As the summer begins, with the regular-season and playoff memories now neatly stored in our brains, it's time to highlight top individuals from the bj-league's eighth season.
Anthony McHenry was a team leader and all-around force for the Ryukyu Golden Kings once again. The versatile forward took home league MVP honors for the regular season, helping the Kings set a league record for victories (42). And though the Okinawa-based team fell short of its goal of repeating as champion, McHenry carried the biggest load and excelled in his fifth season with the team.
An inside (58 percent shooting on 2-pointers) and outside (one 3-pointer per game was his standard output) threat, the Georgia Tech alum scored 16.1 points, dished out more than 3.0 assists, collected 2.0 steals and blocked just over 1.0 shots per game. Furthermore, he made up for the extended absence of league icon and big man Jeff Newton (knee surgery) with strong rebounding to keep the Kings' winning ways on target.