The Baseline: 2019-2020 NBA Awards Preview
With so much movement around the association predicting the award winners for the upcoming season is no small order. On this week’s show we enlist the help of Jabari Davis to help us identify this year’s award winners.
Executive of the Year
Dennis Lindsey, Lawrence Frank, Elton Brand, Jon Horst & David Griffin
Coach of the Year:
Mike Malone, Loyd Pierce, Doc Rivers, Alvin Gentry, Brett Brown, Luke Walton & Quinn Snyder
Most Improved Player:
Jamal Murray, Terry Rozier, Jonathan Isaac, OG Anunoby & Malcolm Brogdon.
Defensive Player of the Year:
Joel Embiid, Rudy Gobert, Anthony Davis, Paul George, Marcus Smart, Myles Turner & Mitchell Robinson
Sixth Man:
Lou Williams, Spencer Dinwiddie, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Kyle Kuzma, Bobby Portis, Fred VanVleet & Joe Ingles
Rookie of the Year:
Ja Morant, RJ Barrett, Darius Garland, Zion Williamson & Michael Porter Jr.
MVP:
Joel Embiid, Nikola Jokic, Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, James Harden & Kawhi Leonard