The Western Conference’s top team didn’t have a top-three player, rookie, defender, coach, reserve or executive this season, according to the panel that determines finalists for the NBA Awards.
The Warriors were shut out of the finalists groupings, which were determined by media across the league, the NBA announced Friday.
The three candidates for most valuable player are Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, Thunder forward Paul George and last year’s winner, Rockets guard James Harden.
Steph Curry and Kevin Durant have both won MVP awards in the past, and many around the league would concede that Durant is the league’s best player, but the panel determined that the three finalists all had better 2018-19 seasons than any Warrior.