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FanHouse's Coach of the Year Award

It's trophy time in the NBA, and the FanHouse crew has submitted its ballots. Find out which players deserve to take home the hardware and which ones don't, in our NBA Awards series. Next up: Coach of the Year.This turned out to be one of those seasons where it would be hard to be wrong in making a pick for Coach of the...

FanHouse's 6th Man of the Year Award

It's trophy time in the NBA, and the FanHouse crew has submitted its ballots. Find out which players deserve to take home the hardware and which ones don't, in our NBA Awards series. First up: Sixth Man of the Year.The Sixth Man award, as you probably have guessed from its name, is given to the player believed to have the...

Byron Scott Wins Coach of the Year, No One but Jerry Stackhouse Surprised

A report from the New Orleans Times-Picayune states that Byron Scott will be announced as the 2008 NBA Coach of the Year tomorrow. It is Scott's first time to win the award. Scott guided the Hornets to one of the biggest turnarounds in the NBA this season, and the 2nd seed in the West. While the other finalists were...

Someone Has to Win Defensive Player of the Year

One of the best things about an expiring NBA season is predicting awards. Or saying who should win them, which isn't always the same activity. This year, though, there's not room for much of either of those. Nash/Nowitzki has been run into the ground. Brandon Roy has been the hands-down ROY since the preseason. Kevin...

Is Popovich Rigging the Sixth Man Race?

Tonight's Suns/Spurs game is a big deal, no doubt. But don't let the massive playoff implications distract you from the real prize: this year's race for Six Man of the Year. With most of the season over, it looks to be between the Suns' Leandro Barbosa and the Spurs' Manu Ginobili. Stackhouse is a distant third, in part...