Re: NBA Creates Six New Award Categories Determined By Fan Voting

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:16 pm

The NBA's inaugural award show will have six new awards that will be determined by fan voting.

Dunk of the Year, Best Style, Block of the Year, Assist of the Year, Game Winner of the Year and Top Performance of the Year will be included amongst the traditional categories announced on June 26th.

Dunk of the Year Candidates
Larry Nance Jr. over Brook Lopez
Zach Lavine over Alex Len
Victor Oladipo over Dwight Howard

Best Style
Iman Shumpert
Dwyane Wade
Russell Westbrook

Block of the Year
Kawhi Leonard blocks James Harden
Kristaps Porzingis blocks Spencer Dinwiddie
Hassan Whiteside blocks Pascal Siakam

Game Winner of the Year
Kyrie Irving vs. Warriors
Russell Westbrook vs. Nuggets
Tyler Ulis vs. Celtics

Top Performance of the Year
Devin Booker scores 70 points against Celtics
James Harden with 53 points, 17 assists, 16 rebounds against Knicks
Klay Thompson scores 60 in three quarters against Pacers

Assist of the Year
Draymond Green to Stephen Curry to Kevin Durant
Nikola Jokic to Wilson Chandler
Chris Paul to Brandon Bass

Via AJ Neuharth-Keusch/USA Today

shawn_hemp · Post #2 » by **shawn_hemp** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:24 pm

This is actually pretty cool IMO

Best Style is pretty subjective though

mixerball · Post #3 » by **mixerball** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:39 am

Dion got robbed. game winner of the year.

DJ3thenew23 · Post #4 » by **DJ3thenew23** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 1:49 am

shawn_hemp wrote:This is actually pretty cool IMO

Best Style is pretty subjective though

These are all subjective...

Pedro · Post #5 » by **Pedro** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:05 am

Boo! This is nothing but a pathetic ploy to make more money. I can see the same stuff on SportsCenter and NBA TV. Pass!

PrecociousNeoph · Post #6 » by **PrecociousNeoph** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:39 am

This is definitely the (bad) idea of the players themselves. They have been wanting to create their own awards show where players vote for years now and it loos like they finally got the next best thing. They always come up with these horrible, self-indulgent ideas and this display of vanity is simply the latest of such ideas

Donnyxc · Post #7 » by **Donnyxc** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:50 pm

mixerball wrote:Dion got robbed. game winner of the year.

"What's the Analytics on that?"

For shame it's not in the top 3.

Donnyxc · Post #8 » by **Donnyxc** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 3:55 pm

PrecociousNeoph wrote:This is definitely the (bad) idea of the players themselves. They have been wanting to create their own awards show where players vote for years now and it loos like they finally got the next best thing. They always come up with these horrible, self-indulgent ideas and this display of vanity is simply the latest of such ideas

The NBA is entertainment man. Basketball purists will say it's just about winning, and I respect that. But I applaud that they want to give players some additional credits for the best game-altering plays, even if it's a little about showmanship. It may take away from NBA TV/Shaqtin', but it gives true NBA fans (those who watch more than just their own team play) a little something extra.

It's not like the awards are going to be taken more seriously than traditional career statistics.

No one's going to go around saying "OMG look at Hassan Whiteside's career, he had the block of the year in 2017, he's now in GOAT conversation"...