Have the NBA just RUINED their end of season awards?! (instant reaction)
Season 5, Episode 218, Dec 14, 2022, 07:00 AM
Click HERE https://2kgam.es/HoopGenius-NBA2K23 thanks to our new sponsors at NBA2K23!
Mo & BJ react to the brand new NBA Awards.
The NBA is renaming its annual regular-season MVP award after Michael Jordan.
The league unveiled the newly designed Michael Jordan Trophy on Tuesday, along with five other reimagined trophies named after league pioneers that will now be presented to the NBA's end-of-season performance award winners.
Jordan was a five-time MVP winner during his 15-season career. Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, for whom the league's Social Justice Champion award is named, won more MVP trophies (six).
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic will retroactively receive the first version of the new trophy after being named MVP last season.
In addition to the Jordan Trophy, the other renamed awards are:
Mo & BJ react to the brand new NBA Awards.
The NBA is renaming its annual regular-season MVP award after Michael Jordan.
The league unveiled the newly designed Michael Jordan Trophy on Tuesday, along with five other reimagined trophies named after league pioneers that will now be presented to the NBA's end-of-season performance award winners.
Jordan was a five-time MVP winner during his 15-season career. Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, for whom the league's Social Justice Champion award is named, won more MVP trophies (six).
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic will retroactively receive the first version of the new trophy after being named MVP last season.
In addition to the Jordan Trophy, the other renamed awards are:
- The Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy for Defensive Player of the Year
- The Wilt Chamberlain Trophy for Rookie of the Year
- The John Havlicek Trophy for Sixth Man of the Year
- The George Mikan Trophy for Most Improved Player
Join the conversation in our discord: https://www.discord.me/hoopgenius