2024 NBA Awards

[InstaFace]

First one is in. In the coaches poll, the NBCA Coach of the Year is... Mark Daigneault.

No luck for Mazzulla, not yet anyway.

https://nesn.com/2024/04/celtics-joe-mazzulla-overlooked-by-colleagues-in-nbca-coty-voting/amp/

 

[Euclis20]

If it hasn't already been posted elsewhere, here's the award tracker:

View: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KMzwRcilLDej0BWl7eYE_OYC9Tx9olI_Ptn-nHjKfpQ/edit


Real early, but a couple of things so far:

-Jokic has finished first on 15 of 18 MVP ballots
-Jokic/Doncic/SGA have been on all 7 1st team all-NBA ballots, Tatum/Giannis were on 6 of them.
-Gobert finished first in 10 of 13 DPOY ballots
-Wemby is sweeping the ROY voting
-MIP (Maxey/White) and 6th man (Reid/Monk) could be close
-Daigneault has finished first on 8 of 9 ballots

 

[the moops]

-MIP (Maxey/White) and 6th man (Reid/Monk) could be close

6th man looks like it is all Naz Reid

 

[InstaFace]

6th man looks like it is all Naz Reid

Al Horford couldn't even get Bill Simmons' vote? For shame.

 

[InstaFace]

Alex Caruso gets the NBA's Hustle Award. Presumably because he's a white guy who wears a sweatband on his head. "he's just like us, the voters, if we happened to try as hard as he does!"

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40070089/bulls-alex-caruso-honored-nba-hustle-award

(the guy is a great defender and I hope he makes all-defense again to get recognized for it)

> Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes was second in the voting, followed by Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort and Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams.

!!

 

[the moops]

Alex Caruso gets the NBA's Hustle Award. Presumably because he's a white guy who wears a sweatband on his head. "he's just like us, the voters, if we happened to try as hard as he does!"

Geez dude. Maybe it's also cause you know every time you watch a Bulls game the guy is diving on the floor and throwing his body around?

 

[Just a bit outside]

Alex Caruso gets the NBA's Hustle Award. Presumably because he's a white guy who wears a sweatband on his head. "he's just like us, the voters, if we happened to try as hard as he does!"

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40070089/bulls-alex-caruso-honored-nba-hustle-award

(the guy is a great defender and I hope he makes all-defense again to get recognized for it)

> Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes was second in the voting, followed by Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort and Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams.

!!

There are no voters for this award. And, Marcus Smart is a 3 time winner.
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