1998-99 Regular Season Award Winners


All-Interview Teams

(118 media members vote for 5 players and a coach) First Team Charles Barkley (Hou) ......... 61 Jayson Williams (NJ) .......... 42 Avery Johnson (SA) ............ 37 Karl Malone (Uta) ............. 19 David Robinson (SA) ........... 13 Coach: George Karl (Mil) ...... 29 Second Team Grant Hill (Det) .............. 12 Steve Kerr (SA) ............... 9 Darrell Armstrong (Orl) ....... 8 Chris Childs (NY) ............. 8 Steve Smith (Atl) ............. 8 Coach: Larry Brown (Phi) ...... 8 Others receiving votes Players Antonio Davis (Ind) ........... 7 Joe Dumars (Det) .............. 7 Derek Harper (LAL) ............ 7 Mark Jackson (Ind) ............ 7 Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) ......... 7 Vlade Divac (Sac) ............. 6 Reggie Miller (Ind) ........... 6 P.J. Brown (Mia) .............. 5 Terry Cummings (GS) ........... 5 Tim Hardaway (Mia) ............ 5 Eddie Jones (Cha) ............. 5 Ray Allen (Mil) ............... 4 Kobe Bryant (LA) .............. 4 Mario Elie (SA) ............... 4 Brian Grant (Por) ............. 4 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) ........ 4 Vince Carter (Tor) ............ 3 Rick Fox (LAL) ................ 3 Jason Kidd (Pho) .............. 3 Stephon Marbury (NJ) .......... 3 Alonzo Mourning (Mia) ......... 3 Charles Oakley (Tor) .......... 3 Eric Snow (Phi) ............... 3 Latrell Sprewell (NY) ......... 3 Damon Stoudamire (Por) ........ 3 Maurice Taylor (LAC) .......... 3 Chris Webber (Sac) ............ 3 Kenny Anderson (Bos) .......... 2 Dell Curry (Mil) .............. 2 Michael Curry (Mil) ........... 2 LaPhonso Ellis (Atl) .......... 2 Kevin Garnett (Min) ........... 2 Matt Geiger (Phi) ............. 2 Horace Grant (Orl) ............ 2 Allen Iverson (Phi) ........... 2 Shawn Kemp (Cle) .............. 2 Joe Kleine (Pho) .............. 2 Grant Long (Atl) .............. 2 Luc Longley (Pho) ............. 2 Antonio McDyess (Den) ......... 2 Bo Outlaw (Orl) ............... 2 Gary Payton (Sea) ............. 2 Bobby Phills (Cha) ............ 2 Jerry Stackhouse (Det) ........ 2 John Stockton (Uta) ........... 2 Gary Trent (Dal) .............. 2 David Wesley (Cha) ............ 2 Derek Anderson (Cle) .......... 1 Greg Anthony (Por) ............ 1 Thurl Bailey (Uta) ............ 1 Brent Barry (Chi) ............. 1 Jon Barry (Sac) ............... 1 Mookie Blaylock (Atl) ......... 1 Terrell Brandon (Min) ......... 1 Chucky Brown (Char) ........... 1 Dee Brown (Tor) ............... 1 Tyrone Corbin (Atl) ........... 1 John Crotty (Uta) ............. 1 Bison Dele (Det) .............. 1 Tim Duncan (SA) ............... 1 Derek Fisher (LAL) ............ 1 Adonal Foyle (GS) ............. 1 Kendall Gill (NJ) ............. 1 Tom Gugliotta (Pho) ........... 1 Ron Harper (Chi) .............. 1 Hersey Hawkins (Sea) .......... 1 Allan Houston (NY) ............ 1 Troy Hudson (LAC) ............. 1 Dan Majerle (Mia) ............. 1 Sam Mitchell (Min) ............ 1 Michael Olowokandi (LAC) ...... 1 Chuck Person (Cha) ............ 1 Paul Pierce (Bos) ............. 1 Scott Pollard (Sac) ........... 1 Terry Porter (Mia) ............ 1 Isaiah Rider (Por) ............ 1 Jalen Rose (Ind) .............. 1 Bryon Russell (Uta) ........... 1 Danny Schayes (Orl) ........... 1 Joe Smith (Min) ............... 1 Nick Van Exel (Den) ........... 1 Antoine Walker (Bos) .......... 1 Clarence Weatherspoon (Mia) ... 1 Jason Williams (Sac) .......... 1 Jerome Williams (Det) ......... 1 Coaches Paul Silas (Cha) .............. 6 Jerry Sloan (Uta) ............. 6 Danny Ainge (Pho) ............. 5 Chuck Daly (Orl) .............. 5 Larry Bird (Ind) .............. 3 P.J. Carlesimo (GS) ........... 3 Don Casey (NJ) ................ 2 Rick Pitino (Bos) ............. 2 Pat Riley (Mia) ............... 2 Lenny Wilkens (Atl) ........... 2 Rick Adelman (Sac) ............ 1 Butch Carter (Tor) ............ 1 Tim Floyd (Chi) ............... 1 Alvin Gentry (Det) ............ 1 Brian Hill (Van) .............. 1 Kurt Rambis (LAL) ............. 1 Flip Saunders (Min) ........... 1 Rudy Tomjanovich (Hou) ........ 1 Jeff Van Gundy (NY) ........... 1

All-NBA Teams

(118 media members select, by position (2 guards, 2 forwards, 1 center), a first team (worth 5 points), a second team (3 points), and a third team (1 point)) First Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Karl Malone (Uta) ........ 580 (113) F Tim Duncan (SA) .......... 576 (112) C Alonzo Mourning (Mia) .... 542 (95) G Allen Iverson (Phi) ...... 532 (93) G Jason Kidd (Pho) ......... 516 (86) Second Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Chris Webber (Sac) ....... 278 (3) F Grant Hill (Det) ......... 263 (4) C Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) ... 382 (23) G Gary Payton (Sea) ........ 440 (51) G Tim Hardaway (Mia) ....... 168 (1) Third Team Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Kevin Garnett (Min) ...... 231 (4) F Antonio McDyess (Den) .... 80 C Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) .... 67 G Kobe Bryant (LAL) ........ 75 (1) G John Stockton (Uta) ...... 75 (1) Others receiving votes Total Pos Player Points (1st team votes) G Steve Smith (Atl) ......... 63 G Reggie Miller (Ind) ....... 57 (1) G Stephon Marbury (NJ) ...... 54 G Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) ... 41 (2) F Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) . 36 C Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) ..... 33 F Shawn Kemp (Cle) .......... 30 C David Robinson (SA) ....... 22 G Rod Strickland (Was) ...... 21 G Ray Allen (Mil) ........... 16 G Michael Finley (Dal) ...... 16 F Charles Barkley (Hou) ..... 14 G Darrell Armstrong (Orl) ... 12 C Vlade Divac (Sac) ......... 11 G Vince Carter (Tor) ........ 10 F Brian Grant (Por) ......... 10 G Damon Stoudamire (Por) .... 10 G Eddie Jones (Cha) ......... 9 G Mark Jackson (Ind) ........ 7 G Mitch Richmond (Was) ...... 7 F Glenn Robinson (Mil) ...... 5 F Keith Van Horn (NJ) ....... 5 C Arvydas Sabonis (Por) ..... 4 G Avery Johnson (SA) ........ 2 F Bryon Russell (Uta) ....... 2 F Rasheed Wallace (Por) ..... 2 F Jason Williams (Sac) ...... 2 F Tom Gugliotta (Pho) ....... 1 F Scottie Pippen (Hou) ...... 1 G Isaiah Rider (Por) ........ 1 C Rik Smits (Ind) ........... 1

Most Valuable Player: Karl Malone (Uta)

(118 media members give 1st (worth 10 points), 2nd (7 points), 3rd (5 points), 4th (3 points), and 5th (1 point) place votes) Total position votes Player Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Karl Malone (Uta) ........ 827 44 29 31 8 5 Alonzo Mourning (Mia) .... 773 36 32 30 11 6 Tim Duncan (SA) .......... 740 30 36 31 9 6 Allen Iverson (Phi) ...... 319 5 11 10 40 22 Jason Kidd (Pho) ......... 159 2 4 6 21 18 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) ... 89 1 2 3 11 17 Chris Webber (Sac) ....... 51 0 2 2 5 12 Grant Hill (Det) ......... 39 0 1 3 3 8 Gary Payton (Sea) ........ 35 0 1 1 4 11 Kevin Garnett (Min) ...... 9 0 0 0 2 3 Shawn Kemp (Cle) ......... 7 0 0 0 2 1 David Robinson (SA) ...... 6 0 0 1 0 1 Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) .... 3 0 0 0 1 0 Arvydas Sabonis (Por) .... 3 0 0 0 1 0 Darrell Armstrong (Orl) .. 2 0 0 0 0 2 Vince Carter (Tor) ....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) .. 1 0 0 0 0 1 Mark Jackson (Ind) ....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Glenn Robinson (Mil) ..... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Steve Smith (Atl) ........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 Rasheed Wallace (Por) .... 1 0 0 0 0 1

All-Rookie Team

(29 coaches select first and second teams - maximum 56 points) First Team Player Points (first place votes) Vince Carter (Tor) ............ 56 (28) Paul Pierce (Bos) ............. 56 (28) Jason Williams (Sac) .......... 55 (27) Mike Bibby (Van) .............. 47 (19) Matt Harpring (Orl) ........... 35 (10) Second Team Player Points (first place votes) Michael Dickerson (Hou) ....... 33 (9) Michael Doleac (Orl) .......... 30 (9) Cuttino Mobley (Hou) .......... 26 (3) Michael Olowokandi (LAC) ...... 22 (4) Antawn Jamison (GS) ........... 21 (3) Others receiving votes Player Points (first place votes) Larry Hughes (Phi) ............ 17 Tyrone Nesby (LAC) ............ 9 Robert Traylor (Mil) .......... 8 Raef LaFrentz (Den) ........... 6 Predrag Stojakovic (Sac) ...... 5 Pat Garrity (Pho) ............. 4 Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ........... 4 Kornel David (Chi) ............ 1

J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award: Brian Grant (Por)


Rookie of the Year: Vince Carter (Tor)

Player # of votes (out of 118 media votes) Vince Carter (Tor) ....... 113 Jason Williams (Sac) ..... 3 Paul Pierce (Bos) ........ 2

Executive of the Year: Geoff Petrie (Sac)

(voting by the 29 team executives)

Coach of the Year: Mike Dunleavy (Por)

Player # of votes (out of 118 media votes) Mike Dunleavy (Por) ....... 48 Larry Brown (Phi) ......... 23 Jerry Sloan (Uta) ......... 15 Chuck Daly (Orl) .......... 13 Pat Riley (Mia) ........... 8 Gregg Popovich (SA) ....... 4 Paul Silas (Cha) .......... 4 George Karl (Mil) ......... 1 Butch Carter (Tor) ........ 1 Lenny Wilkens (Atl) ....... 1

Most Improved Player: Darrell Armstrong (Orl)

Player # of votes (out of 118 media votes) Darrell Armstrong (Orl) ... 54 Eric Snow (Phi) ........... 15 Gary Trent (Dal) .......... 14 Joe Smith (Min) ........... 8 Danny Fortson (Den) ....... 7 Theo Ratliff (Phi) ........ 4 Maurice Taylor (LAC) ...... 3 Brian Grant (Por) ......... 2 Tracy McGrady (Tor) ....... 2 Dee Brown (Tor) ........... 1 Randy Brown (Chi) ......... 1 Othella Harrington (Hou) .. 1 Antonio McDyess (Den) ..... 1 Greg Ostertag (Uta) ....... 1 Cliff Robinson (Pho) ...... 1 Bryon Russell (Uta) ....... 1 Latrell Sprewell (NY) ..... 1 Haywoode Workman (Mil) .... 1

Defensive Player of the Year: Alonzo Mourning (Mia)

Player # of votes (out of 118 media votes) Alonzo Mourning (Mia) ..... 89 Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) ..... 10 Gary Payton (Sea) ......... 6 David Robinson (SA) ....... 3 Tim Duncan (SA) ........... 2 Theo Ratliff (Phi) ........ 2 Michael Curry (Mil) ....... 1 Kevin Garnett (Min) ....... 1 Eddie Jones (Cha) ......... 1 Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) ..... 1 Scottie Pippen (Hou) ...... 1 Clifford Robinson (Pho) ... 1

NBA All-Defensive Team

(29 coaches select first and second teams by position - maximum 56 points) First Team Pos Player Points (first place votes) G Gary Payton (Sea) ....... 47 (22) G Jason Kidd (Pho) ........ 24 (10) F Tim Duncan (SA) ......... 38 (16) F Karl Malone (Uta) ....... 22 (10) [tie] F Scottie Pippen (Hou) .... 22 (9) [tie] C Alonzo Mourning (Mia) ... 46 (19) Second Team Pos Player Points (first place votes) G Mookie Blaylock (Atl) ... 23 (5) G Eddie Jones (Cha) ....... 16 (3) F P.J. Brown (Mia) ........ 15 (4) F Theo Ratliff (Phi) ...... 14 (4) C Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) ... 37 (10) Others receiving votes Pos Player Points (first place votes) F Kevin Garnett (Min) ..... 13 (2) F Brian Grant (Min) ....... 12 (4) G Darrell Armstrong (Orl) . 12 (3) F Grant Hill (Det) ........ 9 (3) F Charles Oakley (Tor) .... 9 (3) F Bo Outlaw (Orl) ......... 8 (2) G Eric Snow (Phi) ......... 5 (1) G Greg Anthony (Por) ...... 4 (1) G Doug Christie (Tor) ..... 4 (1) G Kendall Gill (NJ) ....... 4 (2) G Bobby Phills (Cha) ...... 4 G Mitch Richmond (Was) .... 4 (2) G John Stockton (Uta) ..... 4 (1) G Tariq Abdul-Wahad (Sac) . 3 (1) G Stacey Augmon (Por) ..... 3 (1) G Dan Majerle (Mia) ....... 3 (1) F Antonio McDyess (Den) ... 3 F Clifford Robinson (Pho) . 3 (1) G Chris Childs (NY) ....... 2 (1) F Mario Elie (SA) ......... 2 G Allen Iverson (Phi) ..... 2 G Steve Smith (Atl) ....... 2 (1) G John Starks (GS) ........ 2 (1) G David Wesley (Cha) ...... 2 (1) C David Robinson (SA) ..... 2 F Chris Webber (Sac) ...... 2 G Vince Carter (Tor) ...... 1 G Bimbo Coles (GS) ........ 1 F Antonio Davis (Ind) ..... 1 F Dale Davis (Ind) ........ 1 G Hersey Hawkins (Sea) .... 1 G Reggie Miller (Ind) ..... 1 C Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) .. 1 C Kevin Willis (Tor) ...... 1

Sixth Man of the Year: Darrell Armstrong (Orl)

Player # of votes (out of 118 media votes) Darrell Armstrong (Orl) .. 85 Rasheed Wallace (Por) .... 16 Antonio Davis (Ind) ...... 5 Jalen Rose (Ind) ......... 5 Terry Porter (Mia) ....... 2 Dell Curry (Mil) ......... 2 Dee Brown (Tor) .......... 2 Howard Eislay (Uta) ...... 1

IBM Award: Dikembe Mutombo (Atl)

The top 10 finishers for the IBM Award. Player Points Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) .. 115.67 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) . 102.86 Alonzo Mourning (Mia) .. 100.63 Grant Hill (Det) ....... 98.49 Karl Malone (Uta) ...... 98.27 Jason Kidd (Pho) ....... 98.21 Tim Duncan (SA) ........ 94.17 David Robinson (SA) .... 91.85 Charles Barkley (Hou) .. 90.67 Kevin Garnett (Min) .... 87.25 [points are determinted by the formula: (Player PTS - FGA + REB + AST + STL + BLK - PF - TO + (team wins x 10) x 250) / (Team PTS - FGA + REB + AST + STL + BLK - PF - TO) ]

NBA Sportsmanship Award: Hersey Hawkins (Sea)

(118 media members vote on the 4 division winners) Player Votes Hersey Hawkins (Sea) ... 70 Eric Snow (Phi) ........ 23 Kevin Garnett (Min) .... 18 Vince Carter (Tor) ..... 7 Division winners (voted on by Alex English, Doc Rivers, Kenny Smith, Isiah Thomas, Satch Sanders) Midwest: Kevin Garnett (Min) Pacific: Hersey Hawkins (Sea) Atlantic: Eric Snow (Phi) Central: Vince Carter (Tor)

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