1996-97 Regular Season Award Winners All-Interview Team First Team Charles Barkley (Hou) ........ 74 Jayson Williams (NJ) ......... 47 Michael Jordan (Chi) ......... 37 Karl Malone (Uta) ............ 37 Grant Hill (Det) ............. 16 Coach: George Karl (Sea) ..... 28 Second Team Steve Kerr (Chi) ............. 15 Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) ........ 12 Tim Hardaway (Mia) ........... 11 Buck Williams (NY) ........... 11 Reggie Miller (Ind) .......... 10 Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich (Hou) 9 Others receiving votes Players Avery Johnson (SA) ........... 8 Kevin Garnett (Min) .......... 7 Brian Williams (Chi) ......... 7 Kevin Johnson (Pho) .......... 6 Dennis Rodman (Chi) .......... 6 Kenny Anderson (Por) ......... 5 P.J. Brown (Mia) ............. 5 Vin Baker (Mil) .............. 4 Clyde Drexler (Hou) .......... 4 Derek Harper (Dal) ........... 4 Hersey Hawkins (Sea) ......... 4 Gary Payton (Sea) ............ 4 Nick Van Exel (LAL) .......... 4 Chris Webber (Was) ........... 4 Terrell Brandon (Cle) ........ 3 Vlade Divac (Cha) ............ 3 Eddie Johnson (Hou) .......... 3 Anthony Mason (Cha) .......... 3 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) ....... 3 Scottie Pippen (Chi) ......... 3 Carlos Rogers (Tor) .......... 3 John Starks (NY) ............. 3 John Stockton (Uta) .......... 3 B.J. Armstrong (GS) .......... 2 Chris Childs (NY) ............ 2 Joe Dumars (Det) ............. 2 LaPhonso Ellis (Den) ......... 2 Rick Fox (Bos) ............... 2 Jeff Hornacek (Uta) .......... 2 Allen Iverson (Phi) .......... 2 Eddie Jones (LAL) ............ 2 Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) ........ 2 Byron Scott (LAL) ............ 2 Steve Smith (Atl) ............ 2 Damon Stoudamire (Tor) ....... 2 Muggsy Bogues (Cha) .......... 1 Cedric Ceballos (Pho) ........ 1 Rex Chapman (Pho) ............ 1 Vinny Del Negro (SA) ......... 1 Sean Elliott (SA) ............ 1 Patrick Ewing (NY) ........... 1 Matt Geiger (Cha) ............ 1 Armon Gilliam (Mil) .......... 1 Tom Gugliotta (Min) .......... 1 Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) ...... 1 Mark Jackson (Den) ........... 1 Popeye Jones (Tor) ........... 1 Joe Kleine (NJ) .............. 1 Luc Longley (Chi) ............ 1 Rick Mahorn (Det) ............ 1 Dan Majerle (Mia) ............ 1 Chris Mills (Cle) ............ 1 Alonzo Mourning (Mia) ........ 1 Chris Mullin (GS) ............ 1 Terry Porter (Min) ........... 1 Mitch Richmond (Sac) ......... 1 Clifford Robinson (Por) ...... 1 David Robinson (SA) .......... 1 Roy Rogers (Van) ............. 1 Detlef Schrempf (Sea) ........ 1 Latrell Sprewell (GS) ........ 1 Rod Strickland (Was) ......... 1 David Wesley (Bos) ........... 1 Dominique Wilkins (SA) ....... 1 Gerald Wilkens (Orl) ......... 1 Coaches Del Harris (LAL) ............. 8 Pat Riley (Mia) .............. 7 P.J. Carlesimo (Por) ......... 5 Danny Ainge (Pho) ............ 4 Dave Cowens (Cha) ............ 4 Jerry Sloan (Uta) ............ 4 Jeff Van Gundy (NY) .......... 4 Bill Fitch (LAL) ............. 2 Mike Fratello (Cle) .......... 2 Phil Jackson (Chi) ........... 2 Richie Adubato (Orl) ......... 1 Larry Brown (Ind) ............ 1 John Calipari (NJ) ........... 1 M.L. Carr (Bos) .............. 1 Bob Hill (SA) ................ 1 Gregg Popovich (SA) .......... 1 Lenny Wilkens (Atl) .......... 1 NBA Sportsmanship Award: Terrell Brandon (Cle) Player # of votes (out of 115 media votes) Terrell Branond (Cle) ..... 55 Buck Williams (NY) ........ 24 Jeff Hornacek (Uta) ....... 20 Mitch Richmond (Sac) ...... 16 All-NBA Teams (115 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 Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Karl Malone (Uta) ........ 575 (115) F Grant Hill (Det) ......... 483 (76) C Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) .... 514 (89) G Michael Jordan (Chi) ..... 575 (115) G Tim Hardaway (Mia) ....... 435 (62) Second Team Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Scottie Pippen (Chi) ..... 337 (19) F Glen Rice (Cha) .......... 316 (20) C Patrick Ewing (NY) ....... 327 (20) G Gary Payton (Sea) ........ 386 (42) G Mitch Richmond (Sac) ..... 198 (1) Third Team Pos Player Points (1st team votes) F Anthony Mason (Cha) ...... 110 F Vin Baker (Mil) .......... 61 C Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) ... 72 (3) G John Stockton (Uta) ...... 142 (6) G Anfernee Hardaway (Orl) .. 62 (2) Other players receiving votes Pos Player Points (1st team votes) C Alonzo Mourning (Mia) .... 67 F Tom Gugliotta (Min) ...... 60 G Mookie Blaylock (Atl) .... 57 (1) G Kevin Johnson (Pho) ...... 57 (1) C Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) .... 55 (3) F Charles Barkley (Hou) .... 47 G Latrell Sprewell (GS) .... 44 G Terrell Brandon (Cle) .... 30 F Chris Webber (Was) ....... 29 G Eddie Jones (LAL) ........ 25 F Christian Laettner (Atl) . 20 G Mark Jackson (Ind) ....... 11 F Shawn Kemp (Sea) ......... 11 G Steve Smith (Atl) ........ 11 G Reggie Miller (Ind) ...... 9 F Dennis Rodman (Chi) ...... 9 G Damon Stoudamire (Tor) ... 8 G Rod Strickland (Was) ..... 7 G Kenny Anderson (Por) ..... 6 F Kevin Garnett (Min) ...... 6 G Allen Iverson (Phi) ...... 3 F Loy Vaught (LAC) ......... 3 G Nick Van Exel (LAL) ...... 2 G Kendall Gill (NJ) ........ 1 G Jason Kidd (Pho) ......... 1 F Clifford Robinson (Por) .. 1 F Glenn Robinson (Mil) ..... 1 Executive of the Year: Bob Bass (Cha) (voting by the 29 team executives) Executive Votes Bob Bass (Cha) ............ 7 Pat Riley (Mia) ........... 6 Pete Babcock (Atl) ........ 3.5 10 others received votes Most Valuable Player: Karl Malone (Uta) (115 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) ........ 986 63 48 4 0 0 Michael Jordan (Chi) ..... 957 52 61 2 0 0 Grant Hill (Det) ......... 376 0 3 54 23 16 Tim Hardaway (Mia) ....... 238 0 1 17 43 17 Glen Rice (Cha) .......... 134 0 1 13 13 23 Gary Payton (Sea) ........ 105 0 0 10 15 10 Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) .... 95 0 1 7 11 20 Patrick Ewing (NY) ....... 57 0 0 5 5 17 Anthony Mason (Cha) ...... 7 0 0 1 0 2 Shaquille O'Neal (LAL) ... 7 0 0 0 2 1 Scottie Pippen (Chi) ..... 6 0 0 1 0 1 Alonzo Mourning (Mia) .... 5 0 0 1 0 0 Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) .... 4 0 0 0 1 1 Mitch Richmond (Sac) ..... 4 0 0 0 1 1 John Stockton (Uta) ...... 3 0 0 0 1 0 Charles Barkley (Hou) .... 2 0 0 0 0 2 Allen Iverson (Phi) ...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Tom Gugliotta (Min) ...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kevin Johnson (Pho) ...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Steve Smith (Atl) ........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 Coach of the Year: Pat Riley (Mia) Player # of votes (out of 115 media votes) Pat Riley (Mia) ........... 69 Dave Cowens (Cha) ......... 22 Jerry Sloan (Uta) ......... 13 Danny Ainge (Pho) ......... 5 Doug Collins (Det) ........ 3 Bill Fitch (LAC) .......... 1 Lenny Wilkens (Atl) ....... 1 Flip Saunders (Min) ....... 1 NBA All-Rookie Team (29 coaches select first and second teams - maximum 56 points) First Team Player Points (first place votes) Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) .. 56 (28) Allen Iverson (Phi) ........ 55 (27) Stephon Marbury (Min) ...... 55 (27) Marcus Camby (Tor) ......... 48 (22) Antoine Walker (Bos) ....... 48 (22) Second Team Player Points (first place votes) Kerry Kittles (NJ) ......... 41 (13) Ray Allen (Mil) ............ 31 (4) Kobe Bryant (LAL) .......... 18 Matt Maloney (Hou) ......... 15 Travis Knight (LAL) ........ 13 Others receiving votes Player Points (first place votes) Vitaly Potapenko (Cle) ..... 12 (1) Lorenzen Wright (LAC) ...... 12 Dean Garrett (Min) ......... 9 (1) Derek Fisher (LAL) ......... 5 Shandon Anderson (Uta) ..... 3 Roy Rogers (Van) ........... 3 Erick Dampier (Ind) ........ 2 Tony Delk (Cha) ............ 2 Todd Fuller (GS) ........... 1 Othella Harrington (Hou) ... 1 Erick Strickland (Dal) ..... 1 John Wallace (NY) .......... 1 Samaki Walker (Dal) ........ 1 Most Improved Player: Isaac Austin (Mia) Player # of votes (out of 115 media votes) Isaac Austin (Mia) ........ 41 Doug Christie (Tor) ....... 17 Rasheed Wallace (Por) ..... 13 Voshon Lenard (Mia) ....... 9 Kendall Gill (NJ) ......... 7 Glen Rice (Mia) ........... 7 Lindsey Hunter (Det) ...... 5 Kevin Garnett (Min) ....... 4 LaPhonso Ellis (Den) ...... 3 Tom Gugliotta (Min) ....... 3 David Wesley (Bos) ........ 2 Tim Hardaway (Mia) ........ 1 Eddie Jones (LAL) ......... 1 Rony Seikaly (Orl) ........ 1 Monty Williams (SA) ....... 1 Rookie of the Year: Allen Iverson (Phi) Player # of votes (out of 115 media votes) Allen Iverson (Phi) ....... 44 Stephon Marbury (Min) ..... 35 Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Van) . 25 Antoine Walker (Bos) ...... 6 Kerry Kittles (NJ) ........ 5 NBA All-Defense Team (29 coaches select first and second teams by position - maximum 56 points) First Team Pos Player Points (first place votes) G Michael Jordan (Chi) ..... 51 (23) G Gary Payton (Sea) ........ 49 (21) C Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) .... 50 (23) F Scottie Pippen (Chi) ..... 53 (26 F Karl Malone (Uta) ........ 25 (10) Second Team Pos Player Points (first place votes) G Mookie Blaylock (Atl) .... 35 (10) G John Stockton (Uta) ...... 9 (2) C Hakeem Olajuwon (Hou) .... 26 (6) F Anthony Mason (Cha) ...... 22 (6) F P.J. Brown (Mia) ......... 19 (4) Others receiving votes Pos Player Points (first place votes) F Charles Oakley (NY) ...... 12 (3) F Dennis Rodman (Chi) ...... 11 (3) F Grant Hill (Det) ......... 10 (2) C Alonzo Mourning (Mia) .... 7 G Bobby Phills (Cle) ....... 6 (1) G Eddie Jones (LAL) ........ 6 G Mitch Richmond (Sac) ..... 6 F Glen Rice (Cha) .......... 4 (2) F Shawn Kemp (Sea) ......... 4 (1) F Clifford Robinson (Por) .. 3 (1) G Joe Dumars (Det) ......... 3 G Mario Elie (Hou) ......... 3 F Kevin Garnett (Min) ...... 3 G Doug Christie (Tor) ...... 2 (1) F Keith Askins (Mia) ....... 2 C Shawn Bradley (Dal) ...... 2 F Horace Grant (Orl) ....... 2 G Tim Hardaway (Mia) ....... 2 G Latrell Sprewell (GS) .... 2 G Terrell Brandon (Cle) .... 1 C Patrick Ewing (NY) ....... 1 F Tyrone Hill (Cle) ........ 1 F Chris Mills (Cle) ........ 1 C Charles Outlaw (LAC) ..... 1 G David Wesley (Bos) ....... 1 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award: P.J. Brown (Mia) IBM Award: Grant Hill (Det) Top 10 Finishers Player Points Grant Hill (Det) ....... 112.10 Karl Malone (Uta) ...... 97.42 Patrick Ewing (NY) ..... 97.00 Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) .. 96.83 Anthony Mason (Cha) .... 93.63 Tim Hardaway (Mia) ..... 89.30 Mark Jackson (Ind) ..... 86.80 Alonzo Mourning (Mia) .. 85.69 Vin Baker (Mil) ........ 84.66 Michael Jordan (Chi) ... 84.50 [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) ] Defensive Player of the Year: Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) Player # of votes (out of 115 media votes) Dikembe Mutombo (Atl) .... 60 Gary Payton (Sea) ........ 25 Mookie Blaylock (Atl) .... 18 Scottie Pippen (Chi) ..... 4 Michael Jordan (Chi) ..... 3 Joe Dumars (Det) ......... 1 Mario Elie (Hou) ......... 1 Rick Fox (Bos) ........... 1 Horace Grant (Orl) ....... 1 Shawn Kemp (Sea) ......... 1 Sixth Man of the Year: John Starks (NY) Player # of votes (out of 115 media votes) John Starks (NY) ......... 84 Toni Kukoc (Chi) .......... 7 Chris Gatling (NJ) ........ 6 Terry Mills (Det) ......... 5 Dell Curry (Cha) .......... 4 Sam Perkins (Sea) ......... 4 Isaac Austin (Mia) ........ 1 Mark Davis (Phi) .......... 1 Danny Manning (Pho) ....... 1 Bo Outlaw (LAC) ........... 1 Dominique Wilkins (SA) .... 1 NBA Sportsmanship Award (by division) Buck Williams (NY) Terrell Brandon (Cle) Jeff Hornacek (Uta) Mitch Richmond (Sac)