1995-96 Regular Season Award Winners NBA All-Interview team (selected by a panel of writers) Charles Barkley (Pho) Magic Johnson (LAL) Michael Jordan (Chi) Jayson Williams (NJ) Karl Malone (Uta) All-NBA Teams (113 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 Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Scottie Pippen (Chi) ..... 517 (91) F Karl Malone (Uta) ........ 509 (89) C David Robinson (SA) ...... 442 (65) G Michael Jordan (Chi) ..... 565 (113) G Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) .. 516 (90) Second Team Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Shawn Kemp (Sea) ......... 306 (18) F Grant Hill (Det) ......... 266 (14) C Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) .... 378 (40) G Gary Payton (Sea) ........ 294 (14) G John Stockton (Uta) ...... 258 (7) Third Team Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Charles Barkley (Pho) .... 236 (10) F Juwan Howard (Was) ....... 68 (3) C Shaquille O'Neal (Orl) ... 185 (8) G Mitch Richmond (Sac) ..... 167 (1) G Reggie Miller (Ind) ...... 90 Other players receiving votes Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Dennis Rodman (Chi) ...... 57 (1) F Jason Kidd (Dal) ......... 43 (1) F Rod Strickland (Por) ..... 33 F Sean Elliott (SA) ........ 27 F Terrell Brandon (Cle) .... 25 F Vin Baker (Mil) .......... 23 F Clyde Drexler (Hou) ...... 18 F Glen Rice (Cha) .......... 10 F Detlef Schrempf (Sea) .... 9 F Alonzo Mourning (Mia) .... 8 F Magic Johnson (LAL) ...... 7 F Patrick Ewing (NY) ....... 3 F Horace Grant (Orl) ....... 3 F Allan Houston (Det) ...... 3 F Dennis Scott (Orl) ....... 3 F Latrell Sprewell (GS) .... 3 F Larry Johnson (Cha) ...... 2 F Mookie Blaylock (Atl) .... 1 F Elden Campbell (LAL) ..... 1 F Cedric Ceballos (LAL) .... 1 F Avery Johnson (SA) ....... 1 F Kevin Johnson (Pho) ...... 1 F Dikembe Mutombo (Den) .... 1 F Bobby Phills (Cle) ....... 1 F Clifford Robinson (Por) .. 1 F Damon Stoudamire (Tor) ... 1 F Nick Van Exel (LAL) ...... 1 F Clarence Weatherspoon (Phi) 1 Most Valuable Player: Michael Jordan (Chi) (113 media members give 1st (worth 10 points), 2nd (7 points), 3rd (5 points), 4th (3 points), and 5th (1 point) place votes) Total 1st Place Player Points votes Michael Jordan (Chi) .... 1114 109 David Robinson (SA) ..... 574 Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) . 360 2 Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) ... 238 1 Scottie Pippen (Chi) .... 226 Gary Payton (Sea) ....... 98 Karl Malone (Uta) ....... 85 1 Shawn Kemp (Sea) ........ 73 Grant Hill (Det) ........ 63 Shaquille O'Neal (Orl) .. 63 John Stockton (Uta) ..... 12 Charles Barkley (Pho) ... 8 Magic Johnson (LAL) ..... 8 Alonzo Mourning (Mia) ... 6 Dennis Rodman (Chi) ..... 4 Terrell Brandon (Cle) ... 3 Mitch Richmond (Sac) .... 3 Coach of the Year: Phil Jackson (Chi) Player # of votes (out of 113 media votes) Phil Jackson (Chi) ........ 82 Mike Fratello (Cle) ....... 22 Doug Collins (Det) ........ 3 Bob Hill (SA) ............. 3 Rudy Tomjanovich (Hou) .... 2 Lenny Wilkens (Atl) ....... 1 NBA All-Rookie Team (29 coaches select first and second teams - maximum 56 points) First Team Player Points (first place votes) Damon Stoudamire (Tor) .... 56 (28) Joe Smith (GS) ............ 54 (26) Jerry Stackhouse (Phi) .... 52 (25) Antonio McDyess (Den) ..... 50 (23) Arvydas Sabonis (Por) ..... 41 (17) Michael Finley (Pho) ...... 41 (15) Second Team Player Points (first place votes) Kevin Garnett (Min) ....... 35 (7) Bryant Reeves (Van) ....... 28 (2) Brent Barry (LAC) ......... 21 (1) Rasheed Wallace (Was) ..... 15 (1) Tyus Edney (Sac) .......... 15 Others receiving votes Player Points (first place votes) Kurt Thomas (Mia) ......... 14 Eric Williams (Bos) ....... 9 Alan Henderson (Atl) ...... 1 Theo Ratliff (Det) ........ 1 Don Reid (Det) ............ 1 Bob Sura (Cle) ............ 1 Rookie of the Year: Damon Stoudamire (Tor) Player # of votes (out of 113 media votes) Damon Stoudamire (Tor) .... 76 Arvydas Sabonis (Por) ..... 17 Joe Smith (GS) ............ 15 Jerry Stackhouse (Phi) .... 2 Michael Finley (Pho) ...... 2 Kevin Garnett (Min) ....... 1 Most Improved Player: Gheorghe Muresan (Was) Player # of votes (out of 113 media votes) Gheorghe Muresan (Was) .... 50 George McCloud (Dal) ...... 23 Danny Ferry (Cle) ......... 6 Terrell Brandon (Cle) ..... 6 Tracy Murray (Tor) ........ 4 Brian Williams (LAC) ...... 4 Elden Campbell (LAL) ...... 3 Shawn Bradley (NJ) ........ 2 Chris Childs (NJ) ......... 2 Allan Houston (Det) ....... 2 Bobby Phills (Cle) ........ 2 Dennis Scott (Orl) ........ 2 David Wesley (Bos) ........ 2 Greg Anthony (Van) ........ 1 Vinny Del Negro (SA) ...... 1 Matt Geiger (Cha) ......... 1 Juwan Howard (Was) ........ 1 Jayson Williams (NJ) ...... 1 NBA All-Defense Team (29 coaches select first and second teams by position - maximum 56 points) First Team Pos Player Points (first place votes) F Scottie Pippen (Chi) ..... 55 (27) F Dennis Rodman (Chi) ...... 30 (11) C David Robinson (SA) ...... 42 (16) G Michael Jordan (Chi) ..... 53 (25) G Gary Payton (Sea) ........ 48 (20) Second Team Pos Player Points (first place votes) F Horace Grant (Orl) ....... 25 (8) F Derrick McKey (Ind) ...... 15 (5) C Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) .... 27 (8) G Mookie Blaylock (Atl) .... 22 (4) G Bobby Phills (Cle) ....... 12 (3 Others receiving votes Pos Player Points (first place votes) C Dikembe Mutombo (Den) .... 13 (4) F Shawn Kemp (Sea) ......... 9 (3) G John Stockton (Uta) ...... 9 (2) F Dale Davis (Ind) ......... 9 (1) F Karl Malone (Uta) ........ 9 (1) G Derek Harper (NY) ........ 8 (2) G Mitch Richmond (Sac) ..... 8 (2) F Grant Hill (Det) ......... 7 (1) C Alonzo Mourning (Mia) .... 4 (1) F Anthony Mason (NY) ....... 3 (1) F Stacey Augmon (Atl) ...... 3 F Robert Horry (Hou) ....... 3 G Jason Kidd (Dal) ......... 3 G Nate McMillan (Sea) ...... 3 G Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) .. 2 G Terrell Brandon (Cle) .... 1 F Elden Campbell (LAL) ..... 1 G Chris Childs (NJ) ........ 1 F Sean Elliott (SA) ........ 1 F Brian Grant (Sac) ........ 1 G Eddie Jones (LAL) ........ 1 F Grant Long (Atl) ......... 1 F Charles Oakley (NY) ...... 1 C Shaquille O'Neal (Orl) ... 1 F Sam Perkins (Sea) ........ 1 G John Starks (NY) ......... 1 G Bryant Stith (Den) ....... 1 G Rod Strickland (Por) ..... 1 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award: Chris Dudley (Por) IBM Award: David Robinson (SA) Player Points David Robinson (SA) .... 108.77 Grant Hill (Det) ....... 105.86 Karl Malone (Uta) ...... 95.70 Michael Jordan (Chi) ... 94.27 Alonzo Mourning (Mia) .. 94.01 Anthony Mason (NY) ..... 89.67 Shawn Kemp (Sea) ....... 88.97 Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) 86.01 Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) .. 85.51 Larry Johnson (Cha) .... 85.29 [points are determinted by the formula: (Player PTS - FGA + REB + AST + STL + BLK - PF - TO + (team wins x 10) x 250) / (Team PTS - FGA + REB + AST + STL + BLK - PF - TO) ] Defensive Player of the Year: Gary Payton (Sea) Player # of votes (out of 113 media votes) Gary Payton (Sea) ........ 53 Scottie Pippen (Chi) ..... 15 Dikembe Mutombo (Den) .... 13 David Robinson (SA) ...... 9 Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) .... 8 Michael Jordan (Chi) ..... 7 Dennis Rodman (Chi) ...... 4 Latrell Sprewell (GS) .... 1 Horace Grant (Orl) ....... 1 Bo Outlaw (LAC) .......... 1 Sixth Man of the Year: Toni Kukoc (Chi) Player # of votes (out of 113 media votes) Toni Kukoc (Chi) ......... 45 Arvydas Sabonis (Por) .... 24 Jayson Williams (NJ) ..... 14 Sam Cassell (Hou) ........ 11 Magic Johnson (LAL) ...... 9 Chuck Person (SA) ........ 5 Chris Gatling (Mia) ...... 2 Dell Curry (Cha) ......... 2 Steve Kerr (Chi) ......... 1