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Coach of year:Sam Mitchell
TORONTO -- Sam Mitchell was honored as the NBA coach of the year Tuesday after leading the Toronto Raptors to a franchise-record-tying 47 victories and their first Atlantic Division title.
NBA Coach of Year voting
Voting for the 2006-07 NBA coach of the year as selected by a nationwide panel of 128 sportswriters and broadcasters. Voting is on a 5-3-1 basis:
Votes
Player 1st 2nd 3rd Points
Sam Mitchell, Raptors 49 43 20 394
Jerry Sloan, Jazz 39 28 22 301
Avery Johnson, Mavs 28 31 35 268
Jeff Van Gundy, Rockets 10 19 27 134
Mike D'Antoni, Suns 2 3 3 22
Don Nelson, Warriors -- 2 7 13
Scott Skiles, Bulls -- 1 9 12
Pat Riley, Heat -- 1 -- 3
Gregg Popovich, Spurs -- -- 2 2
George Karl, Nuggets -- -- 1 1
Flip Saunders, Pistons -- -- 1 1
Isiah Thomas, Knicks -- -- 1 1
"It's a great honor," Mitchell said. "It floors you. You're thankful. Words just can't express it."
Mitchell won the Red Auerbach Trophy in a decisive vote over Utah's Jerry Sloan. He picked up 49 first-place votes for a total of 394 points in balloting by 128 basketball writers and broadcasters. Sloan had 301 points followed by Dallas' Avery Johnson with 268.
"We recognized him for it this morning, " forward Chris Bosh said. "But the thing I love about him is he said it was a team effort."
Mitchell, the sixth coach in Toronto's team's history, guided the Raptors to an NBA-best 20-game improvement (27-55) over the 2005-06 season. The Raptors trail New Jersey 1-0 in a first-round playoff series, with Game 2 Tuesday night in Toronto.
Guard Anthony Parker praised Mitchell for building unity on a team that added nine new faces before the season.
"From the summer, after I signed, his focus was trying to get us all in and get the chemistry going early," Parker said. "Throughout the course of the season we seemed to come together pretty nicely. Sam obviously was a huge part of that."
Winners over the years
Sam Mitchell follows Dallas' Avery Johnson as the NBA's top coach. Here's a look back at some of the NBA Coach of the Year winners:
Coach Team Year
Sam Mitchell Raptors '06-07
Avery Johnson Mavericks '05-06
Mike D'Antoni Suns '04-05
Hubie Brown Grizzlies '03-04
Gregg Popovich Spurs '02-03
Rick Carlisle Pistons '01-02
Larry Brown 76ers '00-01
Doc Rivers Magic '99-00
Mike Dunleavy Blazers '98-99
Larry Bird Pacers '97-98
Pat Riley Heat '96-97
-- Source: NBA.com
During a 13-year playing career that ended in 2002, Mitchell was held in high regard around the league as a student of the game. Following two seasons as an assistant, he was hired as the Raptors' coach on June 29, 2004.
"He's done a great job with the ballclub," forward Morris Peterson said Monday. "He's really grown a lot over his first couple of years coaching. If anybody in the NBA deserves it, it's him. He's proved a lot of people wrong."
Guard T.J. Ford said Mitchell puts his faith in the players.
"He's going to give us the structure offensively and defensively, but it's up to us to go out there execute," he said. "He puts it in our hands and lets us control it. He's been great in that aspect."
Mitchell is finishing the final season of his contract, but there has been ongoing discussion of an extension.
"I think he does [deserve a new contract]," Bosh said earlier this month. "That was the question. Can he win? And he's shown he can."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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