No All-NBA for Joe and Josh

[Joker]

Just Announced - 2011-12 All-NBA First Team: @KingJames, @KDTrey5, @DwightHoward, @CP3 & Kobe Bryant.@NBA: 2011-12 All-NBA Second Team: @KevinLove, @BlakeGriffin, @tp9network "Tony Parker", @RussWest44 & Andrew Bynum.https://twitter.com/#!/NBAonESPNThird team...Chris Mannix ‏@ChrisMannixSIAll-NBA Third Team: Rajon Rondo, Dwyane Wade, Tyson Chandler, Dirk Nowitzki, Carmelo AnthonyThe ridiculous votes...Howard Beck ‏@HowardBeckNYTAnd, onto the odd stray votes for All-NBA: David Lee, Marcin Gortat, DeMarcus Cousins, Paul Millsap, Serge Ibaka, Joakim Noah, Monta Ellis

[MaceCase]

Oh boy.

1st round exit.

No All Star representatives. (yes Joe was selected but even his own conscience told him 'c'mon son')

No All NBA representatives.

No All Defense representatives.

No DPOY candidate.

No MVP candidate. (ask Sund to confirm this for you)

No 6th man candidate.

No MIP candidate.

No COY.

No ROY.

No All Rookie.

No Executive of the Year.

No Sportsmanship award winner.

No Citizenship award winner.

And lest I forgot, No Larry O'Brien trophy winner.

But we won 40 games!

W L O C

[wfhawkfan]

Oh boy.

1st round exit.

No All Star representatives. (yes Joe was selected but even his own conscience told him 'c'mon son')

No All NBA representatives.

No All Defense representatives.

No DPOY candidate.

No MVP candidate. (ask Sund to confirm this for you)

No 6th man candidate.

No MIP candidate.

No COY.

No ROY.

No All Rookie.

No Executive of the Year.

No Sportsmanship award winner.

No Citizenship award winner.

And lest I forgot, No Larry O'Brien trophy winner.

But we won 40 games!

W L O C

GOAT post!

[HawkItus]

Oh boy.

1st round exit.

No All Star representatives. (yes Joe was selected but even his own conscience told him 'c'mon son')

No All NBA representatives.

No All Defense representatives.

No DPOY candidate.

No MVP candidate. (ask Sund to confirm this for you)

No 6th man candidate.

No MIP candidate.

No COY.

No ROY.

No All Rookie.

No Executive of the Year.

No Sportsmanship award winner.

No Citizenship award winner.

And lest I forgot, No Larry O'Brien trophy winner.

But we won 40 games!

W L O C

that works both ways you know......we had none of this......and Drew won 40 games(50 or so in a normal season) with injuries to the majority of our core at some point.......kind of understand why Drew is proud of what they accomplished.

[MaceCase]

Yea, but what did those 49.6666666666666666666666666 wins do for the Hawks in the postseason where there weren't historically bad teams to feast on?

[HawkItus]

Yea, but what did those 49.6666666666666666666666666 wins do for the Hawks in the postseason where there weren't historically bad teams to feast on?

Preaching to the choir, but you take away Josh and Al Horford from this team, and we fit into the next level of teams. Look series went 6 games. We didn't get swept. The margin of victory for the celtics save the blowout was minute in the grand scheme. We lost to a good team. We had some horrible shooting nights from our guys.

[lethalweapon3]

From the Snub Prediction post back on 4/27:

http://hawksquawk.net/community/topic/366728-all-nba-team-josh-smith/page__st__45

Carmelo Anthony – First: It’s New York. Second, Melo’s scoring binge after Amar’e Stoudemire and Jeremy Lin got injured will hold sway in the minds of some voters. Yet, Melo was prominently featured in the losing streaks that bookended Lin’s emergence, the latter streak costing his head coach his job and calling into question his ability to be a defensive presence and/or blend offensively with the other stars. Saving the team from falling out of the playoff picture is worthy of monthly accolades but not a season-long one. Although he’s not critiqued and characterized for this, his shooting percentage for long-distance twos (35% on 5.6 FGAs per game) is about as poor as Smith’s (36% on 6.3 FGAs per game). While he makes up for that with superior three-point shots, his percentage beyond the arc (34%) is still nowhere near what it was during after the Knicks traded for him last year (42%). And he experienced no career highs in any significant category. With or without the injuries this team endured, with or without a wunderkind in Lin, with or without luring J.R. Smith from China, this was a preseason lock by the pundits to at least surpass the Hawks in the standings. That they failed to do so should give voters pause, but of course it probably won’t.

Dirk Nowitzki – First: It’s the defending champ, with a high-profile owner ready to politick for his players as-needed and as well as any other owner. Second, taking a team behind the eight-ball already with the departure of Tyson Chandler, and putting them further behind the eight-ball with the flameout of last season’s Sixth Man of the Year in Lamar Odom, meant Dallas’ leaders had to double down to avoid becoming just the second defending NBA champion not to make the playoffs. While he led the team in points and defensive rebounds, Dirk’s per-game production (especially his field goal shooting, passing efficiency, rebounding and shotblocking) continues to slide. For the Mavs, to me a team who benefitted more from a solid coaching effort than an All-NBA impact, the transition to a defense-first squad under Rick Carlisle seems to be occurring with or without him.

FWIW, congrats to Smoove for not getting outvoted by Pau, Paula, Millsap, and Boozer (no votes, interestingly enough).

~lw3