It looks like there was a rough consensus about the top teams in each category, which is good to see. KC and Philly were the two best teams; the Lakers were tops in defense, and KC and NY had the best offense.
The Lakers would have swept the defensive category except for Redz' bias. 
And I think the consensus pretty much bared out what some of the critiques about teams were:
KC getting Magic with the 4th pick (where he probably should have been 2nd, 3rd at worse)was huge as it allowed him an advantage straight from the start and Who rolled with that advantage.
New York, while a great offensive team seriously lacked any defensive presence to make it as anything other than a great offensive team.
Philadelphia had a bit of a difference of opinions mostly due to their back court. Two panelists rated them lower because of that back court and even though Philly got 3 1st place votes for best overall, those 2 votes having them much lower hurt their chance at the best team.
Los Angeles was THE dominant defensive team in this draft but Yoki's insistence on drafting purely defensive minded players early caused that team to be one of the worst offensive teams even though they had the most dominant scoring force in the game.
Seattle selecting Bill Walton instead of Magic Johnson killed any chance they had at one of the awards. I love me some Bill Walton. Respect his game immensely. But he was never healthy when dominant and Magic was dominant and spectacular in 2-3 different ways at different times in his career and when he was dominant, he was healthy.
I think after Bird, Magic, Kareem, Moses, and Dr J. there were no more transcendent superduperstars and its no surprise that the teams at the top of the lists had those players. Without one, you were just fighting to get into the top 3 in a category. This, I think, goes to show what a fabulous job some guys did selecting at the bottom of the first round. That teams like Denver, Atlanta, Washington, San Diego, Boston and Dallas could figure so high in some of the categories is a testament to how good they played this game.
Topic: 2013 CB Historical Draft: Awards and Voting Results (Read 9305 times)