The pros and cons of the NBA Awards 

2018 NBA Awards Show
James Harden accepting his MVP Trophy at the 2018 NBA Awards Show

#1 Con: Living in the past

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The Warriors celebrate their Championship Round win

The biggest question about the NBA season is and forever has been who will win it all come June. Once you've crowned a champion and a Finals MVP, do fans really care about what happened 3 months prior? Does the winner of the Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, etc. for the regular season really matter now?

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We already have people questioning current MVP James Harden's effort in the playoffs. But that isn't even the tip of the iceberg. Dwane Casey won Coach of the Year for a team that fired him 2 months ago! Jamal Crawford, on the other hand won Teammate of the Year, fresh off the news that he's exercising an option to leave the Timberwolves and become a free agent.

What's the use of getting an award for a chapter long closed or coming to a close? This is how outdated the NBA awards are.

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Edited by Raunak J
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