Marcus Camby wins Defensive Player of Year
InsideHoops.com NewsWire | Apr. 27, 2007
 The NBA announced today that Marcus Camby of the
Denver Nuggets has won the 2006-07 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.
The 6-11 forward/center averaged a league-high 3.30 blocks to go along with
11.7 rpg (tied for fourth in the NBA), 11.2 ppg and a career-high 3.2 apg.
Camby led the Nuggets in starts (70) and recorded a career-best 32 games
with double figures in both points and rebounds. Camby also led all centers
in steals (1.24 spg), while his assists were second among centers.
Since entering the NBA in 1996, Camby has been one of the game’s best shot
blockers. His career average of 2.56 blocks ranks fourth among all active
players and has led the league in blocks on three occasions – 1997-98,
2005-06 and 2006-07. Camby joins George Johnson, Dikembe Mutombo, Hakeem
Olajuwon and Theo Ratliff with three blocked shots titles, and is just one
title behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Mark Eaton for the most all-time.
Camby continues to work his way up the Nuggets’ all-time charts. He ranks
second on the team’s all-time blocked shot list with 841 and is seven
rebounds shy of passing Dan Schayes (3,086) for 10th on the Nuggets
all-time rebounding list.
Camby received 431 points, including 70 first-place votes, from a panel of
130 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada.
San Antonio’s Bruce Bowen finished second with 206 points and his teammate
Tim Duncan finished third with 158 points. Players were awarded five points
for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one
point for each third-place vote received.
The 2006-07 results and the league’s all-time NBA Defensive
Player of the Year Award winners:
2006-07 NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR RESULTS
Player, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts
Marcus Camby, Denver 70 23 12 431
Bruce Bowen, San Antonio 22 26 18 206
Tim Duncan, San Antonio 15 22 17 158
Shawn Marion, Phoenix 7 12 22 93
Shane Battier, Houston 7 11 18 86
Ben Wallace, Chicago 1 10 7 42
Gerald Wallace, Charlotte 3 3 3 27
Ron Artest, Sacramento 1 3 6 20
Tyson Chandler, NOK - 5 - 15
Jermaine O’Neal, Indiana 1 2 - 11
Emeka Okafor, Charlotte - 2 4 10
Tayshaun Prince, Detroit - 2 4 10
Kirk Hinrich, Chicago - 2 1 7
Andrei Kirilenko, Utah - 2 1 7
Quinton Ross, L.A. Clippers 1 - 1 6
Dwight Howard, Orlando 1 - 1 6
Josh Howard, Dallas - 1 2 5
Udonis Haslem, Miami 1 - - 5
Luol Deng, Chicago - 1 1 4
Kevin Garnett, Minnesota - 2 1 7
Josh Smith, Atlanta - - 3 3
Caron Butler, Washington - 1 - 3
Raja Bell, Phoenix - - 2 2
Devin Harris, Dallas - - 1 1
Yao Ming, Houston - - 1 1
Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers - - 1 1
Alonzo Mourning, Miami - - 1 1
Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia - - 1 1
Anthony Parker, Toronto - - 1 1
ALL-TIME NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS
Season Winner, Team
1982-83 Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee
1983-84 Sidney Moncrief, Milwaukee
1984-85 Mark Eaton, Utah
1985-86 Alvin Robertson, San Antonio
1986-87 Michael Cooper, L.A. Lakers
1987-88 Michael Jordan, Chicago
1988-89 Mark Eaton, Utah
1989-90 Dennis Rodman, Detroit
1990-91 Dennis Rodman, Detroit
1991-92 David Robinson, San Antonio
1992-93 Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston
1993-94 Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston
1994-95 Dikembe Mutombo, Denver
1995-96 Gary Payton, Seattle
1996-97 Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta
1997-98 Dikembe Mutombo, Atlanta
1998-99 Alonzo Mourning, Miami
1999-00 Alonzo Mourning, Miami
2000-01 Dikembe Mutombo, Philadelphia
2001-02 Ben Wallace, Detroit
2002-03 Ben Wallace, Detroit
2003-04 Ron Artest, Indiana
2004-05 Ben Wallace, Detroit
2005-06 Ben Wallace, Detroit
2006-07 Marcus Camby, Denver
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