From The Sports Desk: NBA award picks

The NBA regular season is over and the NBC News sports crew had some thoughts on the major awards races.

The NBA regular season is over and the NBC News sports crew had some thoughts on the major awards races. We skipped the Defensive Player of the Year award — Victor Wembenyama seems to have that one wrapped up. But our teams dove into the tightly contested MVP, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year and Most Improved races below.

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Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic in San Antonio on Sunday.Scott Wachter / Imagn ImagesBy Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News sports reporter