NBA Awards Watch: LeBron James Rising
By Brad Rowland
Who leads each of the NBA awards for 2014-15?
Thanksgiving is behind us, and the NBA is beginning to take shape while concerns about small sample sizes fade away. There is a great deal of focus on a few story lines, headlined by the ever-evolving situation in Cleveland and a potential “breakout” contender in the Bay Area, but across the league, high-level basketball is being played and the quality doesn’t appear to be subsiding.
With that on the table, we will be visiting you each week to fill out a mock “ballot” in each of the six major award categories, and while things are quite fluid, this should present a snapshot of where the league is over that seven-day period. There will almost always be upheaval from week to week, especially this early in the year, but a little bit of “discussion” is never a bad thing, and the presence of LeBron James sets things apart in this edition.
Let’s take a look at the picks, beginning with the Coach of the Year choices at this early stage.
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