2023 nba awards

Most Valuable Player

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets

Defensive Player of the Year

Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis Grizzlies
Brook Lopez, Milwaukee Bucks
Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers

Most Improved Player

Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
Lauri Markkanen, Utah Jazz

Rookie of the Year

Paolo Banchero, Orlando Magic
Walker Kessler, Utah Jazz
Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City Thunder

Sixth Man of the Year

Malcolm Brogdon, Boston Celtics
Bobby Portis, Milwaukee Bucks
Immanuel Quickley, New York Knicks

Clutch Player of the Year

Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat
DeMar DeRozan, Chicago Bulls
De’Aaron Fox, Sacramento Kings

Coach of the Year

Mike Brown, Sacramento Kings
Mark Daigneault, Oklahoma City Thunder
Joe Mazzulla, Boston Celtics

finalists fwiw

feel pretty confident about whos going to win all of those except for clutch do not have a good handle on the clutch narative

i forgot there was a clutch player of the year guess it hasn't really pierced the general consciousness (because it is dumb)

it is for sure the dumbest one yet

should be fox

it seems like fox should be a heavy favorite, yeah

jjj dpoy

clutch guy

De’Aaron Fox this season:

— 1st in clutch points
— 52.9 FG% in the clutch
— 1st in 4th quarter buckets
— Most clutch points (194) since 2018 LeBron

1st Clutch Player of the Year in NBA history. pic.twitter.com/VBdoHdAwkS

— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 18, 2023

seems like they picked the right guy

also a Klutch guy

unanimous

The 2022-23 NBA Coach of the Year is… Mike Brown!#NBAAwards pic.twitter.com/lfXRzLlHj7

— NBA (@NBA) April 19, 2023

that's cool, good for him

congrats to malcolm of the celtics i thought quickley was gonna get this

Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon has won the 2022-23 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 20, 2023

wow!

celtics are so stacked he hasnt even really needed to do much just playing in the flow doing normal stuff

none of the media people i pay attention to had him so this is a nice surprise. i agree, sometimes it seems like he’s not having the impact of a typical 6man where the game tilts to his style or something, but he had his most efficient offensive season per TS% and is just really good at basketball.

def one of those guys who you appreciate more when you watch all their games

Steady as they come

wonder if he's the only guy to win both rookie of the year and sixth man

guess he's the second...first guy was the equally perpetually underrated mike miller.

ben gordon won sixth man as a rookie, but finished second in ROY voting behind...emeka okafor

tough having so many qualified candidates from uconn

joel gets the big one

salute to him he is most valuable

cute

your 2022-23 @Kia NBA MVP: @JoelEmbiid 🏆#KiaMVP pic.twitter.com/DNqnd5g9EY

— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) May 2, 2023

aw very heartwarming

trust the process

da votes

Jayson Tatum finished 4th in MVP voting as expected, receiving 89 of the 100 fourth place votes. That’s his highest finish of his career after coming in 6th last year. pic.twitter.com/cHYfn0qKJs

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) May 2, 2023

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FvKOtVnWcAAaSAY?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

all except for one top 3 vote was spread across the top 3 guys

nice couple of semi-troll votes at the very bottom you gotta give it up for sportswriters

idk he got the first one but the rest are pretty rough, one of those guys isnt even alive

MVP rankings in a couple years pic.twitter.com/t7iIACs9f6

— Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) August 19, 2014

rip chris paul

heh

no comment on the MVP award from me!

Nice job, big fella.

Joel Embiid is the first Basketball Without Borders (BWB) alumni to win the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award. Embiid participated in BWB Africa 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was coached by NBA players and personnel, including Dikembe Mutombo and Alonzo Mourning. pic.twitter.com/A6nhGhddFG

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 3, 2023

One thing that gets lost with Embiid because of how good he’s been and his outsized personality is how he started playing so late compared to a lot of players. It is pretty admirable that he has really continued to work on his game even this offseason he worked on his passing and cutting down turnovers.

yeah its crazy he actually has a great feel for the game which tends to be harder the later you pick it up

yeah he’s the exception to most of those late blooming big dudes it’s all the more impressive

not to mention he missed his first two seasons

the most important award has been bestowed, lock the thread

The winner of the 2022-23 NBA Hustle Award is... Marcus Smart!#NBAAwards pic.twitter.com/87AtlfItBe

— NBA (@NBA) May 4, 2023

he won last year too, the only two time winner, hustle goat

given annually to the player who best exemplifies the themes of the 2022 Adam Sandler film Hustle

it's nice that they invented an award to give to marcus so we can give the defensive player of the year award to the actual defensive players of the year

marcus won the dopy fair and square (years of narative building by celtics twitter)

honestly tho they should just have big man and perimeter dpoy awards so everyone gets a shot

that's a cool idea. especially w/ them making all defense positionless there will prob be 1 guard per year who makes first team

Cool idea. They should do that.

The All-Rookie team seems solid and uncontroversial:
Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero, Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler, Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin, Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray, and Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams.

The All-Rookie second team features Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren, Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason, Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey, Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr., and San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan.

jabari smith was awful prob shouldnt have a second team

looks like it