The NBA has published a list of contenders for individual awards at the end of the season

The NBA has officially announced the names of the contenders for the individual prizes for the 2021/2022 regular season.

The category list includes:

MVP: Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets), Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)

Rookie of the Year: Evan Mobley (Cleveland Cavaliers), Scotty Barnes (Toronto Raptors), Cade Cunningham (Detroit Pistons)

Best Sixth – Tyler Herro (Miami Heat), Cam Johnson (Phoenix Suns), Kevin Love (Cleveland)

Defensive Player of the Year: Mikal Bridges (Phoenix), Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz), Marcus Smart (Boston Celtics)

The most progressive – Ja Morant (“Memphis Grizzlies”), Darius Garland (“Cleveland”), Dejont Murray (“San Antonio Spurs”).

Coach of the Year – Taylor Jenkins (Memphis), Eric Spoelstra (Miami), Monty Williams (Phoenix)

The prize-giving ceremony will take place in June, after the end of the final series. The first round of the playoffs will begin on April 16. In it, the teams will identify the strongest in a series of up to four victories. The current winner of the tournament is the Milwaukee Bucks.

Memphis Grzziles defenseman Ja Morant was flattering about the progress of his teammate Desmond Bain. He also noted the contribution of American forward Jaren Jackson and head coach Taylor Jenkins to a good performance in the regular season of the National Basketball Association.

“Firstly, Jackson is the league leader in total blocks, blocks per game, blocks and steals, but he was not included in the list of contenders.

Secondly, Bain has improved a lot this year and should have entered the list of contenders for the “Best Progressive” instead of me.

Thirdly, congratulations to the coach, you deserve to be on this list (NBA coach of the year, approx. “Championship”),” Morant wrote on his social networks.