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).