FreeHuddle's NBA Decade Awards

• Trueblue23

  

  I thought this would be fun.
  
  In this decade, who was the best..
  
  Team
  Bench
  Upset
  Champion
  Runner-up
  Offensive Player
  Defensive Player
  Overall Player
  Coach
  Rookie
  Rebounder
  Assist man
  Thief (steals)
  
  Feel free to add/subtract categories if you like.
• ZombieKiller

  Do you mean the best single season team or the team of the decade?
• Trueblue23

  

  Both i guess lol
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Team--2000 Lakers/2007 Celtics/2009 Lakers
  Upset--Golden State over Dallas in 2007
  Champion--Spurs/Lakers tie for first
  Runner-up--Pistons
  Offensive Player--Kobe
  Defensive Player--Garnett
  Overall Player--Kobe
  Coach--Phil Jackson/Larry Brown
  Rookie--LeBron
  Rebounder--Dwight Howard
  Assist man--Nash
  Thief (steals)--Kidd
• ZombieKiller

  Team- Lakers
  Upset- Pistons over Lakers for the NBA Title
  Champion- Spurs
  Runner-Up- Lakers
  Offensive Player- Kobe Bryant
  Defensive Player- Kevin Garnett
  Coach- Phil Jackson
  Rookie- LeBron James
  Rebounder- Dwight Howard
  Assist Man- Steve Nash
  Thief (steals)- Chris Paul
• Trueblue23

  

  Team- 2009 Lakers, 2008 Celtics, 2000 Lakers.. Overall, Spurs
  Bench- 2002 Kings
  Upset- Pistons over Lakers, NBA Finals
  Champion- 2000 Lakers
  Runner-up- 2008 Lakers
  Offensive Player- Kobe Bryant
  Defensive Player- Tim Duncan
  Overall Player- Torn between Kobe and Duncan
  Coach- Pop
  Rookie- LeBron
  Rebounder- KG
  Assist man- Steve Nash
  Thief (steals)- JKidd
• Hb31187

  

  Team-2000 Lakers
  Upset-Golden State over Dallas
  Runner up-2008 Lakers
  Offensive player-Kobe
  Defensive player-KG
  Overall-Kobe
  Coach-Larry Brown/Phil
  Rookie-Bron Bron
  Rebounder-Marcus Camby or Dwight
  Thief-Jkidd
• SQ_Crazies

  

  No way the biggest upset is anything but Golden State over Dallas. The Pistons over the Lakers wasn't that big an upset--the Pistons went to 6 conference finals in a row, they were no fluke. Plus that Lakers team was overrated. Big issues with Shaq and Kobe and the Malone/Payton moves weren't as good a moves as anyone thought they'd be.
• KnightXC1

  

  Team - 2000 Lakers, 2003 Spurs, 2004 Pistons
  Upset - Golden State over Dallas, The Lakers beating the Pistons in 04 would have been an upset since they were manhandled in that series for the most part
  Champion - Spurs
  Runner Up - Pistons
  Offensive Player - Kobe Bryant
  Defensive Player - Ben Wallace
  Overall Player - Tim Duncan
  Coach - Greg Popovich
  Rookie - Lebron
  Rebounder - Ben Wallace
  Thief - Jason Kidd
• JakeGiant

  I'm not going into heavy detail, but the 2001 Lakers are being overlooked, here. They went 15-1 in the Playoffs by bulldozing teams. Talk about domination!
• HiddenGems

  Team - Lakers with Spurs 2nd
  Bench - Portland is first to my mind during the year they lost to LA
  Upset - Knicks to the Finals if it was in this decade; if not G.State over Dallas
  Champion - 2001 Lakers
  Runner-up - Pistons
  Offensive Player - Kobe Bryant
  Defensive Player - Ron Artest/Ben Wallace
  Overall Player - Kobe Bryant
  Coach - Phil Jackson
  Rookie - LeBron James
  Rebounder - Kevin Garnett
  Assist man - Steve Nash
  Thief (steals) - Chris Paul