It’s now reasonable to think that Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo finished third in this season’s balloting for the NBA MVP award ... Gobert remains on four DPOY awards, tied with Basketball ...

the beginning of the NBA Playoffs will double as a platform for the NBA's end-of-season award announcements for MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, Sixh Man of the Year ...

The NBA was set to announce this season's defensive player of the year on Thursday night, with Atlanta's Dyson Daniels, Golden State's Draymond Green and Cleveland's Evan Mobley the three finalists.