2001-02 Regular Season Award Winners
(113 media members vote for 5 players and a coach)
First Team
Charles Oakley (Chi) .......... 37
Ray Allen (Mil) ............... 32
Kevin Garnett (Min) ........... 25
Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) ........ 25
Brent Barry (Sea) ............. 22
Coach: Doc Rivers (Orl) ....... 33
Second Team
Elton Brand (LAC) ............. 20
Karl Malone (Uta) ............. 20
Avery Johnson (Dal) ........... 18
Jason Kidd (NJ) ............... 17
Steve Nash (Dal) .............. 16
Coach: George Karl (Mil) ...... 25
Executive # of votes (voting by the 43 team executives)
Rod Thorn (NJ) ........... 26
Joe Dumars (Det) .......... 9
Geoff Petrie (Sac) ........ 3
[rest of voting not listed]
(126 media members give 1st (worth 10 points), 2nd (7 points), 3rd (5
points), 4th (3 points), and 5th (1 point) place votes)
MVP Results Total position votes
Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Tim Duncan (SA) .......... 954 57 38 20 5 3
Jason Kidd (NJ) .......... 897 45 41 26 9 3
Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) ... 696 15 38 40 25 5
Tracy McGrady (Orl) ...... 390 7 5 28 45 10
Kobe Bryant (LAL) ........ 98 1 1 4 15 16
Gary Payton (Sea) ........ 54 1 1 1 5 17
Chris Webber (Sac) ....... 37 0 1 1 5 10
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ...... 31 0 0 1 4 14
Allen Iverson (Phi) ...... 29 0 0 1 4 12
Ben Wallace (Det) ........ 24 0 0 2 2 8
Paul Pierce (Bos) ........ 22 0 0 1 1 14
Kevin Garnett (Min) ...... 17 0 0 0 3 8
Michael Jordan (Was) ..... 16 0 1 1 1 1
Steve Nash (Dal) ......... 5 0 0 0 1 2
Jerry Stackhouse (Det) ... 3 0 0 0 1 0
Elton Brand (LAC) ........ 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Bibby (Sac) ......... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) . 1 0 0 0 0 1
Coach # of votes (out of 126 media votes)
Rick Carlisle (Det) ....... 73
Rick Adelman (Sac) ........ 21
Byron Scott (NJ) .......... 15
Nate McMillan (Sea) ....... 7
Maurice Cheeks (Por) ...... 4
Jim O'Brien (Bos) ......... 2
Doug Collins (Was) ........ 1
Alvin Gentry (LAC) ........ 1
Don Nelson (Dal) .......... 1
Isiah Thomas (Ind) ........ 1
(126 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 Tim Duncan (SA) .......... 626 (124)
F-G Tracy McGrady (Orl) ...... 513 (80)
C Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) ... 626 (125)
G Jason Kidd (NJ) .......... 601 (115)
G Kobe Bryant (LAL) ........ 507 (72)
Second Team Total
Pos Player Points (1st team votes)
F Kevin Garnett (Min) ...... 391 (31)
F Chris Webber (Sac) ....... 339 (21)
F-C Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ...... 358 (22)
G Gary Payton (Sea) ........ 284 (11)
G Allen Iverson (Phi) ...... 272 (12)
Third Team Total
Pos Player Points (1st team votes)
F-C Ben Wallace (Det) ......... 195 (3)
F-C Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) ..... 78
C Dikembe Mutombo (Phi) .... 105
G Paul Pierce (Bos) ......... 230 (9)
G Steve Nash (Dal) .......... 96 (1)
Others receiving votes Total
Pos Player Points (1st team votes)
G Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) .. 55
C Vlade Divac (Sac) ......... 51
F Jerry Stackhouse (Det) .... 46 (1)
F Karl Malone (Uta) ......... 41 (1)
G Andre Miller (Cle) ........ 32
F Elton Brand (LAC) ......... 29 (1)
G Michael Jordan (Was) ...... 29
F Antoine Walker (Bos) ...... 28
C Alonzo Mourning (Mia) ..... 25
G Baron Davis (Cha) ......... 24
F Rasheed Wallace (Por) ..... 15
G Ray Allen (Mil) ........... 13
G John Stockton (Uta) ....... 11 (1)
F Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) . 5
G Michael Finley (Dal) ...... 5
G Steve Francis (Hou) ....... 5
G Mike Bibby (Sac) .......... 4
F Pau Gasol (Mem) ........... 4
C Raef LaFrentz (Dal) ....... 4
F Shawn Marion (Pho) ........ 4
C David Robinson (SA) ....... 4
F Vince Carter (Tor) ........ 3
F Antonio Davis (Tor) ....... 3
F Clifford Robinson (Det) ... 3
F Rashard Lewis (Sea) ....... 2
C Michael Olowokandi (LAC) .. 2
C Elden Campbell (Cha) ...... 1
G Sam Cassell (Mil) ......... 1
G Reggie Miller (Ind) ....... 1
G Cuttino Mobley (Hou) ...... 1
F Wally Szczerbiak (Min) .... 1
(29 coaches select first and second teams by position - maximum 56 points)
First Team
Pos Player Points (first place votes)
G Jason Kidd (NJ) ......... 37 (15)
G Gary Payton (Sea) ....... 47 (20)
F Tim Duncan (SA) ......... 40 (17)
F Kevin Garnett (Min) ..... 27 (10)
C Ben Wallace (Det) ....... 51 (24)
Second Team
Pos Player Points (first place votes)
G Kobe Bryant (LAL) ....... 32 (12)
G Doug Christie (Sac) ..... 25 (7)
F Bruce Bowen (SA) ........ 21 (6)
F Clifford Robinson (Det) . 14 (5)
C Dikembe Mutombo (Phi) ... 27 (9)
Others receiving votes
Pos Player Points (first place votes)
C Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) .. 15 (3)
G Eric Snow (Phi) ......... 12 (2)
F Scottie Pippen (Por) .... 9 (3)
G Tracy McGrady (Orl) ..... 8 (1)
F P.J. Brown (Cha) ........ 7 (1)
C Antonio Davis (Tor) ..... 5
F Kenyon Martin (NJ) ...... 5 (1)
F Ron Artest (Ind) ........ 4
F Karl Malone (Uta) ....... 4 (1)
G Darrell Armstrong (Orl) . 3 (1)
F Brian Grant (Mia) ....... 3
C Alonzo Mourning (Mia) ... 3 (1)
C Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) ... 3 (1)
F Kurt Thomas (NY) ........ 3 (1)
G Michael Finley (Dal) .... 2 (1)
F Rick Fox (LAL) .......... 2 (1)
F Horace Grant (Orl) ...... 2 (1)
F Robert Horry (LAL) ...... 2
G Allen Iverson (Phi) ..... 2 (1)
F Shawn Marion (Pho) ...... 2
F Ruben Patterson (Sea) ... 2
C David Robinson (SA) ..... 2
F Chris Webber (Sac) ...... 2
???Antonio Davis ........... 1 [listed twice]
G Baron Davis (Cha) ....... 1
F Dale Davis (Por) ........ 1
G Bobby Jackson (Sac) ..... 1
F Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) .. 1
G Eddie Jones (Mia) ....... 1
F Darius Miles (LAC) ...... 1
G Andre Miller (Cle) ...... 1
G Paul Pierce (Bos) ....... 1
F Malik Rose (SA) ......... 1
G Latrell Sprewell (NY) ... 1
G John Stockton (Uta) ..... 1
F Jerome Williams (Tor) ... 1
(29 coaches select first and second teams - maximum 56 points)
First Team
Player Points (first place votes)
Pau Gasol (Mem) ............... 56 (28)
Shane Battier (Mem) ........... 54 (26)
Jason Richardson (GS) ......... 53 (25)
Tony Parker (SA) .............. 48 (20)
Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) ........ 45 (18)
Second Team
Player Points (first place votes)
Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) .......... 43 (15)
Richard Jefferson (NJ) ........ 35 (8)
Eddie Griffin (Hou) ........... 21 (2)
Zeljko Rebraca (Det) .......... 15 (2)
Vladimir Radmanovic (Sea) ..... 11 (1)
Joe Johnson (Pho) ............. 11
Others receiving votes
Player Points (first place votes)
Tyson Chandler (Chi) .......... 6
Trenton Hassell (Chi) ......... 6
Jarron Collins (Uta) .......... 5
Gilbert Arenas (GS) ........... 4
Speedy Claxton (Phi) .......... 4
Jason Collins (NJ) ............ 4
Predrag Drobnjak (Sea) ........ 4
Brendan Haywood (Was) ......... 3
Kwame Brown (Was) ............. 2
Eddy Curry (Chi) .............. 2
Troy Murphy (GS) .............. 1
Gerald Wallace (Sac) .......... 1
Earl Watson (Sea) ............. 1
Player # of votes (out of 126 media votes)
Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) ..... 52
Ben Wallace (Det) ......... 16
Steve Nash (Dal) .......... 9
Jerry Stackhouse (Det) .... 7
Brent Barry (Sea) ......... 6
Wally Szczerbiak (Min) .... 5
Troy Hudson (Orl) ......... 4
Michael Olowokandi (LAC) .. 4
Kenyon Martin (NJ) ........ 3
Andre Miller (Cle) ........ 3
Michael Redd (Mil) ........ 3
Desmond Mason (Sea) ....... 2
Gary Payton (Sea) ......... 2
Kenny Thomas (Hou) ........ 2
Hidayet Turkoglu (Sac) .... 2
Ricky Davis (Cle) ......... 1
Bobby Jackson (Sac) ....... 1
Todd MacCulloch (NJ) ...... 1
Lee Nailon (Cha) .......... 1
Wesley Person (Cle) ....... 1
Jason Terry (Atl) ......... 1
Player # of votes (out of 126 media votes)
Pau Gasol (Mem) .......... 117
Richard Jefferson (NJ) ... 3
Jason Richardson (GS) .... 2
Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) ..... 2
Andrei Kirilenko (Uta) ... 2
Player # of votes (out of 125 media votes)
Corliss Williamson ....... 56
Bobby Jackson (Sac) ...... 30
Quentin Richardson (LAC) . 20
Malik Rose (SA) .......... 8
Desmond Mason (Sea) ...... 3
Troy Hudson (Orl) ........ 3
Hidayet Turkoglu (Sac) ... 2
Ricky Davis (Cle) ........ 1
Robert Horry (LAL) ....... 1
Jacque Vaughn (Atl) ...... 1
The top 10 finishers for the IBM Award
Player Points
Tim Duncan (SA) ........... 112.82
Ben Wallace (Det) ......... 103.75
Kevin Garnett (Min) ....... 101.51
Elton Brand (LAC) ......... 94.67
Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) .... 90.89
Jason Kidd (NJ) ........... 90.10
Paul Pierce (Bos) ......... 89.32
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ....... 88.85
Tracy McGrady (Orl) ....... 87.29
Gary Payton (Sea) ......... 83.35
[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) ]
Player # of votes (out of 120 media votes)
Ben Wallace (Det) ......... 116
Kevin Garnett (Min) ....... 2
Dikembe Mutombo (Phi) ..... 1
Kobe Bryant (LAL) ......... 1
(division winners were selected by 5 former NBA players)
Player Votes (out of 126 media votes)
Midwest Division: Steve Smith (SA) ....... 65
Central Division: P.J. Brown (Cha) ....... 28
Atlantic Division: LaPhonso Ellis (Mia) ... 22
Pacific Division: Shawn Marion (Pho) ..... 11
[In a change from previous seasons, the league is naming a Player of the Month
for each conference.]
Month Player Team Record Player's stats for month
Apr. Tim Duncan (SA) 9-0 26.3 pts, 12.9 reb, 5.3 ast, 2.8 blk
Apr. Paul Pierce (Bos) 7-1 25.1 pts, 6.5 reb, 2.5 stl
Mar. Tim Duncan (SA) 13-3 26.8 pts, 11.8 reb
Mar. Jamal Mashburn (Cha) 10-5 21.7 pts, 6.5 reb
Feb. Kevin Garnett (Min) 8-4 22.1 pts, 11.9 reb, 5.0 ast
Feb. Tracy McGrady (Orl) 8-3 26.1 pts, 8.7 reb, 6.3 ast
Jan. Chris Webber (Sac) 11-1 26.7 pts, 10.2 reb, 6.6 ast
Jan. Allen Iverson (Phi) 11-4 32.6 pts, 4.9 ast
Dec. Tim Duncan (SA) 11-3 26.7 pts, 13.1 reb
Dec. Paul Pierce (Bos) 11-5 27.7 pts, 6.6 reb
Dec. Antoine Walker (Bos) 11-5 23.4 pts, 9.3 reb
Nov. Kobe Bryant (LAL) 14-1 27.6 pts, 6.5 ast, 5.7 reb
Nov. Jason Kidd (NJ) 10-5 13.3 pts, 9.6 ast, 7.6 reb
Month Coach Team Record
Apr. Lenny Wilkens (Tor) 7-2
Mar. Gregg Popovich (SA) 13-3
Feb. Rick Carlisle (Det) 9-3
Jan. Rick Adelman (Sac) 11-1
Dec. Doug Collins (Was) 11-4
Nov. Phil Jackson (LAL) 14-1
[In a change from previous seasons, the league is naming a Rookie of the Month
for each conference.]
Month Player Player's stats for month
Apr. Gilbert Arenas (GS) 16.6 pts, 6.1 ast
Apr. Zeljko Rebraca (Det) 10.9 pts, 6.3 reb
Mar. Pau Gasol (Mem) 17.2 pts, 8.7 reb
Mar. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) 11.9 pts, 6.2 ast
Feb. Jason Richardson (GS) 19.3 pts, 4.5 reb
Feb. Trenton Hassell (Chi) 10.9 pts, 4.5 reb
Jan. Pau Gasol (Mem) 20.7 pts, 9.5 reb
Jan. Richard Jefferson (NJ) 10.3 pts, NJ went 11-4
Dec. Shane Battier (Mem) 15.7 pts, 5.1 reb
Dec. Brendan Haywood (Was) 7.9 pts, 7.9 reb
Nov. Pau Gasol (Mem) 15.4 pts, 6.6 reb
Nov. Jamaal Tinsley (Ind) 10.9 pts, 9.2 ast
[In a change from previous seasons, the league is naming a Player of the Week
for each conference.]
Week Team
Ending Player Record Player stats for week
Apr. 14 Michael Finley (Dal) 4-1 24.2 pts, 5.8 reb
Apr. 14 Eric Snow (Phi) 3-1 17 pts, 8 reb
Apr. 7 Tim Duncan (SA) 3-0 28.3 pts, 15 reb, 6.3 ast
Apr. 7 Paul Pierce (Bos) 3-0 31.3 pts, 5 reb
Mar. 31 Shawn Marion (Pho) 3-1 28.3 pts, 14 reb
Mar. 31 Ben Wallace (Det) 3-1 7.5 pts, 18.3 reb, 5 blk, 3 stl
Mar. 24 Tim Duncan (SA) 3-0 26.7 pts, 11.3 reb
Mar. 24 Jason Kidd (NJ) 3-1 24.3 pts, 12.8 ast, 7.5 reb
Mar. 17 Tim Duncan (SA) 4-0 26.3 pts, 11.5 reb
Mar. 17 Tracy McGrady (Orl) 3-0 31.3 pts, 10 ast, 7.7 reb
Mar. 10 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) 2-1 36 pts, 10.7 reb
Mar. 10 Kurt Thomas (NY) 2-2 21 pts, 13.8 reb
Mar. 3 Rasheed Wallace (Por) 4-0 23.8 pts, 10.5 reb
Mar. 3 Allen Iverson (Phi) 3-1 33.5 pts, 5.3 ast, 3 stl
Feb. 24 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) 3-1 29.3 pts, 10.8 reb
Feb. 24 Ben Wallace (Det) 3-1 11 pts, 13.8 reb, 6 blk
Feb. 17 Karl Malone (Uta) 4-0 27.5 pts, 12.3 reb, 6.3 ast
Feb. 17 Andre Miller (Cle) 3-0 22.3 pts, 17.0 ast, 7.3 reb
Feb. 10 none, All-Star break
Feb. 3 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) 4-0 27.5 pts, 10.8 reb
Feb. 3 Jason Kidd (NJ) 2-0 26 pts, 10 reb, 11.5 ast
Jan. 27 Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 4-0 29.5 pts, 9.8 reb
Jan. 27 Allen Iverson (Phi) 3-1 37 pts
Jan. 20 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 2-1 37.7 pts, 6.7 reb, 5.3 ast
Jan. 20 Allen Iverson (Phi) 3-0 41.7 pts, 3.7 reb, 5.7 ast
Jan. 13 Kevin Garnett (Min) 4-0 28.8 pts, 9.3 reb, 6.5 ast
Jan. 13 Ray Allen (Mil 3-0 25.7 pts, 5 reb
Jan. 6 Chris Webber (Sac) 3-0 28 pts, 10.7 reb, 7.7 ast
Jan. 6 Eddie Jones (Mia) 3-0 24.7 pts, 5.3 ast
Dec. 30 Tim Duncan (SA) 1-2 39.3 pts, 15 reb, 4.3 blk
Dec. 30 Jason Kidd (NJ) 3-0 13 pts, 11.7 reb, 13 ast, 3.3 stl
Dec. 23 Gary Payton (Sea) 3-0 22.3 pts, 8 ast
Dec. 23 Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) 3-1 28.5 pts, 62.9% FG, 10 reb
Dec. 16 Steve Nash (Dal) 3-1 26.5 pts, 61% FG, 7.3 ast
Dec. 16 Richard Hamilton (Was) 4-0 28.5 pts
Dec. 9 Elton Brand (LAC) 2-1 23.3 pts, 15.3 reb
Dec. 9 Andre Miller (Cle) 2-1 18 pts, 11.3 ast, 6.3 reb
Dec. 2 Stephon Marbury (Pho) 4-0 21.5 pts, 8 ast
Dec. 2 Paul Pierce (Bos) 4-0 29 pts, 8 reb
Nov. 25 Tim Duncan (SA) 2-1 27 pts, 12.3 reb, 5.7 ast
Nov. 25 Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Atl) 2-2 30.3 pts, 12.3 reb
Nov. 18 Kevin Garnett (Min) 2-1 24.3 pts, 13.3 reb, 6 ast
Nov. 18 Allen Iverson (Phi) 4-0 26.3 pts, 3.3 stl
Nov. 11 Tim Duncan (SA) 3-0 26.3 pts, 14.3 reb
Nov. 11 Vince Carter (Tor) 2-1 34.7 pts, 16-29 3ptr, 7 reb, 5 ast
Nov. 4 Kobe Bryant (LAL) 4-0 32.5 pts, 7 ast, 6.3 reb
Nov. 4 Ray Allen (Mil) 3-0 31.7 pts
Month Player
Sep. P.J. Brown (NO)
Aug. Shawn Marion (Pho)
July Jason Terry (Atl)
June Antoine Walker (Bos)
May Reggie Miller (Ind)
Apr. Shane Battier (Mem)
Mar. Desmond Mason (Sea)
Feb. Kevin Garnett (Min)
Jan. Adonal Foyle (GS)
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