I’m very excited to announce that NBAMate is running a competition to give away a Derrick Rose Rookie of the Year t-shirt, as well as a Dwight Howard Defensive Player of the year t-shirt. These shirts are both valued at $20 (I know, we have a big budget here!) and commemorate the awards won by [...]

The defensive NBA hardware handed out at the end of each season always fascinates me, for one reason: The All-Defensive Teams are the only awards that are NOT voted by the media. The media votes for MVP, ROY, 6th Man, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved and the All-NBA Teams, but [...]

PLAYOFF DIARY: DAY 5
Like I said I would on day 2, I waited till the Lakers v Nuggets game finished and checked only the Denver box scores to figure out who won. Chucko emailed me Denver’s stats and my immediate thought was: 31 points for Iverson, a big defensive game from Camby (17 rebounds, 4 [...]

There has been a LOT of debate the past couple of weeks around who is most deserving of the MVP. A lot of it is biased rubbish, some of it is plain wrong, and a small amount speaks the truth. That’s no different to the usual mix of debate that goes on for any sports-related topic in the media, [...]