With the NBA Finals long finished and Summer League complete, we’re entering the darkest days of the NBA offseason. To break up the monotony of this NBA-less summer, I want to discuss one of my favorite things about each NBA season: the awards. I will put together a complete list of all of my predictions for every major award in the near future, but for now I wanted to discuss which Washington Wizards I think will be in contention for end-of-season awards as well as DC’s sneaky All-Star candidate.
Most Improved Player: Jordan Poole, Corey Kispert and Deni Avdija
The Most Improved Player award is consistently a tough one to define: should it be a player who made the jump from stardom to superstardom or a player who came out of left field and exploded into an All-Star?