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The NBA’s end-of-seasonawards votingis just as divisive of a time within the league’s calendar as any other.
And not just because of the actual outcomes, but the voting results for each award create arguments within themselves.
Lakers fans passionately defended franchise Luka Doncic, believing that he should’ve placed higher than fourth in the voting forleague MVPthat was awarded to Thunder superstarShai Gilgeous-Alexander for the second consecutive season.
Or that Doncic should’ve unanimously been an All-NBA first team selection instead of receiving 91 first-team votes and nine second-team votes.
Voters defend why they made certain choices, such as Justin Termine of SiriusXM explaining why he was the lone voter to leave Victor Wembanyama off his All-NBA first team, voting him second.
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The debates about “snubs” are part of the NBA awards’s annual cycle.
But when the voting results for Coach of the Year was announced on Tuesday, revealing that Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla received the honor, it also showed that Lakers coach JJ Redick finished seventh in voting after receiving three third-places votes.
And was a completely fair spot for Redick to finish at.
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