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lovespree
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4/27/2007  1:04 PM
Nice job Camby...

Report: Camby named NBA's top defensive


Marcus Camby stayed healthy and in the Denver Nuggets' everyday lineup this season, and now he's about to be recognized as the NBA's top defensive player for 2006-07.

Marcus Camby
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2007 SEASON STATISTICS
GM PPG RPG APG FG% FT%
70 11.2 11.7 3.2 .473 .729


The Nuggets' center will be named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year, The Denver Post is reporting on its Web site. The official announcement is expected Friday afternoon.

Camby, an 11-year veteran, averaged a league-best 3.3 blocked shots, 1.2 steals and a double-double -- 11.6 rebounds and 11.2 points.

Camby breaks Ben Wallace's stranglehold on the award. Wallace, the Chicago Bulls' center, won the past two and four of the past five as a Detroit Pistons.

It wasn't Camby's best defensive season statistically, but the strength of those numbers overall put him alongside Dikembe Mutombo (1995) as the only Nugget to be named defensive player of the year.

"It would be the greatest award I've received, other than college player of the year [at the University of Massachusetts in 1996]," Camby told The Post in a telephone interview Thursday. "There are so many great people that won the award."

NBA commissioner David Stern is expected to give Camby the award prior to Game 3 Saturday night against San Antonio in Denver, The Post reports.


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4/27/2007  1:05 PM
Further makes this one of the worst trades in Knicks history!
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4/27/2007  1:12 PM
i just want to remind everyone about marcus camby

99/00 missed 33 games
00/01 missed 19 games
01/02 missed 63 games

after he was traded

02/03 missed 63 games
03/04 missed 10 games
04/05 missed 16 games
05/06 missed 26 games
06/07 missed 12 games
TrueBlue
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4/27/2007  1:19 PM
Posted by djsunyc:

i just want to remind everyone about marcus camby

99/00 missed 33 games
00/01 missed 19 games
01/02 missed 63 games

after he was traded

02/03 missed 63 games
03/04 missed 10 games
04/05 missed 16 games
05/06 missed 26 games
06/07 missed 12 games


His last 4 were fairly decent though.
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4/27/2007  1:25 PM
Posted by djsunyc:

i just want to remind everyone about marcus camby

99/00 missed 33 games
00/01 missed 19 games
01/02 missed 63 games

after he was traded

02/03 missed 63 games
03/04 missed 10 games
04/05 missed 16 games
05/06 missed 26 games
06/07 missed 12 games


people tend to forget....
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4/27/2007  1:27 PM
Posted by djsunyc:

i just want to remind everyone about marcus camby

99/00 missed 33 games
00/01 missed 19 games
01/02 missed 63 games

after he was traded

02/03 missed 63 games
03/04 missed 10 games
04/05 missed 16 games
05/06 missed 26 games
06/07 missed 12 games

In the games he plays he's much more of a factor than Y Curry or Channing Frye are or will ever dream of being. End of story.
Wishing everyone well. I enjoyed posting here for a while, but as I matured I realized this forum isn't for me. We all evolve. Thanks for the memories everyone.
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4/27/2007  1:36 PM
Btw, congrats to the Camby-man. Most underrated player in the NBA. I've said that for a long time, finally gets his due.
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4/27/2007  2:06 PM
About time. I almost thought he was the invisible man in the eyes of the writers and so and so...
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4/27/2007  2:30 PM
He's been on the cusp of an all-star appearance the last 2 seasons, and at a bit over 30 already, his time to get that kind of recognition is running out.

DPOTY is a nice accomplishment for Cotton Camby. He didn't turn into the next Patrick Ewing as some believed he would coming out of college.

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4/27/2007  4:28 PM
Hey guys... some basketball talk to throw water on Camby:

From Henry Abbott - Truehoop
Camby is no doubt getting the award on the basis of his gaudy block (3.3 per game, first in the league) and rebound (11.7 per game, tied for fourth) statistics. And at those things, he is amazing. He has the gift of the block, and he should absolutely be recognized in some fashion for that.

We need better ways to measure defense (see below!), though, because more than one basketball person has told me that Camby could help his team a lot more on the defensive end.

When defending pick and rolls, the key skill of NBA defense, Camby doesn't often even try to show, trap, or do anything to impede the ball-handler's path to the paint. That means a lot of plays that might have resulted in a frustrated offense -- but no stats for anyone -- instead result in a large number of plays at the rim. That's an inflated number of layups, runners, floaters, and dunks for the other team, which really hurts Denver, as well as an inflated number of blocks and rebounds for Mr. Camby.
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4/27/2007  4:29 PM
UPDATE: A pretty serious analysis from 82games.com determines that Shawn Marion would have been the best choice, while Tim Duncan and Marcus Camby were also strong contenders. David Nelson and Damien Walker write:

The 6-7 Marion starts at the small forward position, yet Marion grabbed more defensive boards per game than 53 of 60 starting centers and power forwards in the league, and did so playing next to an accomplished rebounder in 6-11 Amare Stoudemire. Analyzing Marion's blocked shots shows similar production. While Marion is not in the same league as players like Camby or Okafor in raw shot-blocking ability, Marion's 1.5 per-game average is more than half a block more than that of Gerald Wallace, the next best shot blocker of equivalent size. Like Artest and Bowen, Marion is given the toughest defensive assignments a great deal of the time, and sports a fantastic Block Value as a result. Yet Marion's season block total is nearly triple of that of Artest or Bowen, and unlike Artest or Bowen, Marion maintains a very good Personal Foul Efficiency. Marion's tougher-than-average defensive assignments put his stats into even greater perspective: while many of the big men on our list have the luxury of consistently playing near the basket on the defensive end, inflating their numbers in blocks and rebounds, Marion is often forced to defend very good perimeter players, making it that much more difficult to secure his position amongst the league-leaders in these categories.
lol @ being BANNED by Martin since 11/07/10 (for asking if Mr. Earl had a point). Really, Martin? C'mon. This is the internet. I've seen much worse on this site. By Earl himself. Drop the hypocrisy.
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4/27/2007  5:08 PM
Kam, I find that interesting. Giving Marion defensive player of the year probably would've been equally fair. The other article you posted has some truth and some garbage to it. Camby is best as a weak side defender and gets a lot of his blocks when a man slips right by one of his teammates. The theory of Camby intentionally letting men by him so he can then sneak up for a block is silly.
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4/27/2007  5:22 PM
They are hating on Camby.

You must be doing something right.
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4/27/2007  5:37 PM
Wow shocking. I thought Curry had this award locked up......
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4/27/2007  6:18 PM
The theory of Camby intentionally letting men by him so he can then sneak up for a block is silly.

I love Camby.

But i love to dissect fan and player psychology too.

So: If i said the same thing but put in Jerome James name rather than the Camby-man, would the theory itself be so silly?

I think NBA players (not by intention) are lazy when it comes to fundamental and sound defense. And these days, every players a stat whore because their next contract could depend on it.
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4/27/2007  6:27 PM
I think George Karl plays Camby off the ball a lot intentionally so he can come in as the help defender. Nene plays the D and tries to force the shot towards Camby, it's the better way to utilize both players' respective skill sets. and also isn't letting a smaller player get past him some times to block the shot good D ? I mean I'm sure after all these years he knows which players challenging and altering their shot is more effective against, and which ones will rush up their shot as soon as they beat their defender. some times he'll get right in the path of certain guards who depend on contact a lot like Devin Harris and Tony Parker, then step out of the way at the last second and bluff him out of the contact making him throw up a total brick. rasheed wallace does that too. so letting themselves get beat some times isn't always bad
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4/28/2007  9:32 AM
I dream of having Camby playing next to Eddy Curry! Him winning Defensive player of the year award doesn't help our chances though. He is the exact type of player we need.

Anybody in the draft resemble his length and skill we can get?
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4/28/2007  6:45 PM
Posted by n24d30:

I dream of having Camby playing next to Eddy Curry! Him winning Defensive player of the year award doesn't help our chances though. He is the exact type of player we need.

Anybody in the draft resemble his length and skill we can get?

SEAN WILLIAMS is a better shot blocker. If the Knicks can't secure another pick. It should come down to Almond or Williams. The red flag on Williams is attitude problem, he has first round talent easy. Another thread is going on Sean.
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4/28/2007  6:58 PM
Posted by kam77:
The theory of Camby intentionally letting men by him so he can then sneak up for a block is silly.

I love Camby.

But i love to dissect fan and player psychology too.

So: If i said the same thing but put in Jerome James name rather than the Camby-man, would the theory itself be so silly?

I think NBA players (not by intention) are lazy when it comes to fundamental and sound defense. And these days, every players a stat whore because their next contract could depend on it.

The word intentionally is the key word. I don't think Jerome James intentionally lets his man by him either, no. Curry, yes. But most NBA players don't do it on purpose... especially not for stat reasons.
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4/29/2007  12:28 PM
Posted by tkf:
Posted by djsunyc:

i just want to remind everyone about marcus camby

99/00 missed 33 games
00/01 missed 19 games
01/02 missed 63 games

after he was traded

02/03 missed 63 games
03/04 missed 10 games
04/05 missed 16 games
05/06 missed 26 games
06/07 missed 12 games


people tend to forget....

no....we just remember how well played when he was healthy.

and the fact that we traded him AND a lotto pick for a player that was just has broken down he (Camby) was.
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