If you're still trying to decide who you're voting for NBA MVP this season, you might not be alone. In past years NBA awards balloting would be over by now, but because players like Luka Dončić and Cade Cunningham have made appeals to the league under their “extraordinary circumstances” exception regarding the 65-game eligibility rule, voters haven't even been given access to their ballots yet, as noted by Marc Stein.
Waiting a few extra days wouldn't be a big deal except there are games being played while voters wait. And now regular season awards may be being influenced by what is happening in the play-in games, even though they should not be because, again, these are regular season awards.
