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NBA NEWS - CHICAGO'S DERRICK ROSE WINS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD
Rose totaled 1,182 points including 113 first-place votes, from a panel of 120 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada as well as an NBA MVP fan vote
NEW YORK, NY USA Wednesday May 04, 2011 Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls is the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the 2010-11 NBA Most Valuable Player Award, the NBA announced. Rose, who does not turn 23 until Oct. 4, becomes the league's youngest MVP, a distinction previously held by Wes Unseld, who earned the honor in 1968-69 as a 23-year-old. Rose totaled 1,182 points including 113 first-place votes, from a panel of 120 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada as well as an NBA MVP fan vote. For the second consecutive season, the NBA gave fans the opportunity to submit their votes by ranking their top five choices through a dedicated Web page on NBA.com. The fan vote counted as one vote and was compiled with the 120 media votes to determine the winner. Players were awarded 10 points for each first-place vote, seven points for each second-place vote, five for third, three for fourth and one for each fifth-place vote received. Rounding out the top five in voting are Orlando's Dwight Howard (643 points, three first place), Miami's LeBron James (522, four first-place votes), the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (428, one first-place vote) and Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant (190). Rose, who became the first player since Steve Nash in 2005 to win the MVP award after not receiving any votes in the previous year's balloting, led the Bulls to an NBA-best 62-20 mark. The third-year player averaged team highs of 25.0 points and 7.7 assists to go along with 4.1 rebounds. He became the seventh player in NBA history to average at least 25.0 points, 7.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds, joining Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. The All-Star guard made or assisted on at least half of the Bulls' field goals in 26 games, the highest such total for any NBA player this season. Rose, who recorded 23 double-doubles and scored at least 30 points on 23 occasions after doing so eight times combined in his first two seasons, was the only player in the NBA to rank in the top 10 in scoring (seventh) and assists (10th). Only once in team history had a Bulls player finished in the top 10 in scoring and assists (Michael Jordan, 1988-89). Rose tallied 2,026 points, 623 assists and 330 rebounds, becoming only the fifth player in NBA history to post 2,000 points, 600 assists and 300 rebounds in a single season as he joined Robertson, John Havlicek, Jordan and James. The NBA MVP trophy is named in honor of the late Maurice Podoloff, the first commissioner of the NBA who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1963. 2009-10 NBA MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD VOTING RESULTS
ALL-TIME MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD PRESENTED BY KIA MOTORS WINNERS Season ---- Player ---- Team 1955-56 - Bob Pettit, St. Louis 1956-57 - Bob Cousy, Boston 1957-58 - Bill Russell, Boston 1958-59 - Bob Pettit, St. Louis 1959-60 - Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 1960-61 - Bill Russell, Boston 1961-62 - Bill Russell, Boston 1962-63 - Bill Russell, Boston 1963-64 - Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati 1964-65 - Bill Russell, Boston 1965-66 - Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 1966-67 - Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 1967-68 -Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 1968-69 - Wes Unseld, Baltimore 1969-70 - Willis Reed, New York 1970-71 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee 1971-72 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee 1972-73 - Dave Cowens, Boston 1973-74 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee 1974-75 - Bob McAdoo, Buffalo 1975-76 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles 1976-77 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles 1977-78 - Bill Walton, Portland 1978-79 - Moses Malone, Houston 1979-80 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles 1980-81 - Julius Erving, Philadelphia 1981-82 - Moses Malone, Houston 1982-83 - Moses Malone, Philadelphia 1983-84 - Larry Bird, Boston 1984-85 - Larry Bird, Boston 1985-86 - Larry Bird, Boston 1986-87 - Magic Johnson, L.A. Lakers 1987-88 - Michael Jordan, Chicago 1988-89 - Magic Johnson, L.A. Lakers 1989-90 - Magic Johnson, L.A. Lakers 1990-91 - Michael Jordan, Chicago 1991-92 - Michael Jordan, Chicago 1992-93 - Charles Barkley, Phoenix 1993-94 - Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston 1994-95 - David Robinson, San Antonio 1995-96 - Michael Jordan, Chicago 1996-97 - Karl Malone, Utah 1997-98 - Michael Jordan, Chicago 1998-99 - Karl Malone, Utah 1999-00 - Shaquille O'Neal, L.A. Lakers 2000-01 - Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 2001-02 - Tim Duncan, San Antonio 2002-03 - Tim Duncan, San Antonio 2003-04 - Kevin Garnett, Minnesota 2004-05 - Steve Nash, Phoenix 2005-06 - Steve Nash, Phoenix 2006-07 - Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas 2007-08 - Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers 2008-09 – LeBron James, Cleveland 2009-10 – LeBron James, Cleveland 2010-11 - Derrick Rose, Chicago NBA
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