DOUNOBALL NBA Awards

1996-97 Awards

The season's major award winners and official All-NBA and All-Defensive team selections.

All award seasons

Major awardsAward winners7 honours

MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and the other major individual awards from this season.

Finals MVP

NBA All-Star Game MVP

Defensive Player of the Year

Dikembe Mutombo

Rookie of the Year

Sixth Man of the Year

Most Improved Player

Most Valuable Player

Official selections

All-NBA & All-Defensive teams

All-Defensive

1st

Dikembe Mutombo Gary Payton Karl Malone Michael Jordan Scottie Pippen

All-Defensive

2nd

Anthony Mason Hakeem Olajuwon John Stockton Mookie Blaylock P.J. Brown

All-NBA

1st

Grant Hill Hakeem Olajuwon Karl Malone Michael Jordan Tim Hardaway

All-NBA

2nd

Gary Payton Glen Rice Mitch Richmond Patrick Ewing Scottie Pippen

All-NBA

3rd

Anfernee Hardaway Anthony Mason John Stockton Shaquille O'Neal Vin Baker

All-Rookie

1st

Allen Iverson Antoine Walker Marcus Camby Shareef Abdur-Rahim Stephon Marbury

All-Rookie

2nd

Kerry Kittles Kobe Bryant Matt Maloney Ray Allen Travis Knight

NBA All-Star

East

Alonzo Mourning Anfernee Hardaway Chris Webber Christian Laettner Dikembe Mutombo Glen Rice Grant Hill Joe Dumars Michael Jordan Patrick Ewing Scottie Pippen Terrell Brandon Tim Hardaway Vin Baker

NBA All-Star

West

Charles Barkley Chris Gatling Clyde Drexler Detlef Schrempf Eddie Jones Gary Payton Hakeem Olajuwon John Stockton Karl Malone Kevin Garnett Latrell Sprewell Mitch Richmond Shaquille O'Neal Shawn Kemp Tom Gugliotta