NBA Midseason Awards

COTY: Erik Spoelstra, Miami Heat

He should win this award because he took this team from not even making the playoffs, to being a prime contender in a very tough top of the East – the bottom is looking like a Rec league. He had some help from up top, acquiring big-name Jimmy Butler and a bunch of other guys but he strung them together into a game plan they all like.

SMOTY: Dennis Schroder, OKC Thunder

For sure, he’s going to win. Lou Will’s time is up. Dennis is backing up Chris Paul, who’s surprisingly playing like he’s 26, instead of 35. Lou is posting up 19.5 PPG and 5.9 APG on 41% on the field. He also drained 331 shots. Dennis has 19.3 PPG and 4 APG, on 47% from the field, he drained 388. The stats don’t really show it, but he’s faster and more elusive than the 34-year-old Williams.

MIP: Bam Adebayo, Miami Heat

Okay, don’t lie and say you’ve heard of Bam Adebayo before this year, just don’t do it (unless you’re a Heat fan). He has 15.8 PPG, 10.4 RPG and 4.9 APG. They are all improvements from 8.9 PPG, 7.3 RPG, and 2.2 APG. He’s also faster from his bulky and muscular build, which means if he improves his shooting, he could stretch the floor and could become one of the best-undersized centers in basketball’s history.

DPOY: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks or Andre Drummond, Cleveland Cavaliers

The reason I’m debating this is if defensive rebounds didn’t count, then Giannis wins, no doubt. But, when Andre Drummond is leading the defensive rebounds category, with Giannis in third, and Drummond is in third in steals, with point guards surrounding him on both sides for about 2 spots in each direction; he is also 10^th in blocks, with Giannis nowhere near him. Giannis is leading the scientific defensive categories, which the people who created them don’t even know how to find them, the underpaid workers at ESPN shout out random numbers and type them on the stats page for that category.

ROY: Sorry Grizzlies Fans: Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans

In just 10 games, Zion had already scored 221 points, third-most by a number one overall pick (but, keep in mind, those two, [Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson] didn’t have a devastating knee injury and literally had to be taught how to walk again). He is just so good, he’s posting up on guys that are 4 inches taller than him and are huge. But, Zion throws them around like cans in a hurricane, all over the court (not literally, no NBA players have been harmed in the making of his blog post). Ja is very explosive also, lobbing up passes and throwing down dunks, all while shooting threes, Zion can also do that. Just Zion is much stronger. Oh yeah, sorry, RJ Barrett.

MVP: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks

Do I even have to explain myself. Giannis is tall, he can rebound very well, he has speed, and he has strength, and literally is picking up the Bucks organization, along with the actual animal that lives in the forest. He is average 30 PPG, 13.5 RPG and still averaging over 5 assists per game. He isn’t doing too well from the charity stripe (the free throw line), but then again, he can shoot farther than 4 feet away from the rim. There are also no real competitors, who play up to his level, probably LeBron James, coming in at a distant 2.

Finals:

I know this is cliché, and I’m sorry: Bucks over Lakers.