by position - maximum 58 points)
First Team Total team votes
Pos Player Points 1st 2nd
C Dwight Howard (Orl) ....... 55 27 1
F LeBron James (Cle) ........ 47 22 3
F Kevin Garnett (Bos) ....... 35 13 9
G Kobe Bryant (LAL) ......... 53 24 5
G Chris Paul (NO) ........... 36 15 6
Second Team Total team votes
Pos Player Points 1st 2nd
C Tim Duncan (SA) ........... 30 10 10
F Shane Battier (Hou) ....... 22 6 10
F Ron Artest (Hou) .......... 22 5 12
G Dwyane Wade (Mia) ......... 26 9 8
G Rajon Rondo (Bos) ......... 23 4 15
Others receiving votes Total team votes
Player Points 1st 2nd
Tayshaun Prince (Det) ..... 15 3 9
Raja Bell (Cha) ........... 8 2 4
Joel Przybilla (Por) ...... 7 1 5
Chauncey Billups (Den) .... 5 0 5
Ronnie Brewer (Uta) ....... 5 1 3
Andre Iguodala (Phi) ...... 5 0 5
Yao Ming (Hou) ............ 5 0 5
Emeka Okafor (Cha) ........ 5 1 3
Kendrick Perkins (Bos) .... 4 1 2
Samuel Dalembert (Phi) .... 3 0 3
Derek Fisher (LAL) ........ 3 1 1
Udonis Haslem (Mia) ....... 3 0 3
Jason Kidd (Dal) .......... 3 1 1
Anderson Varejao (Cle) .... 3 0 3
Deron Williams (Uta) ...... 3 0 5
Trevor Ariza (LAL) ........ 2 0 2
Kirk Hinrich (Chi) ........ 2 0 2
Joe Johnson (Atl) ......... 2 1 0
Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) .... 2 1 0
David Lee (NY) ............ 2 1 0
James Posey (NO) .......... 2 0 2
J.R. Smith (Den) .......... 2 1 0
Gerald Wallace (Cha) ...... 2 0 2
Nene (Den) ................ 1 0 1
Chris Andersen (Den) ...... 1 0 1
Pau Gasol (LAL) ........... 1 0 1
Antonio McDyess (Det) ..... 1 0 1
Andre Miller (Phi) ........ 1 0 1
Travis Outlaw (Por) ....... 1 0 1
Brandon Roy (Por) ......... 1 0 1
Rasheed Wallace (Det) ..... 1 0 1
(121 media members give 1st (worth 10 points), 2nd (7 points), 3rd (5
points), 4th (3 points), and 5th (1 point) place votes)
Total position votes
Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
LeBron James (Cle) ...... 1172 109 11 1 0 0
Kobe Bryant (LAL) ....... 698 2 56 52 8 2
Dwyane Wade (Mia) ....... 680 7 50 41 17 4
Dwight Howard (Orl) ..... 328 1 3 17 63 23
Chris Paul (NO) ......... 192 2 1 9 23 51
Chauncey Billups (Den) .. 33 0 0 0 6 15
Paul Pierce (Bos) ....... 21 0 0 1 2 10
Tony Parker (SA) ........ 9 0 0 0 1 6
Brandon Roy (Por) ....... 7 0 0 0 1 4
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ..... 3 0 0 0 0 3
Tim Duncan (SA) ......... 2 0 0 0 0 2
Yao Ming (Hou) .......... 1 0 0 0 0 1
(voting by 30 team exeuctives)
Executive Votes
Mark Warkentien (Den) ....... 9
Danny Ferry (Cle) ........... 7
Otis Smith (Orl) ............ 6
Mitch Kupchak (LAL) ......... 2
John Paxson (Chi) ........... 2
Rex Chapman (Den) ........... 1
Darryl Morey (Hou) .......... 1
Kevin O'Connor (Uta) ........ 1
Sam Presti (OKC) ............ 1
(30 coaches select first and second teams - maximum 58 points)
First Team Total team votes
Player Points 1st 2nd
Derrick Rose (Chi) ........ 58 29 0
O.J. Mayo (Mem) ........... 58 29 0
Russell Westbrook (OKC) ... 53 24 5
Brook Lopez (NJ) .......... 49 21 7
Michael Beasley (Mia) ..... 44 17 10
Second Team Total team votes
Player Points 1st 2nd
Eric Gordon (LAC) ......... 39 13 13
Kevin Love (Min) .......... 34 7 20
Mario Chalmers (Mia) ...... 29 5 19
Marc Gasol (Mem) .......... 25 2 21
D.J. Augustin (Cha) ....... 17 0 17
Rudy Fernandez (Por) ...... 17 0 17
Others receiving votes Total team votes
Player Points 1st 2nd
Courtney Lee (Orl) ........ 12 0 12
Jason Thompson (Sac) ...... 7 0 7
Marreese Speights (Phi) ... 3 0 3
Greg Oden (Por) ........... 3 1 1
Robin Lopez (Pho) ......... 2 1 0
Total position votes (121 media votes)
Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd
Jason Terry (Dal) ......... 576 111 6 3
J.R. Smith (Den) .......... 155 3 36 32
Nate Robinson (NY) ........ 113 2 27 22
Lamar Odom (LAL) .......... 78 2 17 17
Travis Outlaw (Por) ....... 75 1 17 19
Manu Ginobili (SA) ........ 17 1 3 3
Flip Murray (Atl) ......... 16 1 2 5
Chris Andersen (Den) ...... 13 0 3 4
Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) .... 7 0 2 1
Corey Maggette (GS) ....... 6 0 2 0
Louis Williams (Phi) ...... 6 0 1 3
Eddie House (Bos) ......... 5 0 1 2
Kirk Hinrich (Chi) ........ 4 0 1 1
Jason Kapono (Tor) ........ 3 0 1 0
James Posey (NO) .......... 2 0 0 2
Trevor Ariza (LAL) ........ 1 0 0 1
Michael Beasley (Mia) ..... 1 0 0 1
Hakeem Warrick (Mem) ...... 1 0 0 1
Paul Millsap (Uta) ........ 1 0 0 1
Total position votes (120 media votes)
Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd
Derrick Rose (Chi) ....... 574 111 5 4
O.J. Mayo (Mem) .......... 246 5 64 29
Brook Lopez (NJ) ......... 127 2 28 33
Russell Westbrook (OKC) .. 73 2 13 24
Eric Gordon (LAC) ........ 22 0 4 10
Kevin Love (Min) ......... 16 0 2 10
Michael Beasley (Mia) .... 7 0 2 1
Marc Gasol (Mem) ......... 4 0 1 1
Robin Lopez (Pho) ........ 3 0 1 0
Rudy Fernandez (Por) ..... 3 0 0 3
Mario Chalmers (Mia) ..... 2 0 0 2
Courtney Lee (Orl) ....... 2 0 0 2
Nicolas Batum (Por) ...... 3 0 0 1
Total position votes (119 media votes)
Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd
Dwight Howard (Orl) ...... 542 105 4 5
LeBron James (Cle) ....... 148 4 36 20
Dwyane Wade (Mia) ........ 90 3 20 15
Shane Battier (Hou) ...... 71 2 17 10
Ron Artest (Hou) ......... 54 1 13 10
Chris Paul (NO) .......... 49 1 9 17
Kobe Bryant (LAL) ........ 43 2 6 15
Kevin Garnett (Bos) ...... 31 1 6 8
Chris Andersen (Den) ..... 10 0 2 4
Rajon Rondo (Bos) ........ 8 0 2 2
Tim Duncan (SA) .......... 7 0 1 4
Raja Bell (Cha) .......... 4 0 1 1
Anderson Varejao (Cle) ... 3 0 1 0
Andre Iguodala (Phi) ..... 3 0 1 0
Ronny Turiaf (GS) ........ 2 0 0 2
Trevor Ariza (LAL) ....... 1 0 0 1
Marcus Camby (Den) ....... 1 0 0 1
Grant Hill (Pho) ......... 1 0 0 1
Joel Pryzbilla (Por) ..... 1 0 0 1
Hedo Turkoglu (Orl) ...... 1 0 0 1
Total position votes (122 media votes)
Coach Points 1st 2nd 3rd
Mike Brown (Cle) ......... 355 55 21 17
Rick Adelman (Hou) ....... 151 13 24 14
Stan Van Gundy (Orl) ..... 150 13 20 25
Nate McMillan (Por) ...... 127 15 14 10
George Karl (Den) ........ 117 11 16 14
Jerry Sloan (Uta) ........ 78 9 9 6
Erik Spoelstra (Mia) ..... 53 2 8 19
Mike Woodson (Atl) ....... 17 1 3 3
Phil Jackson (LAL) ....... 17 1 3 3
Doc Rivers (Bos) ......... 15 1 2 4
Vinny Del Negro (Chi) .... 9 1 1 1
Larry Brown (Cha) ........ 6 0 1 3
Rick Carlisle (Dal) ...... 1 0 0 1
Tony DiLeo (Phi) ......... 1 0 0 1
Scott Skiles (Mil) ....... 1 0 0 1
Total position votes (336 player votes)
Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Chauncey Billups (Den) .. 2478 82 69 73 64 38 10
Ray Allen (Bos) ......... 2092 76 60 50 35 38 77
Antonio McDyess (Det) ... 2018 40 82 51 43 74 46
Antawn Jamison (Was) .... 2012 42 46 77 74 65 32
Michael Finley (SA) ..... 1836 32 49 57 73 77 48
Ronny Turiaf (GS) ....... 1660 64 30 28 47 44 123
(division winners were selected by 5 former NBA players)
Southwest Division: Michael Finley (SA)
Pacific Division: Ronny Turiaf (GS)
Northwest Division: Chauncey Billups (Den)
Atlantic Division: Ray Allen (Bos)
Central Division: Antonio McDyess (Det)
Southeast Division: Antawn Jamison (Was)
[For the 8th season in a row, the league is naming a Player of the Month
for each conference.]
Month Player Team Record Player's stats for month
Apr. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 6-2 30.3 pts, 8.8 reb
Apr. LeBron James (Cle) 5-3 29.9 pts, 6 reb, 6.6 ast
Mar. Chris Paul (NO) 11-5 24.2 pts, 5.9 reb, 10.8 ast, 3.2 stl
Mar. LeBron James (Cle) 16-1 28.2 pts, 8.9 reb, 8.4 ast
Feb. Pau Gasol (LAL) 11-2 20.9 pts, 10.9 reb
Feb. Dwyane Wade (Mia) 6-6 30.7 pts, 8.7 ast
Jan. Kobe Bryant (LAL) 12-4 27.2 pts, 5.9 reb, 7.1 ast
Jan. LeBron James (Cle) 10-4 27.8 pts, 8.1 reb, 8.2 ast
Dec. Kobe Bryant (LAL) 11-4 28.2 pts, 5.7 reb
Dec. Dwayne Wade (Mia) 9-4 29.2 pts, 5.3 reb, 6.3 ast
Nov. Chris Paul (NO) 9-6 20.3 pts, 11.6 ast
Nov. LeBron James (Cle) 14-3 27.8 pts, 7.2 reb, 6.4 ast
[For the 7th season in a row, the league is naming a Coach of the Month
for each conference.]
Month Coach Team Record
Apr. Nate McMillan (Por) 7-1
Apr. Doc Rivers (Bos) 6-1
Mar. Rick Adelman (Hou) 11-4
Mar. Mike Brown (Cle) 16-1
Feb. Jerry Sloan (Uta) 10-1
Feb. Mike Brown (Cle) 9-3
Jan. Kevin McHale (Min) 10-4
Jan. Stan Van Gundy (Orl) 10-3
Dec. Bryon Scott (NO) 10-3
Dec. Mike Brown (Cle) 12-2
Nov. Phil Jackson (LAL) 14-1
Nov. Doc Rivers (Bos) 16-2
[For the 8th season in a row, the league is naming a Rookie of the Month
for each conference.]
Month Player Team Record Player's stats for month
Apr. O.J. Mayo (Mem) 5-4 20.6 pts
Apr. Michael Beaseley (Mia) 4-4 20.6 pts, 8.6 reb
Mar. Kevin Love (Min) 3-14 15.8 pts, 9.6 reb
Mar. Derrick Rose (Chi) 9-7 16.9 pts, 5.9 ast
Feb. Russell Westbrook (OKC) 3-9 20.6 pts, 6.1 reb, 5.9 ast
Feb. Brook Lopez (NJ) 5-5 15.9 pts, 8.5 reb
Jan. Eric Gordon (LAC) 2-14 21.9 pts, 4.1 ast
Jan. Brook Lopez (NJ) 6-10 14.9 pts, 7.9 reb
Dec. Russell Westbrook (OKC) 2-13 15.5 pts, 5.1 reb, 5.1 ast
Dec. Derrick Rose (Chi) 6-9 16.3 pts, 6.2 ast
Nov. O.J. Mayo (Mem) 4-13 21.9 pts
Nov. Derrick Rose (Chi) 8-9 18.4 pts, 6 ast
[For the 8th season in a row, the league is naming a Player of the Week
for each conference.]
Week Team
Ending Player Record Player stats for week
Apr. 12 Brandon Roy (Por) 4-0 22.3 pts, 5.5 ast
Apr. 12 Ben Gordon (Chi) 3-0 26.7 pts
Apr. 5 Jason Kidd (Dal) 3-1 9.8 pts, 13.5 ast
Apr. 5 Dwight Howard (Orl) 3-1 23.7 pts, 15.3 reb
Mar. 29 Tony Parker (SA) 3-1 27.5 pts, 8.3 ast
Mar. 29 Dwight Howard (Orl) 3-0 23.7 pts, 14.3 reb, 3.3 blk
Mar. 22 Chris Paul (NO) 3-1 28.5 pts, 9.5 ast, 4.5 stl
Mar. 22 LeBron James (Cle) 4-0 30.3 pts, 10.3 reb, 7.8 ast
Mar. 15 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 3-1 28.5 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast
Mar. 15 LeBron James (Cle) 4-0 34 pts, 8.8 reb, 10.8 ast
Mar. 8 Deron Williams (Uta) 3-0 25.3 pts, 11.3 ast
Mar. 8 Dwyane Wade (Mia) 2-2 35.8 pts, 11.3 ast, 3 stl
Mar. 1 David West (NO) 4-0 28.5 pts, 10.5 reb
Mar. 1 Devin Harris (NJ) 2-1 35.7 pts, 9.3 ast
Feb. 22 Pau Gasol (LAL) 4-0 20.3 pts, 10.8 reb, 6.5 ast
Feb. 22 Dwight Howard (Orl) 3-1 25.5 pts, 15 reb, 4.3 blk
Feb. 16 All-Star Week (no POW named)
Feb. 8 Pau Gasol (LAL) 4-0 26 pts, 13.8 reb
Feb. 8 LeBron James (Cle) 2-1 33.7 pts, 8 reb, 9 ast
Feb. 1 Tony Parker (SA) 3-0 25 pts, 6 ast
Feb. 1 David Lee (NY) 3-0 19 pts, 15.3 reb
Jan. 25 Andrew Bynum (LAL) 4-0 23.5 pts, 11.5 reb
Jan. 25 LeBron James (Cle) 3-1 30.5 pts, 9.8 reb, 8.8 ast
Jan. 18 Chris Paul (NO) 2-1 24.3 pts, 6.8 reb, 9.5 ast
Jan. 18 Jameer Nelson (Orl) 3-0 24.7 pts, 8 ast
Jan. 11 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 3-1 28.8 pts, 8 ast
Jan. 11 Dwight Howard (Orl) 4-0 19.5 pts, 13.8 reb, 3.3 blk
Jan. 4 Al Jefferson (Min) 3-1 27.3 pts, 12.3 reb
Jan. 4 Rodney Stuckey (Det) 4-0 23 pts, 5.3 ast
Dec. 28 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 4-0 30 pts, 5.5 reb
Dec. 28 LeBron James (Cle) 3-0 26 pts, 6.7 reb, 6.7 ast
Dec. 21 Chris Paul (NO) 3-0 23.7 pts, 10 ast, 5.3 stl
Dec. 21 Jameer Nelson (Orl) 3-0 27.7 pts, 5.3 ast
Dec. 14 Tim Duncan (SA) 4-0 22 pts, 12.5 reb
Dec. 14 Al Harrington (NY) 2-1 33.3 pts, 8.3 reb
Dec. 7 Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 3-0 30.7 pts, 10 reb
Dec. 7 Dwayne Wade (Mia) 3-0 32.7 pts
Nov. 30 Brandon Roy (Por) 4-0 20 pts, 5.3 reb, 6 ast
Nov. 30 Devin Harris (NJ) 3-1 30 pts, 6.8 ast
Nov. 23 Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 3-0 27 pts, 10.3 reb
Nov. 23 Dwyane Wade (Mia) 2-1 32.3 pts, 9.7 ast, 3.3 blk
Nov. 16 Chauncey Billups (Den) 3-1 21.5 pts, 5.8 ast
Nov. 16 LeBron James (Cle) 3-0 33.7 pts, 6 reb, 8 ast
Nov. 9 Amare Stoudemire (Pho) 3-1 28.3 pts, 7 reb
Nov. 9 LeBron James (Cle) 4-0 34.5 pts, 9.8 reb, 5.3 ast
Nov. 2 Chris Paul (NO) 3-0 21.7 pts, 12 ast
Nov. 2 Chris Bosh (Tor) 3-0 26 pts, 10 reb
Month Player
Apr. Leon Powe (Bos)
Mar. Devin Harris (NJ)
Feb. Samuel Dalembert (Phi)
Jan. Dwight Howard (Orl)
Dec. Peja Stojakovic (NO)
Nov. Jason Terry (Dal)
Oct. Amare Stoudemire (Pho)
Sep. Chris Paul (NO)
Aug. Charlie Villanueva (Mil)
Jul. Alonzo Mourning (Mia)
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