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Awards predictions: MVP, Rookie of the Year in 2017-18

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Who will win top individual honors in 2017-18? Our NBA writers and analysts make their MVP picks and more.

Go to: Rookie | Coach | Defensive POY | Sixth Man | Most Improved | MVP


ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Final tally: Simmons (12 votes), Ball (5), Smith (4), Fox (1), Mitchell (1).

COACH OF THE YEAR

Final tally: Snyder (6 votes), Stevens (4), Thibodeau (4), Brown (2), Malone (2), Brooks (1), D'Antoni (1), Donovan (1), Popovich (1), Spoelstra (1).

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Final tally: Gobert (10 votes), Green (7), Leonard (4), Roberson (1), Whiteside (1).

SIXTH MAN AWARD

Final tally: Gordon (8 votes), Iguodala (3), Williams (3), Smart (2), Young (2), Covington (1), Gay (1), Mills (1), Smith (1), Winslow (1)

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER

Final tally: Turner (8 votes), Porzingis (3), Brown (2), Hood (2), Nurkic (2), Booker (1), Embiid (1), Ingram (1), Jokic (1), Maker (1), Murray (1).

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Final tally: James (9 votes), Durant (5), Leonard (4), Antetokounmpo (2), Curry (1), Harden (1), Wall (1).

Go to: Rookie | Coach | Defensive POY | Sixth Man | Most Improved | MVP


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