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While the list of candidates Bobby beat out for the 2004-05 Most Improved Player Award is impressive, the significant jump in Simmons' stats from 2003-04 to 2004-05 is even more noteworthy:

Simmons' Improvement Over The Past Two Seasons

SEASON G GS MIN FG% 3PT FG% RPG APG SPG PPG 2003-04 56 8 24.6 .394 .167 4.7 1.7 .91 7.8 2004-05 75 74 37.3 .466 .435 5.9 2.7 1.41 16.4 Increase: +19 +66 +12.7 +.072 +.268 +1.2 +1.0 +.50 +8.6

Most Improved Player Award winners have gone on to become All Stars, All-NBA selections, scoring champs and even NBA champions. Take a look at how this year's voting went as well as an all-time list of MIP winners.

2004-05 NBA Most Improved Player Voting Breakdown Player, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Total Bobby Simmons, Clippers 59 23 20 384 Dwyane Wade, Miami 15 16 6 129 Tayshaun Prince, Detroit 14 9 10 107 Primoz Brezec, Charlotte 5 10 20 75 Dan Dickau, New Orleans 5 9 16 68 LeBron James, Cleveland 4 10 7 57 Amaré Stoudemire, Phoenix 5 6 3 46 Joel Przybilla, Portland 1 5 8 28 Larry Hughes, Washington 1 7 2 28 Chris Bosh, Toronto 1 3 7 21 Grant Hill, Orlando 2 2 1 17 Udonis Haslem, Miami 1 3 2 16 Damon Jones, Miami 2 1 1 14 Luke Ridnour, Seattle 1 2 3 14 Gilbert Arenas, Washington 1 2 2 13 Kirk Hinrich, Chicago 1 2 1 12 Kyle Korver, Philadelphia - 3 - 9 Tyson Chandler, Chicago - 2 2 8 Josh Howard, Dallas 1 - 2 7 Joe Johnson, Phoenix - 2 - 6 Vince Carter, New Jersey 1 - 1 6 Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas 1 - - 5 Eddie Curry, Chicago - 1 2 5 Shaquille O'Neal, Miami 1 - - 5 Shawn Marion, Phoenix 1 - - 5 Brevin Knight, Charlotte - 1 - 3 Fred Jones, Indiana - 1 - 3 Gerald Wallace, Charlotte - 1 - 3 Jason Richardson, Golden State - 1 - 3 Reggie Evans, Seattle - 1 - 3 Drew Gooden, Cleveland - - 2 2 Anthony Johnson, Indiana - - 1 1 Mickael Pietrus, Golden State - - 1 1 Rashard Lewis, Seattle - - 1 1 Ricky Davis, Boston - - 1 1 Tony Parker, San Antonio - - 1 1

Most Improved Award Scoring System At the completion of the NBA regular season, a panel of selected writers and broadcasters is asked to rank their top three most improved players from the previous season. The votes are then tallied and scored on the basis below: :: 1st Place Vote - 5 points :: 2nd Place Vote - 3 points :: 3rd Place Vote - 1 point All-Time NBA Most Improved Player Award Winners Year Player, Team 1985-86 Alvin Robertson, San Antonio 1986-87 Dale Ellis, Seattle 1987-88 Kevin Duckworth, Portland 1988-89 Kevin Johnson, Phoenix 1989-90 Rony Seikaly, Miami 1990-91 Scott Skiles, Orlando 1991-92 Pervis Ellison, Washington 1992-93 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Denver 1993-94 Don MacLean, Washington 1994-95 Dana Barros, Philadelphia 1995-96 Gheorghe Muresan, Washington 1996-97 Isaac Austin, Miami 1997-98 Alan Henderson, Atlanta 1998-99 Darrell Armstrong, Orlando 1999-00 Jalen Rose, Indiana 2000-01 Tracy McGrady, Orlando 2001-02 Jermaine O’Neal, Indiana 2002-03 Gilbert Arenas, Golden State 2003-04 Zach Randolph, Portland 2004-05 Bobby Simmons, Clippers