NBA analysts give Raptors coach Sam Mitchell nod as their pick for coach of the year Tue, April 17, 2007 TORONTO (CP) - Sam Mitchell gets TNT's vote as the NBA's coach of the year. TNT's panel of NBA analysts announced their picks for the 2006-07 league awards yesterday, and four of the six TNT analysts -- Charles Barkley, Doug Collins, Reggie Miller and John Thompson -- picked Mitchell to win the Red Auerbach trophy as the league's top coach. Steve Kerr picked Jerry Sloan of the Utah Jazz, while Kenny Smith went with Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson. Mitchell has led a revamped Raptors squad with nine new players to its first division title in franchise history. They clinched homecourt for the first round of the NBA post-season with Sunday's 107-105 win over New York, and one win in their final two games will make this their most successful regular season in franchise history. The race for league MVP, meanwhile, was a dead heat for the TNT analysts. Collins, Miller and Thompson selected Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash of Victoria, while Barkley, Kerr and Smith picked Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki. The NBA's annual awards are decided by a vote of a panel of 124 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the U.S. and Canada. http://toronto.24hrs.ca/Sports/2007/04/17/4044153-sun.html --

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