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From high school to the Pheonix Suns Amare Stoudemire selected NBA's top rookie... San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich selected NBA's best coach. This time last year Amare Stoudemire was a student at Cypress Hill, Florida high school now he's the NBA's Rookie Of The Year. The manchild bypassed college and went directly to the NBA as a first round draft pick and ninth overall. He was voted the NBA Rookie of the Year by sportswriters and broadcasters in the United States and Canada. The twenty-year-old received 458 points -- including 59 of a possible 117 first-place votes to earn the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy as the league's top rookie. Houston's Yao Ming finished second with 405 points and Miami's Caron Butler was third with 179 points. The 6-10, 245 pound forward started in 71 of the Suns 82 regular season games averaging 13.5 points (tied for second among rookies) and 8.8 rebounds (first for all rookies) per game. He had 25 double-double games (points-rebounds) this season ranking him 18th overall in the league. His season high performance was racking up 38-points and 14-rebounds against the Minnesota Timberwolves on December 30, 2002. 2002-03 NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD VOTING RESULTS Five points are given for 1st place, 3 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd Rank - Player - Team 1st - 2nd - 3rd - Pts 1. Amare Stoudemire, Phoenix 59 53 4 458 2. Yao Ming, Houston 45 54 18 405 3. Caron Butler, Miami 13 9 87 179 4. Emanuel Ginobili, SanAntonio 0 1 2 5 5. Drew Gooden, Orlando 0 0 3 3 6. Nene Hilario, Denver 0 0 2 2 7. Carlos Boozer, Cleveland 0 0 1 1
GREGG POPOVICH NAMED NBA COACH OF THE YEAR San Antonio Spurs GREGG POPOVICH was named NBA Coach of the Year and received the Red Auerbach Trophy. He is the first Spurs coach in their history to win the award. The six-year Spurs coach received 281 points, including 40 first-place votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters in the United States and Canada. Popovich led the squad to a 60-win season enabling them to have home court advantage throughout the playoffs. The Spurs had consecutive 58 win seasons their two previous campaigns. The Golden State Warriors first-year head coach Eric Musselman finished second with 231 points (26 first-place votes) and Utah's Jerry Sloan finished third with 143 points (18 first-place votes). Popovich was an assistant coach for the Spurs under then coach Larry Brown from 1988-92. He left the squad and became Don Nelson's assistant at Golden State in the summer of 1992. He rejoined as their general manager on May 31, 1994. He took over as head coach in December 1996. The NBA had a players strike during the 1998-99 season and the league played an abbreviated 50 game regular season schedule. That season Popovich led San Antonio to its first NBA title, a five-game triumph over the New York Knicks, in the 1999 NBA Finals. The Coach of the Year Award is named after former Boston Celtic coach Hall of Famer Red Auerbach who led the Celtics to nine NBA Championships. *** POPOVICH CAREER COACHING REGULAR SEASON & POST SEASON YEAR TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT WINS LOSSES PCT 1996 San Antonio 17 47 .266 - 0 0 .000 1997 San Antonio 56 26 .683 - 4 5 .444 1998 San Antonio 37 13 .740 - 15 2 .882 1999 San Antonio 53 29 .646 - 1 3 .250 2000 San Antonio 58 24 .707 - 7 6 .538 2001 San Antonio 58 24 .707 - 4 6 .400 2002 San Antonio 60 22 .732 - 2 2 .500 TOTALS 339 185 .647 33 24 .579 TRIVIA QUESTION: Red Auerbach won the coach of the year award for the 1964-65 season. The award was first given in 1962-63 season. Question: Who were the first and second winners of the award? 2002-03 NBA COACH OF THE YEAR RESULTS Five points are given for 1st place, 3 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd Coach, Team - (votes) 1st - 2nd - 3rd - Total Points Gregg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs 40 - 21- 18 - 281 Eric Musselman, Golden State Warriors 26 - 27 - 20 - 231 Jerry Sloan, Utah Jazz 18 - 14 - 11 - 143 Rick Carlisle, Detroit Pistons 8 - 21 - 14 - 117 Rich Adelman, Sacramento Kings 8 - 16 - 13 - 71 Flip Saunders, Minnnesota Timberwolves 5 - 6 - 14 - 57 Hubie Brown, Memphis Grizzlies 5 - 6 - 4 - 47 Don Nelson, Dallas Mavericks 3 - 3 - 8 - 32 Larry Brown, Philadelphia 76ers 3 - 4 - 3 - 30 Maurice Cheeks, Portland Trailblazers 2 - 1 - 10 - 23 Frank Johnson, Phoenix Suns 1 - 5 - 2 - 22 Paul Silas, New Orleans Hornets 1 - 3 - 3 - 17 Byron Scott, New Jersey Nets 1 - 1 - 0 - 8 Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers 0 - 1 - 1 - 4 Isiah Thomas, Indiana Pacers 0 - 1 - 0 - 3 Rudy Tomjanovich, Houston Rockets 0 - 1 - 0 - 3 TRIVIA ANSWER: 1962-63 Harry Gallatin, St. Louis (first year as a coach)* 1963-64 Alex Hannum, San Francisco NOTE: The St. Louis team was the St. Louis Hawks prior to their move to Atlanta. The San Francisco squad were the Warriors that moved from Philadelphia. © Copyright: National Radio Any use of these materials, whole or in part, is prohibited unless authorized in writing by National Radio. Contact: nationalradio@yahoo.com
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