NBA most improved players -- the name of the award says it all. These guys were considered the NBA most improved player of the season. They went from merely showing potential to improving as players and reaching it.

Boris Diaw of the Phoenix Suns was named the winner of the 2005-06 NBA Most Improved Player Award, the NBA announced today. The annual award is presented to a player who has made a dramatic improvement from the previous season or seasons.

Diaw received a total of 489 points, including 80 first-place votes, from a panel of 126 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. New Orleans/Oklahoma City’s David West finished second with 283 points (22 first-place votes) followed by New Jersey’s Nenad Krstic with 65 points (four first-place votes). Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third place vote received.

Related Link: NBA History

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
1999-2000 - 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, LA Clippers
2005-06 - Boris Diaw, Phoenix Suns