Nothing about the NBA restarting its season in the Orlando bubble is normal. With eight seeding games set to take place between just 22 of the league’s 30 teams to conclude the regular season, concerned parties wondered whether those contests would impact awards like the MVP race, Rookie of the Year, etc. While we did learn yesterday that stats accumulated during the Orlando seeding games will count towards seasonal concerns like the scoring title, news leaked that the NBA’s annual awards will be solely based upon games through March 11, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania:
The NBA’s annual performance awards (MVP, Rookie of Year, Sixth Man, Defensive Player, Coach of Year, etc.