The National Basketball Players Association has recently unveiled the categories that will be featured in the upcoming 'Basketball Players Awards'. These awards mark a departure from the traditional NBA awards since these are to be voted on by players instead of the media.
The categories as follows:
Most Valuable Player
Best Rookie
Man of the Year
Best Defender
Global Impact Player
Hardest to Guard
Clutch Performer
Coach You Would Want to Play For
Best Home Court Advantage
Player You Secretly Wish Was on Your Team
The media will continue to vote for the traditional awards such as MVP and DPOY but due to NBA players such as Kevin Durant taking exception to the fact players have no say in the awards process the NBPA thought it'd be best to introduce a separate awards categories in which they player have their say.
“I think media gets too much power to vote on stuff, quite frankly, that you don’t know a lot about, as much as we [players] know about it,” Durant said in February. “We play against these guys every single night, we battle against these guys, we know what they say on the court, we know how they handle their teammates, we know how they approach the game.
It seems Durant's wish has been granted as the winners of the awards will be unveiled this summer, expect to see a few different winners from the traditional awards voted on by the media.
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