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NBA Awards 2025-26: Rolling List of Winners for Basketball’s Top Annual Honors

SGA is your Clutch Player of the Year.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 21

Chris Mannix’s NBA Awards Ballot: Ranking the Difficulty of Each Vote

The Defensive Player of the Year vote was the easiest by far, but Rookie of the Year was an agonizing decision.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 21

Rudy Gobert Addresses ‘Disrespect’ Following Defensive Player of the Year Snub

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert shut down Nikola Jokić then addressed what he saw as a disrespectful fourth-place finish in Defensive Player of the Year voting.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 21

Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama Unanimously Crowned 2025–26 Defensive Player of the Year

It was always gonna be Wemby.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 20

Sports Illustrated’s Favorite Moments of the 2025–26 NBA Season

The NBA regular season goes for 82 games, but produces an infinite number of moments. We picked our favorites from this year.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 20

Four NBA Stars Who Must Bounce Back After Terrible Game 1 Performances

A look at the players who will need to play a lot better to save their teams from an 0–2 first-round hole.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 20

Ranking Each First Round NBA Playoff Series by Watchability After Game 1

With eight Game 1s in the books over the weekend, let’s check in on which of these series are worth watching.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 20

How Victor Wembanyama Answered Every Question With His Spectacular Playoff Debut for Spurs

Victor Wembanyama was nearly flawless in his first-ever Spurs playoff game.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 20

Key to a Deep Spurs Playoff Run May Be the Power of Coordinated Outfits

The Spurs and their fans all coordinated their outfits on Sunday.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 20

NBA Announces Finalists for MVP, Rookie of the Year, Other End-of-Season Awards

All the finalists for this year’s NBA awards.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 19