2018 NBA Awards

The 2018 NBA Awards were the 2nd annual awards show by the National Basketball Association (NBA), held on June 25, 2018, at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California^[2] and hosted by Anthony Anderson.^[3] James Harden of the Houston Rockets was awarded the NBA Most Valuable Player Award.^[4]

2018 NBA Awards on TNT
Date	June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)
Location	Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California
Country	United States
Hosted by	Main host Anthony Anderson Inside the NBA crew Ernie Johnson Jr. Shaquille O'Neal Kenny Smith Charles Barkley
Website	www.nba.com/nbaawards
Television/radio coverage
Network	TNT
Viewership	1.21 million[1]
Produced by	Dick Clark Productions
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During the ceremony, it was revealed during EJ's Neat-O Stat of the Night that the cover athlete of NBA Live 19 will be Joel Embiid.^[5]

Winners and finalists

The full list of finalists were announced on May 16, 2018^[6] during the TNT NBA Tip-Off pre-game show and posted to Twitter.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Winners are in boldface.

NBA Most Valuable Player Award James Harden — Houston Rockets Anthony Davis — New Orleans Pelicans LeBron James — Cleveland Cavaliers	NBA Rookie of the Year Award Ben Simmons — Philadelphia 76ers Donovan Mitchell — Utah Jazz Jayson Tatum — Boston Celtics
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Rudy Gobert — Utah Jazz Joel Embiid — Philadelphia 76ers Anthony Davis — New Orleans Pelicans	NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award Lou Williams — Los Angeles Clippers Fred VanVleet — Toronto Raptors Eric Gordon — Houston Rockets
NBA Most Improved Player Award Victor Oladipo — Indiana Pacers Clint Capela — Houston Rockets Spencer Dinwiddie — Brooklyn Nets	NBA Coach of the Year Award Dwane Casey — Toronto Raptors Brad Stevens — Boston Celtics Quin Snyder — Utah Jazz
Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award Jamal Crawford — Minnesota Timberwolves	NBA Hustle Award Amir Johnson — Philadelphia 76ers[13]
NBA Sportsmanship Award Kemba Walker — Charlotte Hornets	NBA Lifetime Achievement Award Oscar Robertson — Milwaukee Bucks[14]
NBA Cares Community Assist Award Kevin Durant — Golden State Warriors[15]	NBA Executive of the Year Award Daryl Morey — Houston Rockets[16]
Sager Strong Award Dikembe Mutombo[17]

Honors

NBA All-Defensive Team

First team		Second team
Rudy Gobert	Utah Jazz	Joel Embiid	Philadelphia 76ers
Anthony Davis	New Orleans Pelicans	Draymond Green	Golden State Warriors
Victor Oladipo	Indiana Pacers	Al Horford	Boston Celtics
Jrue Holiday	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray	San Antonio Spurs
Robert Covington	Philadelphia 76ers	Jimmy Butler	Minnesota Timberwolves

NBA All-Rookie Team

First team		Second team
Donovan Mitchell	Utah Jazz	Dennis Smith Jr.	Dallas Mavericks
Ben Simmons	Philadelphia 76ers	Lonzo Ball	Los Angeles Lakers
Jayson Tatum	Boston Celtics	John Collins	Atlanta Hawks
Kyle Kuzma	Los Angeles Lakers	Bogdan Bogdanović	Sacramento Kings
Lauri Markkanen	Chicago Bulls	Josh Jackson	Phoenix Suns

Fan Awards

Fan Awards nominees and categories were announced on the league's official website on April 18, 2018.^[18]

Winners are in boldface.

Dunk of the Year Giannis Antetokounmpo — Milwaukee Bucks[19] DeMar DeRozan — Toronto Raptors LeBron James — Cleveland Cavaliers Donovan Mitchell — Utah Jazz Larry Nance Jr. — Cleveland Cavaliers	Clutch Shot of the Year LeBron James — Cleveland Cavaliers[20] Devin Booker — Phoenix Suns Damian Lillard — Portland Trail Blazers Terry Rozier — Boston Celtics Andrew Wiggins — Minnesota Timberwolves
Assist of the Year LeBron James — Cleveland Cavaliers[21] Kyle Anderson — San Antonio Spurs Giannis Antetokounmpo — Milwaukee Bucks Ben Simmons — Philadelphia 76ers Miloš Teodosić — Los Angeles Clippers	Block of the Year Anthony Davis — New Orleans Pelicans[22] Bam Adebayo — Miami Heat Giannis Antetokounmpo — Milwaukee Bucks Marquese Chriss — Phoenix Suns Kristaps Porziņģis — New York Knicks
Handle of the Year Kyrie Irving — Boston Celtics[23] James Harden — Houston Rockets Josh Jackson — Phoenix Suns Kemba Walker — Charlotte Hornets Chris Paul — Houston Rockets	Best Style Russell Westbrook — Oklahoma City Thunder James Harden — Houston Rockets LeBron James — Cleveland Cavaliers Kyle Kuzma — Los Angeles Lakers Nick Young — Golden State Warriors
Play of the Year Clutch Shot of the Year – LeBron James — Cleveland Cavaliers Dunk of the Year – Giannis Antetokounmpo — Milwaukee Bucks Assist of the Year – LeBron James — Cleveland Cavaliers Block of the Year – Anthony Davis — New Orleans Pelicans Handle of the Year – Kyrie Irving — Boston Celtics

Performances

• Travis Scott:^[24] "Watch", "Butterfly Effect", "Goosebumps"

See also

• List of National Basketball Association awards

References

1. Metcalf, Mitch (June 26, 2018). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.25.2018". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
2. "Turner and NBA Announce 2018 NBA Awards presented by Kia on TNT to Air Live June 25 from Los Angeles". Turner. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
3. Spain, Jamie. "Black-ish's Anthony Anderson Announced as Host of the Second Annual NBA Awards". People.com. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
4. Neuharth-Keusch, AJ. "NBA award finalists revealed: James Harden, LeBron James, Anthony Davis headline MVP list". USA Today. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
5. "EJ's Neat-O Stat Of The Night - NBA LIVE 19". YouTube. NBA on TNT. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
6. Nathan, Alec. "2018 NBA Awards Finalists Revealed Including MVY, 6th Man and More". Bleacher Report.
7. "The finalists for the 2017-18 #KiaROY are…". Twitter. @NBAonTNT. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
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11. "The finalists for the 2017-18 #KiaDPOY are…". Twitter. @NBAonTNT. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
12. "The finalists for the 2017-18 #KiaMVP are…". Twitter. @NBAonTNT. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
13. "The 2017-2018 NBA Hustle Award goes to… @IamAmirJohnson! #NBAAwards". Twitter. @NBA. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
14. "Oscar Robertson to receive NBA's Lifetime Achievement Award". ESPN. Associated Press. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
15. "Congrats to @KDTrey5 for taking home the 2017-2018 #NBACares Community Assist Award!". Twitter. @NBAonTNT. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
16. "Congratulations @dmorey on being named Executive of the Year!". Twitter. @HoustonRockets. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
17. "NBA on TNT on Twitter: Dikembe Mutombo will be the recipient of the 2018 Sager Strong Award at the #NBAAwards - June 25 on TNT". Twitter. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
18. "Turner, NBA unveil fan-voted categories and finalists for 2018 NBA Awards Presented by Kia". NBA.com. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
19. "NBA on TNT on Twitter: ".@Giannis_An34 of the @Bucks wins the 2018 #DunkOfTheYear! 🔨🔨🔨 #NBAAwards… "". Twitter. @NBAonTNT. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
20. ".@KingJames of the @cavs takes home the 2018 #ClutchShotOfTheYear!". Twitter. @NBAonTNT. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
21. ".@KingJames of the @cavs takes home the 2018 #AssistOfTheYear! 👀". Twitter.com. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
22. ".@AntDavis23 of @PelicansNBA takes home the 2018 #BlockOfTheYear!". Twitter.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
23. ".@KyrieIrving of the @celtics takes home the 2018 #HandleOfTheYear! 👀". Twitter.com. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
24. Lamarre, Carl. "Travis Scott Will Perform at the 2018 NBA Awards". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2018.

External links

• Official website