Now that the NBA's voting for major awards this season has ended, the league has officially announced the top three candidates today. In terms of the Best Progressive Player Award, the three selected people are Garland, Morant and Dejuntai Murray, and the list has been questioned a lot since it was released.
The first three people to be selected for the award have indeed made good progress this season, with Garland averaging 21.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 8.6 assists this season, an increase of 4.3 points + 0.9 rebounds + 2.5 assists per game compared to last season. Morant has averaged 27.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game this season, an increase of 8.3 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.3 steals per game compared to last season. Murray has averaged 21.1 points, 8.3 rebounds and 9.2 assists per game this season, an increase of 5.4 points, 1.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game compared to last season.
But people like The Grizzlies' Bain, 76ers' Maxi, Warriors' Poole and others have improved even more from the data alone. Garland, Morant and Murray all have one thing in common this season, which is that they have been named to the All-Star Team. Among the players who have made the best progress in the past five years, in addition to Siakam, Randall, Ingram, Oladipo and Alphabet Brother were all all selected as All-Stars that season.
Therefore, the selection of the best progress award now, the all-star honor has become a potential selection criterion, which has also caused great controversy. Today, Dream Green angrily criticized: "If Poole doesn't win the Best Improvement Award, then the NBA really needs to reconsider their review process, because you can't find a player on the lineup list who has improved more than him, and if he can't be selected as the most improved player, then rename this award." ”
Thompson also said that if Poole does not win the fastest improvement award this year, the award will lose its meaning. Poole has averaged 18.5 points + 3.4 rebounds + 4 assists per game this season, an average increase of 6.5 points + 1.6 rebounds + 2.1 assists per game, and a huge increase in scoring efficiency. Do you think Poole should be voted the best progressive player?