The first-ever NBA Awards on TNT – airing Monday, June 26 (9 p.m. ET), live from
Basketball City in New York will feature the traditional season-ending awards
along with six new categories to be presented during this year’s inaugural show,
all determined exclusively by fan voting across NBA.com, Facebook, Twitter and
Instagram.
> Featured Awards:
Kia NBA Most Valuable Player
NBA Coach of the Year
Kia NBA Rookie of the Year
Kia Most Improved Player
NBA Basketball Executive of the Year
Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year
Kia NBA Sixth Man Award
NBA Sportsmanship Award
Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award
NBA All-Rookie Team
NBA All-Defensive Team
NBA Cares Community Assist Award presented by Kaiser Permanente
> New NBA fan-voted awards:
Dunk of the Year
Best Style
Block of the Year
Assist of the Year
Game Winner of the Year
Top Performance of the Year
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> Finalists for the featured awards:
Kia NBA Most Valuable Player
James Harden, Houston Rockets
Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs
Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder
NBA Coach of the Year
Mike D’Antoni, Houston Rockets
Gregg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs
Erik Spoelstra, Miami Heat
Kia NBA Rookie of the Year
Malcolm Brogdon, Milwaukee Bucks
Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
Dario Saric, Philadelphia 76ers
Kia Most Improved Player
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz
Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets
NBA Basketball Executive of the Year
The nominees have not been announced yet.
Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year
Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz
Draymond Green, Golden State Warriors
Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs
Kia NBA Sixth Man Award
Eric Gordon, Houston Rockets
Andre Iguodala, Golden State Warriors
Lou Williams, Houston Rockets
NBA Sportsmanship Award
The nominees have not been announced yet.
Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award
The nominees have not been announced yet.
NBA All-Rookie Team
The nominees have not been announced yet.
NBA All-Defensive Team
The nominees have not been announced yet.
NBA Cares Community Assist Award
The nominees have not been announced yet.
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> Finalists for the fan-voted categories:
#DunkOfTheYear
Los Angeles Lakers’ Larry Nance, Jr. vs. Brooklyn
Minnesota’s Zach LaVine vs. Phoenix
Oklahoma City’s Victor Oladipo vs. Atlanta
#BestStyle
Cleveland’s Iman Shumpert
Chicago’s Dwyane Wade
Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook
#BlockOfTheYear
San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard vs. Houston
New York’s Kristaps Porzingis vs. Brooklyn
Miami’s Hassan Whiteside vs. Toronto
#GameWinnerOfTheYear
Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving vs. Golden State
Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook vs. Denver
Phoenix’s Tyler Ulis vs. Boston
#PerformanceOfTheYear
Phoenix’s Devin Booker 70-point game vs. Boston
Houston’s James Harden nets 53-16-17 triple double vs. New York
Golden State’s Klay Thompson scores 60 in three quarters vs. Indiana
Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook with most points in a triple double, 57-13-11,
vs. Orlando
#AssistOfTheYear
Golden State’s Draymond Green to Stephen Curry to Kevin Durant
Denver’s Nikola Jokic with no-look pass
LA Clippers’ Chris Paul with wraparound pas
The NBA Awards on TNT, created by Turner Sports and the NBA, is produced by dick
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