Players, Coaches of the Month Named

[Accelerate]

The Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James and the New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul today were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month presented by Kia Motors, respectively, for games played from the start of the season (Oct. 28) through November.

Other nominees for Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month presented by Kia Motors were Houston's Yao Ming, Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, New Jersey's Devin Harris, Orlando's Dwight Howard, Portland's Brandon Roy and Toronto's Chris Bosh.

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The Boston Celtics' Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles Lakers' Phil Jackson today were named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month, respectively, for games played in October and November.

Other nominees for the Coach of the Month were Atlanta's Mike Woodson, Cleveland's Mike Brown, Denver's George Karl, Houston's Rick Adelman, New Jersey's Lawrence Frank, Orlando's Stan Van Gundy, Portland's Nate McMillan and Utah's Jerry Sloan.

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Sorry if I got your hopes up by bringing this up or anything.

 

[DevinNets34]

Frank must be mentioned.

 

[FOMW]

Well, given expectations and the difficulties inherent in coaching a team with 8 new players and few vets, I think Frank should have won, hands down.

 

[Денг Гордон]

Well, given expectations and the difficulties inherent in coaching a team with 8 new players and few vets, I think Frank should have won, hands down.

Doc Rivers and Phil Jackson's teams are on pace for 73 and 77 wins. I think they gave the award to the right coaches.

 

[FOMW]

Doc Rivers and Phil Jackson's teams are on pace for 73 and 77 wins. I think they gave the award to the right coaches.

Well who can argue with that logic?

 

[MaxaMillion711]

why CP3? i know hes good but...player of the month good?? they have lost more games than people have expected...

 

[killa kadafi191]

Kobe and Lebron are the best players on the planet.

Boston owns the NBA. Congrats to Doc Rivers great coach and he deserves everything he gets