On April 24, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued. The NBA officially announced the winner of the Most Improved Player Award this season, and 76ers star Maxey was successfully selected.
Maxey averaged 25.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1 steal and 0.5 blocks in 37.5 minutes per game this season, all of which are an improvement from last season. Last season, Maxey averaged 20.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.1 blocks per game. With Harden leaving the 76ers at the beginning of the season and Embiid suffering a long-term injury, Maxey took on the responsibility of leading the 76ers forward.
Rockets star Shin Kyung is also a candidate for the Most Improved Player award, averaging 21.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.7 blocks per game this season, compared to 14.8 points, 9 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.9 assists per game last season. The Rockets were at the bottom of the West last season, and this season they have become play-in contenders, and Shin Kyung has contributed a lot.
Bulls' Kobe White is another candidate. He averaged 19.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 0.7 steals per game this season, and he averaged only 9.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.1 blocks per game last season. In a previous interview, Kobe White bluntly said that he may not be elected, but he is definitely qualified to be shortlisted. In fact, he did make the final list.
P.S., the winners of the NBA's Most Improved Player Award in the past 10 years are as follows:
Dragic, Jimmy Butler, CJ McCollum, Antetokounmpo, Oladipo, Siakam, Ingram, Randle, Morant, Markkanen.