2020 NBA AWARDS SEASON

The Most Improved Player on Every 2020 NBA Team

Player improvement comes in all shapes and sizes. What players improved the most on every NBA team, ranked from 30 to 1?

WHO WAS THE MOST IMPROVED PLAYER IN THE NBA IN 2020? Player improvement comes in all shapes. Some players improve because they finally get more playing time; others get more playing time because they finally improved. Some guys learn how to shoot. Others fill out the rest of their game around an existing shot. Young players put the pieces all together. Veterans add that final missing piece.

This season, after 56,000 minutes in the league, 35-year-old LeBron James improved his passing and led the league in assists. In the NBA, there’s no such thing as standing still. You’re either constantly improving your game, or you get passed by someone else younger and hungrier.

So which NBA players improved most in the 2019–20 season? No rookies allowed; sophomores allowed but discouraged. Sophomores are supposed to take a big step, so they need a monster leap to merit discussion. A player doesn’t have to improve on the same team, but they do have to do more than just seeing their counting stats go up because they played more minutes. What skills have actually improved? Show me something.

Before the season, I predicted the top Most Improved Player (MIP) candidate for each team. Nine of those 30 players…