Danny Granger of the Indiana Pacers was awarded the Most Improved Player award, beating out Devin Harris of the New Jersey Nets, who also made a great case for himself this season! Granger was the league’s fifth leading scorer, averaging a career-high 25.8 points — 6.2 points higher than 2007-08 (19.6 ppg) and 9.4 points above his career average (16.4 ppg) — and becoming the first player in NBA history to raise his scoring average by at least five points in three consecutive seasons. Granger also averaged 5.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists.
The 6-9 forward led the Pacers in scoring in 49 of the 67 games he played, including 13 of their final 14 games. In his last 14 games, Granger shot 43-of-96 (.448) from three-point range and his 182 three-pointers made this season rank third all time in Pacer’s history.
Here is the final list of NBA Award recipients for 2009!
Most Improved Player
Danny Granger
Most Valuable Player
LeBron James
Sixth Man
Jason Terry
Rookie of the Year
Derrick Rose
Defender of the Year
Dwight Howard
Coach of the Year
Mike Brown, Cleveland
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2 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.surprisingly I’m not surprised the Granger is MIP… actually there really is no surprise in any of the winners..
Your right Melvin not many surprises. Many people thought Oden might get Rookie of the Year but we all know how that turned out! I also thought that Brook Lopez was outstanding, but Derek Rose was certainly the best choice!
If they were to re-vote for Coach of the Year right now I wonder if Rick Adelman would be a candidate with the success the Rockets have in spite of all of these injuries?