Awards Season

[Pelicanidae]

Awards season is upon us, and the NBA has released the finalists for each of the main awards. Here they are:

The three finalists for the NBA’s six major individual awards ... all here in one place: pic.twitter.com/HAmnCQ1hmV

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) August 8, 2020

Given that we now know who we can actually pick, I figured it would be kind of fun for us all to give our choices for who wins what, as well as maybe putting together our All NBA teams. Obviously nobody has to, just thought it would be fun. And of course, feel free to argue with anyone over their choices.

Here's mine

MVP: Giannis Antetokoumnpo
DPOY: Giannis Antetokoumnpo
6MOY: Montrezl Harrell
ROTY: Zion Williamson
MIP: Luka Doncic
COTY: Nick Nurse

All NBA First Team: Harden, Luka, Lebron, Giannis, AD
All NBA Second Team: CP3, Lillard, Middleton, Kawhi, Jokic
All NBA Third Team: Simmons, Jimmy Butler, Jason Tatum, Bam Adebayo, Gobert

My third team is a bit sketchy cause I don't know if, for all NBA purposes, Simmons qualifies as a guard or if Bam qualifies as a forward.

So what about you guys, what do you think?

[Pelicanidae]

In case there's any wonder why I put Jokic over Gobert:

Nikola Jokic is relentless with the fakes pic.twitter.com/IGe4G1DwpA

— Jackson Frank (@jackfrank_jjf) August 8, 2020