Three weeks after the season ended for the Philadelphia 76ers the Sixers fired Jim O’Brien and replaced him with Maurice Cheeks; one of the most popular 76ers players in franchise history.
Grant Hill; the Orlando Magic forward who has come back from much adversity in the last few years was the recipient of the Joe Dumars Trophy for the 2004-2005 NBA Sportsmanship Award.
First Nash is honoured with being the MVP, then Mike D’Antoni with the coach of the year, now the suns executive Bryan Colangelo receives the Executive of the Year honours for helping bring the Suns franchise together.
A few days after Steve Nash was officially named the 2004-2005 MVP the Phoenix Suns’ coach was named coach of the year. Mike D’Antoni was honoured with the Red Auerbach Trophy after leading the Phoenix Suns to the best record record in the NBA. He received the most first place, and second place votes from the panel of 125 judges.
For the first time in as long as I can remember a basketball headline made it to both the front page of the paper and the sports front page here in Calgary and most of Canada. Steve Nash being declared MVP of the NBA during the 2004-2005 season was an amazing feat for many reasons. He joins Hakeem Olajuwon from Nigeria as the only international players to ever win the MVP crown. He also joins the likes of Bob Cousy, Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Allen Iverson as the only guards to ever win an MVP title. Not only that but he is also only the fourth player in NBA history to win the MVP award while leading the league in assists.
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