Luka Doncic was named the Magic Johnson Western Conference finals MVP after the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 4-1 in the series.

“It’s a good feeling, man, I cannot lie,” said Doncic upon receiving the award.

Doncic, who got all nine media votes, averaged 32.4 points in the series.

Doncic entered Thursday averaging 31 points per game in the playoffs, second only to Michael Jordan.

Game 1 between the Mavs and Celtics begins on June 6.

Jaylen Brown was awarded the Larry Bird Eastern Conference finals MVP after the Boston Celtics completed a sweep of the Indiana Pacers on Monday.

Brown averaged 29.8 points, five rebounds, three assists, and two steals for the series.

Brown received five out of nine votes, with Jayson Tatum getting the other four votes.

“He was unreal this whole series, a complete player on both sides of the ball that you don’t really see much these days,” said Derrick White of Brown. 

The All-NBA teams or the 23-24 season have been announced, headlined by Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luka Doncic.

Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton were also notable selections as they will each get 30 percent of the salary cap on their rookie scale extensions, which equals an extra $41 million over their five-year deals.

All-NBA First Team
Nikola Jokic
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Luka Doncic
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Jayson Tatum

All-NBA Second Team
Jalen Brunson
Anthony Davis
Kevin Durant
Anthony Edwards
Kawhi Leonard

All-NBA Third Team
Devin Booker
Stephen Curry
Tyrese Haliburton
LeBron James
Domantas Sabonis

The NBA has announced its 23-24 All-Defensive Teams, headlined by Rudy Gobert and Victor Wembanyama.

NBA All-Defense First Team
• Rudy Gobert
• Bam Adebayo
• Victor Wembanyama
• Anthony Davis
• Herb Jones

NBA All-Defense Second Team
• Alex Caruso
• Jrue Holiday
• Jaden McDaniels
• Jalen Suggs
• Derrick White

The NBA has announced its 23-24 All-Rookie Teams headlined by Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren as unanimous selections. Brandon Miller received 97 out of 99 votes.

First Team
• Victor Wembanyama
• Chet Holmgren
• Brandon Miller
• Jaime Jaques Jr.
• Brandin Podziemski

Second Team
• Keyonte George
• GG Jackson II
• Dereck Lively II
• Amen Thompson
• Cason Wallace

Tyrese Maxey has been awarded the Joe Dumars Trophy as the winner of the 2023-24 NBA Sportsmanship Award. Maxey becomes the second player in franchise history to receive the honor, joining Eric Snow in 1999-00.

The annual award is designed to honor a player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court. Each NBA team nominated one of its players for the NBA Sportsmanship Award. From the list of 30 team nominees, a panel of league executives selected one finalist from each of the NBA’s six divisions, and current NBA players selected the winner.

Maxey concluded his fourth NBA campaign in 2023-24 as a top-11 scorer in the league, averaging career highs in points (25.9), assists (6.2), and steals (1.0). He was selected as a first-time NBA All-Star on Feb. 1 and later became the second player in franchise history to be named the league’s Most Improved Player (Dana Barros in 1994-95).
 
Maxey averaged just 1.7 turnovers this season, joining Dallas’ Kyrie Irving (also 2023-24) as the only two players in league history to average at least 25.0 points and 5.0 assists with fewer than 2.0 turnovers for a full campaign.

Steph Curry won the 2023-24 Magic Johnson Award, the Professional Basketball Writers Association revealed on Wednesday.

The award is to honor a player who displays "cooperation and grace in dealing with the media and fans" both on and off the court. 

It is the second time that Curry has won the award.

Curry was also named the Clutch Player of the Year for this season.

Karl-Anthony Towns has won the 2023-24 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award.

An NBA selection committee chose Towns “due to his dedication to pursue social justice and uphold Abdul-Jabbar and the league’s decades-long values of equality, respect and inclusion,” an NBA source said.

Other finalists included Bam Adebayo, CJ McCollum, Lindy Waters III and Russell Westbrook.

Towns played a key role in the passage of Minnesota’s Restore the Vote bill (H.F.28), a bipartisan legislation that restored the right to vote to more than 55,000 formerly incarcerated people in March 2023.

Towns is expected to receive the award before Friday's Game 3 against the Denver Nuggets.

Nikola Jokic has been named the 23-24 NBA Most Valuable Player, winning the award for the third time in his career.

Jokic is the ninth player to win the award three or more times in his career.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished second ahead of Luka Doncic at third. Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jalen Brunson rounded out the top-5.

Jokic received 79 first place votes, 18 second place votes and two third place votes.

Gilgeous-Alexander received 15 first place votes, 40 second place votes, 40 third place votes, three fourth place votes and one fifth place votes.

Doncic received four first place votes, 36 second place votes, 50 third place votes and eight fourth place votes. 

Jayson Tatum, Anthony Edwards, Domantas Sabonis and Kevin Durant also received votes.

Rudy Gobert has been named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year for a record-tying fourth time.  

Gobert had 72 first place votes and 433 total points. Victor Wembanyama finished second with 245 total points out of 19 first place votes, 44 second place votes and 18 third place votes. Bam Adebayo finished third with 91 total points ahead of Anthony Davis with 83.

Gobert joins Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace as the only four-time winners of the award, which has been presented annually since the 1982-83 season.

In the 2023-24 regular season, Gobert ranked sixth in the NBA in blocks per game (2.13) and fourth in defensive rebounds per game (9.2).  Opponents shot 43.4% from the field when Gobert was the closest defender, 6.1% lower than their expected percentage on those shots (49.5%).  That difference was the largest among the 105 players who defended at least 800 shots during the season.

Led by Gobert, the Timberwolves had the best defensive rating, allowed the fewest points per game and held opponents to the lowest field goal percentage in the NBA.  The top-ranked defense helped Minnesota (56-26) post the second-best record in franchise history and earn the No. 3 playoff seed in the Western Conference.