2020-21 Fraudball Awards

In the fall of 1917 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, more commonly known as Lenin, led the people of the then Russian Republic in revolution against the Provisional Government in the name of peace, bread, and land; three things that the newly formed republic had failed to provide in the wake of the revolution early the same year against the Tsar. The questions of the success of the revolution to bring about these goals would become a subject of great debate based on one’s experiences and learnings of the facts, fictions, and the latest HBO shows dramatization of the actions of the later formed Soviet Union. In the 1950’s Fidel Castro would help instigate a similar revolution, founded in the same principles as Lenin’s revolution nearly a half century earlier, against the dictator Fulgencio Batista. The questions of the success of that revolution may be more a top of ongoing debate, as I haven’t caught up on the newest season Blowback yet.

The one certain thing in both these matters is the involvement of the United States on behalf of the powers opposing these revolutions. While the US has been accused of, as well as proven to have been, working to suppress the rights of foreign peoples to bring about greater equality and justice to the world, efforts to do such within the U.S most recently ended with about 1.5 to 3.5 million dead in Southeast Asia and another million or so dead in the Middle East. Will anybody pay for these crimes against our fellow man committed by our government? Probably not. But in the end nothing really matters, as we are all just hypocrites and frauds trapped on a ball spinning towards oblivion.

And with that in mind here is who the DM thought were the best of the hypocrites and frauds of the 2020-21 NBA Season.

Most Valuable Player (MVP)

1. Nikola Jokić – 184 Points – 17 1st Place Votes
2. Joel Embiid – 93 Points – 1 1st Place Vote
3. Steph Curry – 92 Points – 1 1st Place Vote
4. Giannis Antetokounmpo – 57 Points
5. Luka Dončić – 17 Points

Rookie of the Year (RoY)

1. LaMelo Ball – 84 Points – 15 1st Place Votes
2. Anthony Edwards – 50 Points – 3 1st Place Votes
3. Tyrese Haliburton – 17 Points

Other 1st Place Votes: Payton Pritchard (1)

Defensive Player of the Year (DPoY)

1. Rudy Gobert – 72 Points – 10 1st Place Votes
2. Ben Simmons – 44 Points – 5 1st Place Votes
3. Joel Embiid – 17 Points – 2 1st Place Votes
4. Giannis Antetokounmpo – 17 Points – 1 1st Place Vote

Other 1st Place Votes: Matisse Thybulle (1)

Most Improved Player (MIP)

1. Julius Randle – 77 Points – 14 1st Place Votes
2. Michael Porter Jr. – 32 Points – 3 1st Places Votes
3. Zach LaVine – 13 Points

Other 1st Place Votes: Zion Williamson (1) and Jaylen Brown (1)

Sixth Man of the Year (6th Man)

1. Joe Ingles – 66 Points – 9 1st Place Votes
2. Jordan Clarkson – 47 Points – 7 1st Place Votes
3. Chris Boucher – 18 Points – 2 1st Place Votes

Other 1st Place Votes: Derrick Rose (1)

Coach of the Year (CoY)

1. Tom Thibodeau – 75 Points – 13 1st Place Votes
2. Quin Snyder – 38 Points – 3 1st Place Votes
3. Monty Williams – 23 Points – 1 1st Place Vote

Other 1st Place Votes: Doc Rivers (1) and Michael Malone (1)

Least Valuable Player (LVP)

1. James Wiseman – 67 Points – 11 1st Place Votes
2. Denzel Valentine – 19 Points – 2 1st Place Votes
3. Coby White – 19 Points – 1 1st Place Vote

Other 1st Place Votes: Obi Toppin (1), DeAndre Jordan (1), Kemba Walker (1), and Aleksej Pokusevski (1)

All NBA 1st Team

Guard: Steph Curry – 93 Points – 18 1st Place Guard: Damian Lillard – 64 Points – 7 1st Place Votes Forward: Giannis Antetokounmpo – 89 Points – 17 1st Place Votes Forward: Kawhi Leonard – 79 Points – 14 1st Place Votes Center: Nikola Jokic – 93 Points – 18 1st Place Votes

All NBA 2nd Team

Guard: Luka Dončić – 45 Points – 6 1st Place Votes Guard: Kyrie Irving – 39 Points – 2 1st Place Votes Forward: LeBron James – 39 Points – 1 1st Place Vote Forward: Julius Randle -35 Points – 1 1st Place Vote Center: Joel Embiid – 52 Points – 1 1st Place Vote

All NBA 3rd Team

Guard: James Harden – 34 Points – 4 1st Place Votes Guard: Chris Paul – 34 Points – 1 1st Place Vote Forward: Paul George – 30 Points – 2 1st Place Votes Forward: Jimmy Butler – 23 Points Center: Rudy Gobert – 21 Points

Other 1st Place Votes: Jayson Tatum (1), Kevin Durant (1) and Zion Williamson (1)

All Rookie 1st Team

Guard: LaMelo Ball – 38 Points – 19 1st Place Votes Guard: Anthony Edward – 26 Points – 12 1st Place Votes Forward: Saddiq Bey – 23 Points – 10 1st Place Votes Forward: Patrick Williams – 21 Points – 9 1st Place Votes Center: Isiah Stewart – 22 Points – 9 1st Place Votes

All Rookie 2nd Team

Guard: Immanuel Quickley – 21 Points – 4 1st Place Votes Guard: Tyrese Haliburton – 18 Points – 2 1st Place Votes Forward: Xavier Tillman – 16 Points – 6 1st Place Votes Forward: Jae’Sean Tate – 14 Points – 4 1st Place Votes Center: Jalen Smith – 9 Points – 4 1st Place Votes

Other 1st Place Votes: Payton Pritchard (1), Jaden McDaniels (2) Precious Achiuwa (1), Chuma Okeke (1), James Weisman (1) , Zeke Nnaji (1) and Xavier Tillman (1)

All Defense 1st Team

Guard: Ben Simmons – 36 Points – 18 1st Place Votes Guard: Jrue Holiday – 21 Points – 6 1st Place Votes Forward: Giannis Antetokounmpo – 31 Points – 13 1st Place Votes Forward: Draymond Green – 29 Points – 12 1st Place Votes Center: Rudy Gobert – 31 Points – 15 1st Place Votes

All Defense 2nd Team

Guard: Matisse Thybulle – 19 Points – 7 1st Place Votes + 1 1st place as a Forward Guard: Chris Paul – 9 Points – 2 1st Place Votes Forward: Jimmy Butler – 23 Points – 7 1st Place Votes Forward: Kawhi Leonard – 15 Points – 4 1st Place Votes Center: Joel Embiid – 11 Points – 2 1st Place Votes

Other 1st Place Votes: Marcus Smart (1), Alex Caruso (1), Delon Wright (1), Kent Bazemore (1), Mike Conley (1), LeBron James (1), Nerlens Noel (1) and Nikola Jokic (1)

All NBA Worst Team

Guard: Coby White – 5 Votes Guard: Tyler Herro – 4 Votes Forward: Aleksej Pokusevski – 3 Votes Forward: Justice Winslow – 3 Votes Center: James Wiseman – 7 Votes

Thank you all for all of your help in putting this together. Sorry if I fucked up the spelling of names as some of them are very long and only can care so much. See the link to the google sheet below for all of the ballots as well as the full vote counts for each award. Thank you!

Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16o1ZykQWz55Di3o_hYWUSpy3y68H0Tp2QU36Gyg8Ym8/edit?usp=sharing