When Do They Announce the NBA MVP?

We’re all eagerly awaiting the announcement of the NBA MVP for the 2019-2020 season. But when will the big reveal happen? Here’s what we know so far.

Introduction

The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1963. Until 2011, the MVP was selected by a vote of NBA players. Since 2012, a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada has been responsible for selecting each season’s recipient.

Lebron James has won the most MVP awards with four. Bill Russell and Michael Jordan have both won the award three times, while Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have won it twice. Twenty-one players have won the award in their rookie year; nine of them were later selected as NBA Rookie of the Year, while one—Wes Unseld—was co-Rookie of the Year with Bob Rule. Russell, Jordan, Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, and James are the only players to have won both MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season. James is also the only player to have been Finals MVP three times in a row.[1] Olajuwon, Duncan, and Nash have all won consecutive MVPs on two separate occasions.

Moses Malone became Alabama’s first —and so far only— recipient when he played for Houston from 1979 to 1982 as well as again in 1983–84; Allen Iverson became that state’s second when he played for Philadelphia from 1999 to 2001 plus again during 2002–03; Oklahoma has also produced two repeat winners: Kevin Durant for Oklahoma City from 2009 to 2012 and Russell Westbrook for Oklahoma City from 2016 to 2018.

The Announcement

The announcement for the NBA MVP is made at the end of the regular season. The voting is conducted by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters from across the United States and Canada. The award is given to the player who receives the most votes from the panel.

Timing

The National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1963.

The voting is conducted by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, each of whom casts a vote for first to fifth place selections. Each first-place vote is worth 10 points; each second-place vote is worth 7 points; each third-place vote is worth 5 points; each fourth-place vote is worth 3 points; and each fifth-place vote is worth 1 point. Ballots were due at the end of the regular season, and the trophy was awarded at the NBA Awards Ceremony during the playoffs.

The Process

The National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1963. Until 2011, the MVP was selected by a vote of NBA players. Since 2012, a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada has been assembled by the NBA to collectively determine who they believe to be the MVP.

The announcement of the winner typically takes place at a press conference prior to either that year’s NBA Awards Show or prior to Game 1 of that year’sNBA Finals

Who Announces the Winner?

The National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served from 1946 until 1963.

The NBA

In the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served from 1946 until his death in 1963. Until 2011, only NBA players were eligible to win the award. Starting in 2011, foreign-born players who had played for at least three seasons in the NBA were also eligible to win.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 41 different players. The first recipient was Boston Celtics player Bob Cousy, who won the award in 1956. Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain have both won the award a record five times each; Oscar Robertson and Michael Jordan have both won it four times each; while Magic Johnson and LeBron James have won three times each. Kobe Bryant and Russell Westbrook have both won it twice each. Karl Malone is the only player in NBA history to win back-to-back MVP awards; he did so on two occasions, winning his first MVP in 1997–98 and his second in 1998–99.

The Media

While it’s the players who actually win the award, it’s the media that does the announcing. The MVP is usually announced at a press conference held by the NBA a few days after the last game of the Finals.

This year, the MVP will likely be announced on Tuesday, June 25th. The reason for the delay is that the NBA wants to give voters enough time to finish their ballots.

It’s worth noting that the MVP isn’t always announced at the same time as other awards. For example, last year the Rookie of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year were both announced on May 16th, about two weeks before the MVP was revealed.

Conclusion

The announcement for the winner of the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award is typically made during the NBA Awards show. The NBA Awards show is usually held in late June.