Thanks for the trophy Marcus, but …
At $9.15 million per season, Marcus Camby draws a pretty nifty paycheck from the Denver Nuggets. Every time the Cam-Man hits the floor, $111,585.37 changes hands.
The NBA just named Camby its Defensive Player of the Year on Friday after Camby led the basketball world with a career-best 231 blocks. 
By the time the Nuggets exit the playoffs, however, count on Camby to pack up his trophy, his salary and decade of NBA experience and head elsewhere.
By comparison, AI made almost exactly twice what Camby did at 18.28M this season. Next year, Iverson’s compensation balloons to 20.1M. and 21.9M in 2008-09. Similarly, Carmelo will make 12.45M next season and 13.76 the next. The Knicks, who have the ca$hola to make this kind of thing work, should be so lucky.
Scoring guards don’t win games, championships or respect. All they win are headlines, scoring titles and video clip repeats on SportsCenter.
It was nice to have you in the playoffs, Denver. As a two-pony show, the west will bury you by the All-Star break.
Speaking of video clips (all in one game, btw) …
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