ZILLGITT’S AND AMICK’S NBA AWARD SELECTIONS

Voters Jeff Zillgitt and Sam Amick of USA TODAY reveal their ballots for the NBA individual awards.

Most Valuable Player

LeBron James, Cleveland; James Harden, Houston; Anthony Davis, New Orleans; Kevin Durant, Golden State, Damian Lillard, Portland (Zillgitt). Harden, James, Davis, Lillard, Durant (Amick).

Most Improved

Victor Oladipo, Indiana; Julius Randle, Lakers; Aaron Gordon, Orlando (Zillgitt). Oladipo; Andre Drummond, Detroit; Julius Randle, Lakers (Amick).

Defensive Player of the Year

Rudy Gobert, Utah; Joel Embiid, Philadelphia; Horford (Zillgitt). Gobert, Embiid, Davis (Amick).

Sixth man

Lou Williams, Clippers; Eric Gordon, Houston; Wayne Ellington, Miami (Zillgitt).

Williams, Gordon, Ellington (Amick).

Rookie of the Year

Ben Simmons (Philadelphia); Donovan Mitchell, Utah; Jayson Tatum, Boston (Zillgitt).

Simmons, Mitchell, Tatum (Amick).

Coach of the Year

Quin Snyder, Utah; Dwane Casey, Toronto; Brad Stevens, Boston (Zillgitt). Snyder; Casey; Nate McMillan, Indiana (Amick).

All-Rookie team

Simmons; Mitchell; Tatum; Kyle Kuzma, Lakers; Lauri Markkanen, Chicago (Zillgitt).

Simmons, Mitchell, Tatum, Kuzma, Markkanen (Amick).

All-Defensive team

Horford, Green, Gobert; Jimmy Butler, Minnesota; Dejounte Murray, San Antonio (Zillgitt).

Murray, Butler, Robert Covington, Philadelphia; Davis; Gobert (Amick).

All-NBA team

Harden, Lillard, Davis, James, Durant (Zillgitt).

Lillard, JHarden, James, Durant, Davis (Amick).