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J.R. Smith, Kevin Love snubbed as NBA presents Social Media Awards

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June 2009 issue of King Magazine

Most importantly, Kevin Love got snubbed but picked up Tweet of the Night as a consolation prize. Second-most importantly, Lang Whitaker continued his meteoric rise into the mainstream media by co-hosting the awards with Shaquille O’Neal and Rick Fox. Before there was Twitter, and before there were hashtags or #trendsetter shout-outs, Lang was a trendsetter himself. For example, before the retro jersey fad came and went, Lang once covered a Mavericks-Knicks game at

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Tweet of the Night: Kevin Love – UPDATE

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Looks like I came up empty at the #NBASMA. The beard photo should have won...yes, I'm bitter.
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The first ever Dundies Awards NBA Social Media Awards took place tonight on NBA TV, hosted by Shaquille O’Neal and Rick Fox. To see all the nominations and the available awards, click here. Kevin Love, who made a guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s show just last night, was nominated for his “haircut” photo, but fell short against Jeremy Lin’s “couch” photo (which was actually taken by Landry Fields). As you can see by the tweet, Love wasn’t too happy about

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James, Bryant, Durant, Howard, Paul make First-Team All-NBA

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NEW YORK — MVP LeBron James received 118 of a possible 120 first team votes and was selected to the All-NBA First Team today along with Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic and Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers. The All-NBA Second Team consists of guards Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs and Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder, forwards Blake Griffin of the Los

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Tyson Chandler not on All-Defensive First Team

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If you win Defensive Player of the Year, you should probably be on the All-Defensive First Team, right? Wrong. New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler, who won Defensive Player of the Year honors this season, was bumped to the Second Team. The Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard was the center on the First Team. Defensive Player of the Year voting was done by a media panel, while the All-Defensive Teams were chosen by the NBA’s 30 coaches, who could not vote for players on

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Kyrie Irving only unanimous selection to All-Rookie Team

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NEW YORK — The only player to be unanimously selected to the NBA’s All-Rookie Team is the Rookie of the Year, point guard Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Joining Irving (58 points) and Minnesota Timberwolves rookie point guard Ricky Rubio (49 points) on the All-Rookie First Team are Denver’s Kenneth Faried (46 points), Golden State’s Klay Thompson (43 points), New York’s Iman Shumpert (40 points), San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard (40 points) and Detroit’s Brandon Knight (40 points). (The three-way tie for fifth necessitated a

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Who else was voted MVP? Ballot breakdown here

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Congratulations to LeBron James on winning his third MVP award. Now go win a title. Seriously. Neither of us is getting any younger. As avid readers of this site are aware, I cast my MVP vote for Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers, for reasons stated in this column. Five other voters agreed with me from a cast of 121 voters — sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, as well as an NBA.com MVP fan vote. James collected 85 first-place votes. Kevin

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