2005 in Basketball - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

  • Professional
    • Men
      • NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Steve Nash
      • NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Emeka Okafor
      • NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Ben Wallace
      • FIBA Europe Player of the Year Award: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks and Germany
      • Euroscar Award: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks and Germany
      • Mr. Europa: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks and Germany
    • Women
      • WNBA Most Valuable Player Award: Sheryl Swoopes
      • FIBA Europe Player of the Year Award: Maria Stepanova, CSKA Samara, Connecticut Sun, and Russia
  • Collegiate
    • Naismith College Player of the Year
      • Men: Andrew Bogut, Utah
      • Women: Seimone Augustus, LSU
    • John R. Wooden Award
      • Men: Andrew Bogut, Utah
      • Women: Seimone Augustus, LSU
    • Naismith College Coach of the Year
      • Men: Bruce Weber, Illinois
      • Women: Pokey Chatman, LSU
    • Women's awards:
      • Wade Trophy: Seimone Augustus, LSU
      • Nancy Lieberman Award: Temeka Johnson, LSU

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