NOOCH rookie point guard Chris Paul won the NBA’s rookie of the year award yesterday, and the voting, of course, was not close. Paul had a total of 623, and the closest to him was Charlie Villanueva with 248.
All the way down in 6th place, however, is Deron Williams of Utah. He finished with a paltry total of 31. 11 third place votes, 5 second place votes, and, unbelievably, 1 first place vote.
I think it’s clear that the NBA can no longer allow Deron Williams’ mother to vote on these things. Seriously, I can’t even fathom someone voting for this guy. I’ve got nothing against him… I like Utah, and if you tell me that Deron Williams is going to turn into a fine point guard, even an All-Star, fine. That’s not unreasonable. But to vote him ahead of Chris Paul? Who did that? Is Woody Paige behind this?
Deron Williams didn’t even start the last 10 games or so of the season. When Keith McLeod is taking your starting spot… I’m sorry, you can’t be the rookie of the year. Again, I want to reiterate that I have no problem whatsoever with Deron Williams. I do have a problem, however, with the fact that a voter out there completely ignores logic and cold, hard, facts. Numbers don’t always tell the story, but they do here:
Whoever voted for Williams should have to be kidnapped and sexually assaulted by George Shinn.
derek
well it is obvious to me, deron williams is a better 3-point shooter and shot-blocker. come on mjd, if you are going to adamantly support paul for rookie of the year, next time you better tell ALL of the story!
May 10, 2006 at 11:06 pm
Ant
The only player that could have rivaled Paul for this award this year was Raymond Felton and he didn’t start getting good minutes til late in the season…if he got the chance to do that all year, it might have been super close. damn brevin knight. paul deserved this tho. big time.
May 11, 2006 at 1:07 am
tony
A Keith McLeod reference? Outstanding! (Regardless of the less than flattering light it was presented in.)
BG in the house!
May 11, 2006 at 1:49 am
twins15
Heh, I wrote about the same thing before I saw your post. I just can’t fathom what would possibly motivate someone to vote for Deron Williams.
May 11, 2006 at 1:51 am
Jimbo Mercy
Chris Paul looks like a mustachioed eight year old
May 11, 2006 at 2:57 am
Mike
I’m guessing that one vote either came from Utah or from San Antonio. Utah just because home cities can be rediculously biased. Or San Antonio so that David Robinson would still be the only unanimous ROTY.
May 11, 2006 at 8:29 am
twoeightnine
It was from Ron Boone who is the TV analyst for the Jazz.
May 11, 2006 at 10:12 am
Kn8
We need the voting records to be public knowledge. Even if it’s a year after the fact, so these types of idiots can be paraded as the morons/homers they are.
May 11, 2006 at 10:22 am
mike
Boone voted for Paul because he said that Williams had a better stretch to end the season and so did the Jazz. Now I’m a Jazz fan but even I know this is not the “rookie of the last month of the season” award. I also know that I’d take Paul over Williams in a heartbeat.
May 11, 2006 at 10:36 am
Dave's Football Blog
Maybe it was Julius Hodge who voted for Deron Williams.
May 11, 2006 at 12:22 pm
aj
Chris was deserving of the award. I saw no difference between his receiving the award and that of Steve Nash.The pundits out there who thought that Kobe or LeBron were more deserving were clearly delusional. Nash’s contributions to The Suns’ season was far more impressive than anything that either Kobe or LeBron had achieved. As for the rookies the award was Paul’s for the taking. Throughout the season he was impressive and consistent. Cetainly for a while he had The Hornets battling for a playoff spot, however it wasn’t to be. Next season there’ll be in an improvement in the team’s play with the addition of a few free agents and new rookies. We should see an improved team that can make some noise within their division under Byron Scott’s leadership.
May 12, 2006 at 1:20 pm