NBA releases voter selections for 2023 awards

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The NBA released the full voting tallies and lists of which players every voter selected for the 2022-23 NBA awards of the regular season.

It was already known that Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid got 73 votes to be named the 2023 NBA MVP. Nikola Jokic got 15 and Giannis received 12. What came as a kind of surprise was that there was one voter who didn’t include Jokic at all in any of his five choices for MVP, as TNT analyst and Hall of Famer Charles Barkley had revealed.

That was former All-Star, and now ESPN analyst Mark Jackson who picked, in order, Embiid, Antetokounmpo, Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Cleveland Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell.

Barkley had actually mentioned that: “There’s one person — I don’t even know this fool’s name — didn’t even have [Jokic] in the top five. People like that shouldn’t get a vote.”

The full list and details, per NBA:

 


Kia NBA Clutch Player of the Year

VOTING TOTALS | VOTER BALLOTS

Winner: De’Aaron Fox, Sacramento Kings
Second: Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat
Third: DeMar DeRozan, Chicago Bulls


Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year

VOTING TOTALS | VOTER BALLOTS

Winner: Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis Grizzlies
Second: Brook Lopez, Milwaukee Bucks
Third: Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers


Kia NBA Most Improved Player

VOTING TOTALS | VOTER BALLOTS

Winner: Lauri Markkanen, Utah Jazz
Second: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
Third: Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks


Kia NBA Most Valuable Player

VOTING TOTALS | VOTER BALLOTS

Winner: Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
Second: Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
Third: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks


Kia NBA Rookie of the Year

VOTING TOTALS | VOTER BALLOTS

Winner: Paolo Banchero, Orlando Magic
Second: Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City Thunder
Third: Walker Kessler, Utah Jazz


Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year

VOTING TOTALS | VOTER BALLOTS

Winner: Malcolm Brogdon, Boston Celtics
Second: Immanuel Quickley, New York Knicks
Third: Bobby Portis Jr., Milwaukee Bucks


NBA Coach of the Year

VOTING TOTALS | VOTER BALLOTS

Winner: Mike Brown, Sacramento Kings
Second: Mark Daigneault, Oklahoma City Thunder
Third: Joe Mazzulla, Boston Celtics


Kia All-NBA Team

VOTING TOTALS | VOTER BALLOTS

First Team
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Luka Dončić, Dallas Mavericks
Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics

Second Team
Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat
Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers

Third Team
De’Aaron Fox, Sacramento Kings
LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers
Julius Randle, New York Knicks
Domantas Sabonis, Sacramento Kings


Kia NBA All-Defensive Team

VOTING TOTALS | VOTER BALLOTS

First Team
Alex Caruso, Chicago Bulls
Jrue Holiday, Milwaukee Bucks
Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis Grizzlies
Brook Lopez, Milwaukee Bucks
Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers

Second Team
Bam Adebayo, Miami Heat
O.G. Anunoby, Toronto Raptors
Dillon Brooks, Memphis Grizzlies
Draymond Green, Golden State Warriors
Derrick White, Boston Celtics


Kia NBA All-Rookie Team

VOTING TOTALS | VOTER BALLOTS

First Team
Paolo Banchero, Orlando Magic
Walker Kessler, Utah Jazz
Bennedict Mathurin, Indiana Pacers
Keegan Murray, Sacramento Kings
Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City Thunder

Second Team
Jalen Duren, Detroit Pistons
Tari Eason, Houston Rockets
Jaden Ivey, Detroit Pistons
Jabari Smith Jr., Houston Rockets
Jeremy Sochan, San Antonio Spurs

A global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters voted for the 2022-23 NBA regular-season awards. Voter selections for each annual award are now available.

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