On May 21, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced 3 candidates for the 6 major awards this season: the MVP candidates are Curry of the Warriors, Jokic of the Nuggets and Embiid of Philadelphia; the best rookie candidates are the three goals of the Hornets, Edwards of the Timberwolves, and Haliburton of the Kings; the best sixth-person candidates are Clarkson of the Jazz, Ingles of the Jazz, and Rose of the Knicks; the candidates for the best defensive player are Gobert of the Jazz, Green of the Warriors, and Simmons of Philadelphia The candidates for the fastest improving players are Grant of the Pistons, Porter Jr. of the Nuggets and Randall of the Knicks; the best manager candidates are Snyder of the Jazz, Thibodeau of the Knicks and Monty Williams of the Suns.
According to the NBA League's award rules, each award will announce 3 candidates according to the number of votes, and then the final attribution of the award will be announced on a selected date. Judging from the official list of candidates, who are the beads of the annual award?
The league's list has caused a lot of discussion, and the most vocal pearl is Chris Paul. Many fans believe that Paul has completed the transformation of the Sun from a fish belly to a strong team, and he deserves to be one of the MVP candidates. James Posey, a veteran of the NBA who has played 12 seasons and has won three championships, has publicly stated that this season's MVP should belong to Paul. There is also a tone in the US media: if the meaning of the MVP award is what it should be, Paul is fully worthy of being selected.
In the basic data, Paul is certainly not the opponent of Jokic, Curry and Embiid, but when it comes to improving the team, Paul's influence is not inferior to the above three, or even higher.
In addition to Paul, some other awards have also been mentioned by fans as candidates for the lost pearl. For example, the best rookie award, some fans mentioned the Rockets' Tate; the best sixth man award, some fans mentioned brunson of the Lone Ranger; for example, the fastest improving player award, some fans mentioned the Cavaliers' Garland; the best defensive player, some fans mentioned Capela and Adebayo; the best head coach, some fans mentioned Rivers in Philadelphia.
From a team perspective, the Jazz seem to be the biggest winners, with four of them on the nominee list, while popular teams Lakers and Nets don't make the list. On closer inspection, neither team is really expected to join the competition for the above 6 awards.
Nets reporter Winfield wrote: "As expected, the Nets did not make the top three of any one award, and Nash did not make the top three of the best head coach award, but I expect Sean Max to get the vote for best general manager." "Like Winfield said, the Nets, who are not on the list, may have another gain, and to create such a super team, Max deserves to be praised." Of course, the harvest they crave most is a golden championship trophy.