The Official 2018-19 NBA Awards
Giannis or Harden for MVP? Trae or Luka for Rookie of the Year? Time to look back at the 2018-19 NBA season that was and give out some awards
THE 2018-19 NBA SEASON HAS CONCLUDED, the Toronto Raptors are NBA champions, the draft is in the books, and most everyone has turned their attention toward this summer’s huge free agency. And so naturally, the NBA has chosen this Monday of all days to host its annual awards ceremony. It’s time to give out MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more for a season that feels like it was already so long ago. But awards are awards, so we ought to pick some winners.
I’ve actually written about most of these award races at length already, so many sections below are just brief recaps and links to the full piece if you’d like to read more, plus a few additional awards I’ve created and like to remember each season by. As much as anything else, this piece is just meant as a historical block of my picks for the season. Plus, I hadn’t chosen a Coach or Executive of the Year yet, and I saved my MVP picks for last.
You know the drill. Let’s get to the awards…
