Overview
- Bleacher Report, which posted team-by-team fan votes Monday, named Jalen Johnson, LaMelo Ball, Donovan Mitchell, Cade Cunningham, Lauri Markkanen and Pascal Siakam as in-house MVPs across the Hawks, Hornets, Cavaliers, Pistons, Jazz and Pacers.
- The fan polls used stats through April 12 and Spotrac contracts and mixed core categories like MVP with lighter ones such as best trash-talker, burner-account odds and a zombie-apocalypse pick to map team culture.
- Yahoo Sports published an official voter’s awards ballot Monday that put Shai Gilgeous-Alexander first for MVP, followed by Victor Wembanyama, Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic and Jaylen Brown, with the ballot noting a pending eligibility call on Doncic at 64 games.
- The same ballot placed Gilgeous-Alexander and Wembanyama on First Team All-NBA and spotlighted rising seasons by Jalen Johnson and Jalen Duren with Third Team nods alongside picks such as Wembanyama for Defensive Player of the Year and Jalen Duren for Most Improved.
- None of these picks are official awards and together they show fan sentiment and media criteria shaping awards-season talk, including availability rules like the NBA’s 65-game minimum and how minutes limits influence voters.