NBA Players to vote on their own awards

[Alexander The Great]

NBA players to vote on their own awards
By James Herbert | NBA writer
April 8, 2015 12:06 pm ET
National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts sent out a memo on Tuesday to announce that the union will have its own set of awards starting this year. Yes, in a way, Kevin Durant will get what he wanted. The winners of the 2015 Players Choice Awards will be revealed at a meeting this summer in Las Vegas, via USA Today's Sam Amick:

"This program was created at your request to recognize outstanding performance of your peers, on and off the court," Roberts wrote. "No one knows better than you what it takes to shine."

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Roberts indicated in the memo that MVP is among the awards that will be voted on, and there is a "Man of the Year" award as well that will honor a player's efforts in the community.

No one should have a problem with this. If a large portion of the NBPA feels strongly that the players need a voice in this discussion, then the players surely have a right to make that voice heard.

 

[FTBS]

I'm with it. It's gonna be interesting to see how their awards compare to the media ones and which ones end up carrying the most cachet.

 

[Alexander The Great]

it will be interesting to see who gets voted MVP by the players cuz I think Harden is gonna win the media vote.

 

[Alexander The Great]

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

These will quickly become the most respected awards by the fans and players and coaches; basically everyone but the media.

i wish baseball players had their own hall of fame

 

[Dilltastic VolWon(derful)]

it will be interesting to see who gets voted MVP by the players cuz I think Harden is gonna win the media vote.

I actually think Steph is far more loved by the media. I don't see how he loses it.

This still will be really interesting though. It be even better if you could see which players voted for one another. It bring the rivalry aspect of the league to another level.

 

[SchoolboyC]

I actually think Steph is far more loved by the media. I don't see how he loses it.

This still will be really interesting though. It be even better if you could see which players voted for one another. It bring the rivalry aspect of the league to another level.

Nah they already said it'll be anonymous

 

[Houston911]

Lets make this retroacrive so we can erase nash out the history books

 

[Bomberman]

How any awards ceremony should be imo.

External validation as a whole is lame, but having the media do it becomes another unnecessary degree of separation.

 

[GreatestLaker]

This should have been done years ago. It makes no sense that bunch of old fat cacs who never touched a basketball in their life get to decide who is the MVP.

 

[PortCityProphet]

The media finna be mad they bout to get thrown in the bushes

 

[FTBS]

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the players used to vote for MVP back in the day?

 

[GreatestLaker]

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the players used to vote for MVP back in the day?

Yup they did.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the players used to vote for MVP back in the day?

Yes, the rule changed in 1980

 

[Brozay]

it will be interesting to see who gets voted MVP by the players cuz I think Harden is gonna win the media vote.

Nope you got it backwards

Steph wins media MVP, Harden wins players MVP