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Soaring Down South’s NBA Awards Roundtable

By Collin Huguley

Jan 5, 2017; Houston, TX, USA; A fan holds a Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) MVP sign as the Rockets play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second half at Toyota Center. Houston Rockets won 118 to 116. Mandatory Credit: Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 5, 2017; Houston, TX, USA; A fan holds a Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) MVP sign as the Rockets play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second half at Toyota Center. Houston Rockets won 118 to 116. Mandatory Credit: Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 5, 2017; Houston, TX, USA; A fan holds a Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) MVP sign as the Rockets play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second half at Toyota Center. Houston Rockets won 118 to 116. Mandatory Credit: Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 5, 2017; Houston, TX, USA; A fan holds a Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) MVP sign as the Rockets play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second half at Toyota Center. Houston Rockets won 118 to 116. Mandatory Credit: Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports /

The NBA playoffs are among us and the debate surrounding the NBA’s end-of-season awards is at its peak.

NBA playoff basketball is in the air and that means that it is NBA Awards season, as well. And the Soaring Down South staff is ready to make its award picks.

Site experts Collin Huguley and Andrew Snyder team up with contributors Austin Bende, Rocky Robertson, and Jack O’Donnell to make picks for five postseason awards.

The debate surrounding the Most Valuable Player award is as intriguing as it has ever been. There are up to five deserving winners of the award and there are compelling arguments to be made for any of those players.

This piece will also feature award picks for Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Coach of the Year.

Let’s see how the SDS staff views some of the most polarizing award races in league history.

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