When to they announce the MVP and other EOY awards?

[GregWarriorsfan]

Okay, it looks like you can't edit your thread title. The word second word of the thread title should read "do", not "to".

Well, I pretty much put my question in the thread title. I just want to know when the end of year individual awards will be announced.

I just looked up last year when Durant won it and it seemed like it was in the first week of May. I was thinking it was right after the season was over with. It seems odd that they would allow for a few rounds of playoffs to be played and THEN vote on the individual awards. It seems that some early round results and player performances might get in the way of just judging the regular season.

Help me out here.

 

[GregWarriorsfan]

Lou Williams of Toronto Raptors named NBA Sixth Man of the Year

The first end of the year award is in. Lou Williams wins Sixth Man of the Year. Sorry for all of the damn commercials.

 

[GregWarriorsfan]

Mike Budenholzer of Atlanta Hawks named NBA's Coach of the Year

Coach of the Year. This was expected.

 

[GregWarriorsfan]

Kawhi Leonard of San Antonio Spurs wins NBA Defensive Player of Year Award

Leonard beats out D. Green and Deandre Jordan for defensive player of the year.

 

[Montalban]

Kawhi Leonard of San Antonio Spurs wins NBA Defensive Player of Year Award

Leonard beats out D. Green and Deandre Jordan for defensive player of the year.

Three pretty good choices there.

 

[GregWarriorsfan]

Just heard that despite the fact that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't make the playoffs this year.....didn't even play a game in the NBA this year, has won the 2014-15 MVP award.

Jabbar-wins-MVP-2014-15-who-can-believe-this-?

 

[GregWarriorsfan]

I made it look like a link. Cool.

 

[GregWarriorsfan]

Wiggins wins rookie of the year in a landslide.

Andrew Wiggins of Minnesota Timberwolves named NBA rookie of the year

Wiggins became the first Minnesota Timberwolves player to win rookie of the year, and he did it in a landslide. He received 110 of 130 first-place votes and had 604 points in the voting. Chicago's Nikola Mirotic finished second with 14 first-place votes and 335 points; Philadelphia's Nerlens Noel was third.

Had Miritoc played from the beginning of the year all the way through, he may have won it, in my opinion. Wiggins, though, is going to be one heck of a player.

 

[CitySushi]

Wiggins wins rookie of the year in a landslide.

Andrew Wiggins of Minnesota Timberwolves named NBA rookie of the year

Wiggins became the first Minnesota Timberwolves player to win rookie of the year, and he did it in a landslide. He received 110 of 130 first-place votes and had 604 points in the voting. Chicago's Nikola Mirotic finished second with 14 first-place votes and 335 points; Philadelphia's Nerlens Noel was third.

Had Miritoc played from the beginning of the year all the way through, he may have won it, in my opinion. Wiggins, though, is going to be one heck of a player.

Wiggins really came on at the end of the year. The guy is going to be a really good player/borderline Allstar in the league for the next 10 years.

Mirotic is good also, but he's not a rookie by any stretch. He's been a professional overseas for many years. I don't think he has nearly the upside that most do. I think he'll be Ryan Anderson with a better handle.

That being said an argument could have been made for Mirotic if Wiggins didn't have the monster last 2 months of the season, stats-wise, and that Mirotic has been integral to the success of a playoff team.

 

[GregWarriorsfan]

I agree with your comments. Mirotic is going to be a tremendous 3-pt shooter in the league for years. Yes, he's pretty much a catch and shoot guy, but his shot is really flawless.

Wiggins can score from anywhere, and his confidence is really increased greatly as the year wore on. As a rookie, he's already their "go-to guy".

Mirotic's age is about when a player would normally be coming out of college if he stayed there for all 4 years. It's fair to compare him to a player who chose to come out after one year in college.

 

[GregWarriorsfan]

Stephen Curry Reportedly Wins MVP Award for 2014-15 NBA Season

 

[GregWarriorsfan]

I think that this picture of Curry in the above post was when he dunked over Rudy Gobert. That's him pulling the ball waaaay back before throwing it down.

 

[GregWarriorsfan]

Stephen Curry's unlikely dominance leads to unlikely MVP - Golden State Warriors Blog - ESPN

It's official! Curry is MVP. He won by 236 votes, a fairly close win, over James Harden.

The following sentence from the article describes the best stretch of this season from Curry:

"The most astounding stretch came after the All-Star break, a period of time where Curry made 125 3-pointers in just 29 games. He did it while hitting 51.7 percent of his attempts."

This is me talking now:
Curry, more than any other player in today's game, has and will continue to change the way basketball is played. From high school to college and above, anyone with the strength to hoist up a 3-pointer who also has a great work ethic can become great at any level of basketball. You don't have to have the size or strength of a Shaquille O'neal or the athleticism of a Lebron James to be great or dominant at the highest level. Curry gives hope to millions of undersized kids out there around the globe.