NBA Awards Watch: The All-Star Break ballot
By Brad Rowland
Who is in the lead for each of the NBA awards for 2014-15?
All-Star Weekend is in the rearview mirror, but with the league on hiatus until Thursday evening with respect to competitive games, it is a good time for reflection.
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The NBA has been blessed with a season that has seen seemingly endless story lines, but with the mythical halfway point (that really is closer to a two-third pole) behind us, a collective shift toward evaluating the major award races, in addition to the team-based standings, is very possible.
With that on the table, we visit you each week to fill out a mock ballot in each of the six major award categories, and while things have been fluid, this dead period provides a “calm before the storm” to give us a bit more clarity.
The week-to-week upheaval will likely begin in just seven additional days, but this is where we are.
Let’s take a look at the choices, beginning with the Coach of the Year choices at this early stage.
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