Now that every team will have hit the 41-game mark Friday night, it's time to honor the best performers from the season's first half. Without further ado, here are our midseason award winners ...
The Midseason MVP is ...
Kevin O'Connor: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who is having the best season on one of the most dominant teams in recent memory. The Thunder are dominant with him on the floor — he leads the NBA in scoring, makes his teammates better and defends at a high level — and they’re quite average without him. I’d lean toward making him my choice at the midway point of the season.