With the regular NBA season that ends on Sunday, the Post NBA writers choose their awards winners. Here we go:
MVP
Stefan Bondy: Nikola Jokic, Nuggets. Sit with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but Jokic does not have so much help and is averaging ***** a triple-double of 30 pints.
Brian Lewis: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, thunder. The guard of the city of Oklahoma eliminates Jokic, who has won three of the last four awards, leading the league in annotations and the Thunder to the top of the classification.
Mike Vaccaro: Jokic It is so sharp between In and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but I still ask Myelf: Who would it implude without them? For me, he assured that for Jokic.
Defensive player of the year
Bondy: Amen Thompson, rockets. Only one plague and the number 1 reason why rockets have become a defensive team of the first five.
Machine gun: Evan Mobley, Cavaliers. Drayond Green was huge for Golden State and is campaigning openly, but the 1.6 Mobley blocks, 0.9 robberies and one year consistency for Cleveland are too impressive to ignore.
Vaccaro: MOBLEY. In another green with Green, he goes to the player in the best team (since he can’t go to Victor Wembanyama).
Coach of the year
Bondy: Kenny Atkinson, Cavaliers. An easy vote. Anyone who thinks about giving JB BickerStaff should consider this: Atkinson Tok about the same list that BickerStaff had last season and did it demonstrably better.
Machine gun: Atkinson. Brooklyn was fired by Brooklyn, wisely avoided the fire of Charlotte’s garbage container and now in his first year in Cleveland he has guided the cavs for the best record in the east.
Vaccaro: Atkinson. And this would be a fugitive choice, except, ironically, for the man that Atkinson replaced, JB BickerStaff, who has done a surprising job that revived Detroit.
Rookie of the year
Bondy: Stephon Castle, Spurs. Cover the disappointing rookie class 2025, but its irregular 3 -point shot has to improve to reach the next level.
Machine gun: Castle. His work after Wembanyama’s blood clotting clearly on a poor rookie class that includes Zaccharie Risacher and Zach Edey.
Vaccaro: Castle. He will happen to his teammate, Wembanyama, and the two will begin to give the rest of the league attacks from next year.
Sixth man of the year
Bondy: Malik Beasley, Pistons. It became a large part of Detroit’s resurrection this season with its 3 elite points shooting.
Machine gun: Payton Pritchard, Celtics. There were many candidates from Beasley to Russell Westbrook, but Pritchard’s maximum is 13.9 points at 40.6 percent of deep profits.
Vaccaro: Beasley This is a loser vote that seals a fact that Pritchard will obtain it, but Beasley has bone as vital as anyone in Motown rejuvenation.
Most improved player
Bondy: Dyson Daniels, Hawks. The most dumb postseason awards in the NBA go to the main perimeter defender of Atlanta, which has the task of covering the deficiencies of Bring Young in that area.
Machine gun: Daniels Upon arriving on Friday, he almost tripled his score at 14.3 points, and was and was averaging 5.8 boards, 4.3 assists and three best robberies in the league.
Vaccaro: Cunningham gift, Pistons. Cunningham has a step forward at the levels as a player, and as a result, the Pistons have increased multiple levels, from the right remains on the respectable right about the game team in the playoff participants. And maybe more.