The NBA Playoffs are off to a great start, with a few of the first round series projected to go seven games. This will give fans more to cheer about and discuss, which is what basketball fans love to do.
The NBA gave fans more to cheer about yesterday when they announced they would hold their first ever NBA Awards in June, which would be hosted by Drake. Today they will be revealing the categories and nominees for the selected awards, and guess what fans- you will be selecting the winner. That’s right. The NBA is showing even more fan love as your votes will decide which players will win awards in categories such as Dunk Of The Year, Best Style and Block Of The Year.
But you don’t have to wait for the official announcement as we got a sneak peak at the list. Check it out:
Dunk Of The Year
Los Angeles Lakers’ Larry Nance, Jr. vs. Brooklyn
Minnesota’s Zach LaVine vs. Phoenix
Oklahoma City’s Victor Oladipo vs. Atlanta
Best Style
Cleveland’s Iman Shumpert
Chicago’s Dwyane Wade
Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook
Block Of The Year
San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard vs. Houston
New York’s Kristaps Porzingis vs. Brooklyn
Miami’s Hassan Whiteside vs. Toronto
Game Winner Of The Year
Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving vs. Golden State
Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook vs. Denver
Phoenix’s Tyler Ulis vs. Boston
Top Performance Of The Year
Phoenixs Devin Booker 70-point game vs. Boston
Houstons James Harden nets 53-16-17 triple double vs. New York
Golden States Klay Thompson scores 60 in three quarters vs. Indiana
Oklahoma Citys Russell Westbrook with most points in a triple double, 57-13-11, vs. Orlando
Assist Of The Year
Golden States Draymond Green to Stephen Curry to Kevin Durant
Denvers Nikola Jokic with no-look pass
LA Clippers Chris Paul with wraparound pass
Per the press release, fan participation is easy and it starts tonight:
“The winner will be determined exclusively by fan voting across NBA.com, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Fan-voted awards will go live tonight via www.nba.com/nbaawards. Fans can vote on social media by posting #AwardName and First / Last Name of their winner (i.e. #DunkOfTheYear Larry Nance).”
