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Awards show on TNT Monday June 25 9pm ET Discussion

Rudy is pretty much the run away DPOY at this point. Snyder stands a fair chance because he got such a push towards the end of the regular season. Stevens may win and would be deserving. Simmons will probably win ROTY, but I'd vote Mitchell any day of the week over him. Not so much because I'm a Jazz fan, but because I think he's had a greater impact on the Jazz than Simmons had on the 6'ers.
 
The writers are voting for Simmons because they had already made up their mind at the beginning of the season. The players knew better. But then they voted before the playoffs.
 
Jazz are going to sweep this and then the narrative is going to switch to Jazz are overhyped and then Jazz are going to be hated again.
 
You guys know they schedule this stuff to continue to stay relevant year round... it's basically genius... Playoffs, Finals, Draft, Stupid show, Free Agency, Summer League, brief pause for 2 months... training camp, season.
 
I think the draft needs to stay before free agency. But I get it...sometimes it would be helpful to know which free agents you are keeping or getting so you can draft accordingly. But the reverse is also true. With Allen being drafted, Utah likely looks for a 4 or combo forward in free agency, not a SG.

As for the awards, Stevens eserves COY. Boston had a ton of injuries in the regular season, and Kyrie went down for the playoffs. Still they made it to the EC Finals. My second choice would be Casey. Best record in East. The knock is that he gets outcoached in the playoffs. But this is a regular season award. It's tough because Quin also did a helluva job.

No doubt Gobert deserves DPOY.

As for rookie, I have to give the nod to Simmons. He averaged nearly a triple double. He knows his limitations and wont chuck from 3pt range. Donovan was just too inefficient. He's exciting for sure and is becoming a mega star, but in all honesty, even though I hope he wins, I just think Simmons had a slightly better season, by the narrowest of margins. TBH, I'm hoping for a tie.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
You guys know they schedule this stuff to continue to stay relevant year round... it's basically genius... Playoffs, Finals, Draft, Stupid show, Free Agency, Summer League, brief pause for 2 months... training camp, season.
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And almost every year there is a FIBA World Cup or FIBA Euro Championship or Olympics to watch in the 2 months there is no NBA-related events.
 
stitches said:
And almost every year there is a FIBA World Cup or FIBA Euro Championship or Olympics to watch in the 2 months there is no NBA-related events.
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NBA is much smarter and progressive than other leagues... capturing dollars and market share because of it.
 
Snyder deserves COY. We lose our #1 scorer to the other COY candidate and still get to the second round of the playoffs. COY.

Rudy will likely win as well but it's not a lock.

DM deserves ROY. I think him winning every other ROY is proof people don't view nor want Simmons as ROY. Though the silver lining is if Simmons wins it will simply make Mitchell work harder. Then he can win MVP next season and laugh at the fact Simmons can't hit a three.

The fact we have a candidate for three categories shows us DL knows what's up; I am telling myself that in lieu of the recent draft.
 
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