NBA says races for the season’s individual trophies are over

The NBA’s MVP race is over. So is the battle for every other individual regular-season trophy. The league told teams Friday that none of the seeding games will…

The league told teams Friday that none of the seeding games will be taken into consideration for any postseason award, and that voting for those honors — such as All-NBA, rookie of the year and defensive player of the year — will be completed before the July 30 restart of the season at Walt Disney World.

Typically, those votes are cast closer to the end of the regular season. So the postseason races are still going in many cases, but the individual award chases are now complete.

“The decision to exclude seeding games from awards voting ensures a fair process in which players and coaches from all 30 teams will have the same opportunity to be honored as top performers for the regular season,” the NBA wrote in a memo sent to teams Friday. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the memo.

Only 22 of the league’s 30 teams are participating in the NBA restart.

If whether or not a politician has used the n word is how we determine if they r racist, many racists will be let off the hook b/c they politely pass&promote policies that seem benign on surface but have a disparate impact on Black ppl &ppl of color, thereby undermining democracy

— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) July 17, 2020

W
O
U
L
D

Y
O
U

B
E

M
A
D

I
F

W
E

T
O
O
K

2
7
9

C
H
A
R
A
C
T
E
R
S

T
O

S
E
N
D

Y
O
U

O
U
R

L
I
N
E
U
P

F
O
R

T
O
N
I
G
H
T
'
S

I
N
T
R
A
S
Q
U
A
D

G
A
M
E
?

W
E

B
E
T

T
H
A
T

Y
O
U

S
T
O
P
P
E
D

R
E
A
D
I
N
G

A
L
R
E
A
D
Y
,

B
U
T

W
E

L
O
V
E

Y
O
U
! pic.twitter.com/Vx6csRXKhL

— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) July 16, 2020