When the Grizzlies took on the Lakers on Tuesday, it was their 60th game of the season. Memphis was the only team in the NBA yet to reach that mark; that means we’re now officially in the final 20ish games of the 2022-23 NBA season, and that can mean only one thing:
It’s time to hand out some purely hypothetical, intangible, no-cash-value-but-some-things-are-worth-more-than-money hardware. It’s time, my lovelies, for Third-Quarter Awards.
One quick (but important!) note before we begin: These selections aren’t intended as predictions of who’ll wind up winning the NBA’s actual year-end trophies.