MVP: Shaquille O'Neal Sixth Man of the Year: Shawn Kemp Defensive Player of the Year: Alonzo Mourning All-NBA Team: Shaquille O'Neal Chris Webber Vince Carter Michael Finley Gary Payton All-NBA Defensive Team: Alonzo Mourning Kevin Garnett Vince Carter Eddie Jones Jason Kidd Now, a new feature-- the Sim League Iron Men. These are the guys who played and started 82 games. There are many players who played almost 82, or perhaps started all but a session, but they are not on this list. These guys are the league's most durable. Horace Grant Reggie Miller Keyon Dooling Baron Davis Vince Carter Latrell Sprewell Chris Gatling Vlade Divac Dirk Nowitzki Shane Battier Eric Snow Shandon Anderson Darius Miles Steve Smith Shareef Abdur-Rahim Allan Houston Rashard Lewis Michael Dickerson Pau Gasol Mike Bibby Gary Payton Rasheed Wallace Andre Miller Raef Lafrentz Alonzo Mourning Antonio Davis Rodney Rogers Vladimir Radmanovic Dikembe Mutombo Eddie Griffin Michael Finley Antoine Walker Darrell Armstrong
Also, the game didn't do this, but I thought we should have an all-rookie team, so here it is. This is selected by me based on stats, team production, etc. Rookie of the Year-- This award was extremely close. 4 players had very similar stats and production, and it's very hard to select one between Eddie Griffin, Pau Gasol, Kwame Brown, and Rodney White. However, productivity to the team has to come in somewhere, and Rodney White was the only real post option for the Celtics, who finished the season on an absolute tear. So my choice for the award: Rodney White. All-Rookie Team: C- Kwame Brown (Honorable mention Eddy Curry) PF- Rodney White (Honorable mention Eddie Griffin) SF- Pau Gasol (Honorable mention Vladimir Radmanovic) SG- Joseph Forte (Honorable mention Shane Battier) PG- Jamaal Tinsley (Honorable mention Omar Cook, who put up very good numbers when he got to start)
My vote is for Eddie Griffin. Griffin put up excellent numbers especially when teammate Mutumbo led the league in rebounds. Griffin also has a quality that doesnt show up in the stats, which is tremendous defensive ability. Cat can attest to this, as he has played against these rookies on his game.
The thought of Vince Carter on the all-defensive team is almost as funny as Shawn Kemp for 6th man of the year.
Yeah it's kind of hard for my rookies to win any awards when they're too busy being a part of a winning program and not being the #1 or #2 scoring option on a team.
