2016-17 NBA Awards: Naming Favorites in Each Category Through November

November 29th, 2016 by Adam Fromal Leave a reply »
The NBA doesn't hand out its major awards—Most Improved Player, Coach of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player—until the season has run its course.

But we're jumping the gun here, turning yearly awards into monthly honors and rewarding those who have performed best up to the relevant point in the season.

We don't have to worry about who will win the actual trophies. Instead, we're concerned with who should win them—an important clarification for awards such as MVP, since we're willing to congratulate a player who's not on a true contender, even if that's more unlikely at the end of the year.

Prepare for the hardware.

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