NBA reveals finalists for 2019-20 end-of-season awards

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We now know who is in the running for each of the NBA's end-of-season awards.

On Saturday, the NBA revealed the finalists for Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, Sixth Man of the Year and Coach of the Year on the NBA on TNT pregame show.

Reminder, awards voting is based on games played from the start of the regular season through March 11, which is when the season was suspended. What happens in the season restart at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida will have no bearing on this season's awards.

With that in mind, here are the finalists for each of this season's awards.

Most Valuable Player

James Harden, Houston Rockets

LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks

Rookie of the Year

Kendrick Nunn, Miami Heat

Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies

Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans

Defensive Player of the Year

Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks

Anthony Davis, Los Angeles Lakers

Most Improved Player

Brandon Ingram, New Orleans Pelicans

Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks

Bam Adebayo, Miami Heat

Sixth Man of the Year

Montrezl Harrell, LA Clippers

Dennis Schröder, Oklahoma City Thunder

Lou Williams, LA Clippers

Coach of the Year

Mike Budenholzer, Milwaukee Bucks

Billy Donovan, Oklahoma City Thunder

Nick Nurse, Toronto Raptors

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Scott Rafferty is an experienced NBA journalist who first started writing for The Sporting News in 2017. There are few things he appreciates more than a Nikola Jokic no-look pass, Klay Thompson heat check or Giannis Antetokounmpo eurostep. He's a member of the NBA Global team.