The 2017-18 season has been an eventful one, and Monday's awards show finally puts a cap on the year.
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Ben Simmons or Donovan Mitchell? How much competition will LeBron James give James Harden? Our Forecast panel gives picks and predictions for MVP, ROY, COY, DPOY, Sixth Man and Most Improved.
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Oscar Robertson will receive the NBA's Lifetime Achievement Award at the NBA Awards on June 25.
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Six of the awards being given out were voted on by the media: MVP, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man Award and Most Improved Player. Other awards include Executive of the Year (voted on by the league's executives), Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year (voted on by the players), NBA Sportsmanship Award (voted on by the players) and the NBA Cares Community Assist Award (voted on by fans and a panel of judges).
The fan-voted award for Play of the Year will also be handed out, with the finalists coming from the winners of the fan-voted categories for Dunk of the Year, Clutch Shot of the Year, Assist of the Year, Block of the Year and Handle of the Year.
Let's take a closer look at the six major media-voted awards and the trio of finalists for each one, which have already been determined, along with the ESPN Forecast projections for each category. (Note: Forecast projections were made before finalists were announced.)
Rookie of the Year | Coach of the Year | Sixth Man Award
Most Improved Player | Defensive Player of the Year | MVP
Most Valuable Player
Winner: James Harden, Houston Rockets
Other finalists: Anthony Davis, New Orleans Pelicans; LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
Most Valuable Player -- Past Five Winners
The league's premier award went to James Harden, the top scorer in the NBA for the league's top regular-season team.
Coach of the Year
Winner: Dwane Casey, Toronto Raptors
Other finalists: Quin Snyder, Utah Jazz; Brad Stevens, Boston Celtics
Coach of the Year -- Past Five Winners
Unfortunately for Dwane Casey, his great regular season in Toronto wasn't enough to save his job, though he landed on his feet in Detroit. Casey led the Raptors to the top seed in the East, won a team-record 59 games, and coached the All-Star team.
Sixth Man Award
Winner: Lou Williams, LA Clippers
Other finalists: Eric Gordon, Houston Rockets; Fred VanVleet, Toronto Raptors
Sixth Man of the Year -- Past Five Winners
Lou Williams, who averaged a career-high 22.6 points per game while leading the LA Clippers off the bench, takes home his second Sixth Man of the Year award. Williams also won in 2014-15 as a member of the Raptors.
Defensive Player of the Year
Winner: Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz
Other finalists: Anthony Davis, New Orleans Pelicans; Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
Defensive Player of the Year -- Past Five Winners
Rudy Gobert missed 26 games due to injury, but he was a major key to the NBA's second-best defense and was arguably Utah's most important player (The Jazz won 66.1 percent of games Gobert played in and only 42.3 percent of games Gobert missed).
Most Improved Player
Winner: Victor Oladipo, Indiana Pacers
Other finalists: Clint Capela, Houston Rockets; Spencer Dinwiddie, Brooklyn Nets
Most Improved Player -- Past Five Winners
Victor Oladipo represented the improvement of changing teams and roles. In Oladipo's case, he went from being a decent starter in Oklahoma City to an All-Star while improving his numbers across the board.
Rookie of the Year
Winner: Ben Simmons, Philadelphia 76ers
Other finalists: Donovan Mitchell, Utah Jazz; Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Simmons, the No. 1 overall pick in 2016, averaged 15.8 points, 8.2 assists and 8.1 rebounds per game for a 52-win 76ers team this season. This is the third time in the past four seasons that Rookie of the Year has gone to a former No. 1 overall pick, as Simmons joins 2014 top pick Andrew Wiggins and 2015's Karl-Anthony Towns as members of the ROY club. Simmons is the first player to win the award after missing the entire season following being drafted since Blake Griffin, the top overall pick in 2009, won Rookie of the Year honors in 2010-11.
Rookie of the Year -- Past Five Winners
Other Awards
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Bill Russell has quite the reaction as Charles Barkley shows respect before presenting the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Executive of the Year
Winner: Daryl Morey, Houston Rockets
Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year
Winner:Jamal Crawford, Minnesota Timberwolves
Sportsmanship Award
Winner:Kemba Walker, Charlotte Hornets
Seasonlong NBA Cares Community Assist Award
Winner:Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors
Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: Oscar Robertson
Sager Strong Award
Winner:Dikembe Mutombo
Hustle Award
Winner:Amir Johnson, Philadelphia 76ers
Fan-Voted Awards
Play of the Year
Winner: LeBron James (Clutch Shot)
Other Finalists: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Dunk), LeBron James (Assist), Anthony Davis (Block), Kyrie Irving (Handle)
Dunk of the Year
Winner: Giannis Antetokounmpo - Feb. 6 vs. Knicks
Other nominees: LeBron James, DeMar DeRozan, Larry Nance Jr., Donovan Mitchell
Clutch Shot of the Year
Winner: LeBron James - Feb. 7 vs. Timberwolves
Other nominees: Andrew Wiggins, Damian Lillard, Terry Rozier, Devin Booker
Assist of the Year
Winner: LeBron James - March 11 vs. Lakers
Other nominees: Kyle Anderson, Milos Teodosic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ben Simmons
Block of the Year
Winner: Anthony Davis - March 11 vs. Jazz
Other nominees: Kristaps Porzingis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bam Adebayo, Marquese Chriss
Handle of the Year
Winner: Kyrie Irving - Oct. 26 vs. Bucks
Other nominees: James Harden, Kemba Walker, Josh Jackson, Chris Paul
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