With the end of the regular season comes an auspicious occasion: the chance, per long-standing internet practice, to hand out entirely made-up awards. Below are a handful of honors designed to highlight what the NBA’s standard array fails to recognize.
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Post Stalwart of the Year: LaMarcus Aldridge, Spurs
What an abject disaster this Spurs season could have been if not for Aldridge. San Antonio’s roster was built with a precarious balance that relied on Kawhi Leonard most of all. That Leonard played all of nine games should have been the Spurs’ undoing.