ORLANDO - Cole Anthony as an NBA Most Improved Player Award candidate is stating the obvious. But at the quarter-way point of the 2021-22 season, where does he rank on that list?
The first part of the analysis is determining who the other candidates are. Probably the only other players in the conversation at this time are Miami’s Tyler Herro, who’s also the current frontrunner for the Sixth Man of the Year honor, Cleveland’s Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen, Charlotte’s Miles Bridges, Golden State’s Jordan Poole and Memphis’ Ja Morant, although him being out for the foreseeable future with a knee injury might remove him from the discussion.