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With his performance, it's not far that he will get that award, but the big award is winning the NBA Finals and getting the Finals MVP, and IMO, only great players do that like Lebron James, Kawhi Leonard, and Kevin Durant, Giannis badly need that kind of award.

Article was made April 15, 2020. After lockdown before NBA restart.
I don't know if something change the mind of those names who voted for them.
PS: I can only cut thru that part. Use the link for the full list.

With his performance, it's not far that he will get that award, but the big award is winning the NBA Finals and getting the Finals MVP, and IMO, only great players do that like Lebron James, Kawhi Leonard, and Kevin Durant, Giannis badly need that kind of award.

Here are the CBS Sports NBA staff's picks for 2019-20 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Most Improved Player, Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year. Here's how we tallied our picks: Five points were awarded for a first-place vote; three points for a second-place vote; one point for a third-place vote.

For our All-NBA picks, click here. Also, James Herbert has you covered with his season superlative picks. 

I'll doubt this time if he can get both of those awards, but who knows? I think Giannis has a chance to get those and possibilities are always endless. I can vouch for the MVP award but DPOY, I think it will goes to Jabbar-Davis, just LBJ's new nickname.

Giannis Antetokounmpo named as finalist for 2020 MVP and Defensive player of the year

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has been named as a finalist for the NBA’s MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards for 2019-20.

As the Milwaukee Bucks continue their pursuit of an NBA championship in Orlando, news on Saturday highlighted how the Larry O’Brien trophy may not be the only piece of hardware the franchise could finish this season with.

With the NBA announcing the finalists for its 2019-20 awards, the Bucks were represented in three of the six categories as they’ll look to repeat their awards success from a year ago.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was one of the finalists for both the Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year awards, repeating his achievement from last year when he was also a finalist in both categories and came away as the MVP winner.

Meanwhile having recently been recognised as a joint winner of the Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year award for the current season, Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer is also in the running for this year’s honor from the NBA. Of course, Coach Bud is also the reigning Coach of the Year winner.

Those three categories offered up no shocks from a Milwaukee perspective, although there will be some disappointment that neither Brook Lopez or George Hill earned finalist spots for Defensive Player of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year, respectively.

As for the finalists in the categories that featured Bucks’ representatives, Budenholzer is joined by Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, and Oklahoma City Thunder coach Billy Donovan, the latter of whom has already shared Coaches Association honors with Bud for the season.

In the MVP race, Giannis will go up against James Harden, who will undoubtedly be given further reason to complain about rightfully losing out to Antetokounmpo for a second time, and LeBron James, who in pursuit of his fifth MVP win has been Giannis’ closest rival all season long.

On the Defensive Player of the Year front, James’ Lakers teammate Anthony Davis and reigning winner Rudy Gobert are the only two people who can potentially stand in the way of Giannis getting his hands on that trophy for a first time.

Antetokounmpo is currently deemed to be a clear favorite in the MVP race, and also looks to be the frontrunner for Defensive Player of the Year.

If Giannis was to claim both awards when the winners are officially announced, he would join Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon as the only players to ever win both awards in a single season, and enter into even more rarefied territory in terms of his overall legacy.

Considering Giannis is still just 25, this could ultimately prove to still be only the beginning for him in terms of accolades. Who knows, this season could even see him pick up an NBA championship and a Finals MVP award too, if all goes to plan for the Bucks in Orlando.

The only sad thing about this situation is that there is only so few games left, on google I could see only 2 games left, I was expecting more games, wasn't it 8 games total? Did teams already played 6 games? In any case we are not going to be talking about this 8th and 9th seed for a long time, by couple days we are going to be basically seeing who will get there and how will be in playoffs.

What I find curious is that Lakers have absolute 0 chances to win this year as playing in bubble clearly does not fit their style and furthermore they are losing games after games with LeBron being powerless when it comes to make big plays... .

Why would you feel bad about that? It's normal to a team that they will continue to believe that they will win.
Raptors believe in themselves that they can do it again, but it doesn't mean that they will win.

Just like the fans, they believe their favorite is the best team, because when judging based on their opinion, they will be bias.

I still can't believe Suns managed to creep back into playoff spots, I think they will not reach there at all but I think even having that possibility is a big deal for them, they looked like they sucked all year but somehow managed to get that possibility during the bubble thanks to beating almost all their games.

The only sad thing about this situation is that there is only so few games left, on google I could see only 2 games left, I was expecting more games, wasn't it 8 games total? Did teams already played 6 games? In any case we are not going to be talking about this 8th and 9th seed for a long time, by couple days we are going to be basically seeing who will get there and how will be in playoffs.

I still think all of this Lakers thing will be for nothing and everyone talking about Lakers like they are done and horrible will be shocked when they see King coming back and destroying everyone on his path.

They will be playing against Bucks this week.

Raptors shows how great they are without Kawhi in this bubble, well let's see how will they go against the best team in the east right now. The Bucks are having a hard time when the bubble started. We doesn't know what they are thinking and I think they might show something against Raptors.

Yes, and that's what makes Raptors dangerous because other teams are going to take them lightly because Kawhi has left, but look at the team right now, still one of the best in the Eastern division. And it's really based on the core team that has remain intact, so there is still a chance that they can defend the ring without Kawhi and the Raptors are believing that they can do it again.

Yes, and that's what makes Raptors dangerous because other teams are going to take them lightly because Kawhi has left, but look at the team right now, still one of the best in the Eastern division. And it's really based on the core team that has remain intact, so there is still a chance that they can defend the ring without Kawhi and the Raptors are believing that they can do it again.

Why would you feel bad about that? It's normal to a team that they will continue to believe that they will win.
Raptors believe in themselves that they can do it again, but it doesn't mean that they will win.

But the sentence that made my eyebrows raise is the part of the article that says, they can do it again even without Kawhi.

They are counting the contribution and hard work of Kawhi.

But the sentence that made my eyebrows raise is the part of the article that says, they can do it again even without Kawhi.

No offense bro, but from how they are playing right now.

It seems to me that they are keep on improving and if all the key players are healthy
the chance that for them to be in the finals again is still possible, unlike what happened
to Miami and cleveland after LBJ leave the team.

They are counting the contribution and hard work of Kawhi.

But the sentence that made my eyebrows raise is the part of the article that says, they can do it again even without Kawhi.

I'm glad there's someone who read the full content, I didn't because it's too long but in the beginning of the article they praise Leonard as a coachable guy, he does his work in the court and that helps them win the title. I think Raptors will never forget Leonard as it's him who give their first championship and the first finals MVP who leave his team after winning. lol

What part?
I am looking for the part where my eyebrows will be raised too.
But I have seen none.
It's long, but it's full of good comments thrown into Kawhi by Nick Nurse.

I think the purpose of this article is to highlight that Raptors didn't die.
They improved their game. Which is a good thing now.
Mostly for teams left by stars is like a cemetery. i.e. Cleveland

Summary: It's a good article.