2011 NBA D-League Award Winners: We Have Vote Totals!

by Scott Schroeder on Apr 22, 2025 12:15 PM EDT in D-League Player News

The 2011 D-League Awards have all been handed out and, aside from the awarding of Curtis Stinson the MVP award in what seems to be the wrong message, most were met by my eyes without controversy.

Regardless, Duane Rankin of the Erie Times-News made the case for why Erie BayHawks forward Ivan Johnson and head coach Jay Larranaga both deserved the top spots in the NBA Development League MVP and Coach of the Year awards and I noticed that he had voting totals for the top three in each category (Johnson and Larranaga both finished third in their award races).

Seeing that, I decided to see if I could track down the finalists in the rest of the categories (and I did, posted after the jump) as something for the D-League hardcore fans to chew on until the finals begin on Sunday evening with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers hosting the Iowa Energy.

Things that really stuck out to me:

Trey Johnson and Stinson both tying for first place votes in the MVP (Johnson would have received my vote)
Former New Jersey Nets big man Sean Williams having more first place votes than current Portland Trail Blazer Chris Johnson in the Defensive Player of the Year category, but Johnson still winning the award.
DeShawn Sims completely running away with the Rookie of the Year (well deserved).
Jeff Adrien getting five first place votes for Impact Player of the Year, but zero second and third place votes. WHAT!?
Most improved player was wide freakin' open.
Antoine Walker!


Most Valuable Player	Team	First	Second	Third	Total
1. Curtis Stinson	Iowa Energy	5	4	1	24
2. Trey Johnson	Bakersfield Jam	5	1	5	22
3. Ivan Johnson	Erie BayHawks	1	5	3	16

Coach of the Year	Team	First	Second	Third	Total
1. Nick Nurse	Iowa Energy	5	2	1	20
2. Nate Tibbetts	Tulsa 66ers	4	3	1	19
3. Jay Larranaga	Erie BayHawks	2	3	4	16

Defensive Player of Year	Team	First	Second	Third	Total
1. Chris Johnson	Dakota Wizards	4	4	4	24
2. Sean Williams	Texas Legends	5	3	2	23
3. Othyus Jeffers	Iowa Energy	2	1	2	10

Rookie of the Year	Team	First	Second	Third	Total
1. DeShawn Sims	Maine Red Claws	10	2	1	35
2. Marqus Blakely	Iowa Energy	2	5	1	17
3. Tasmin Mitchell	Erie BayHawks	1	3	4	13


Most Improved Player	Team	First	Second	Third	Total
1. Dar Tucker	New Mexico Thunderbirds	2	1	0	8
2. Anthony Goods	Dakota Wizards	2	0	0	7
3. Donald Sloan	Reno Bighorns	2	0	0	6

Impact Player	Team	First	Second	Third	Total
1. Jeff Adrien	Rio Grande Valley Vipers	5	0	0	15
2. Ronald Dupree	Utah Flash	3	0	2	11
3. Antoine Walker	Idaho Stampede	1	2	1	8

Sportsmanship Award	Team	First	Second	Third	Total
1. Larry Owens	Tulsa 66ers	3	6	2	23
2. Renaldo Major	Dakota Wizards	5	2	3	22
3. Kyle Weaver	Austin Toros	2	1	1	9

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Good for Sims,

His RoY was almost inevitable, but well deserved. I was surprised when he wasn’t drafted last year, but it looks like he’ll get into the NBA eventually.

@davisjrich

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