NBA Bungles MVP announcement | Yardbarmer

ESPNS Shams Charania defeated the official announcement of the NBA to break the news that the guard of the Oklahoma City Thunder had won the MVP Prize. His contribution to X (formerly Twitter) was a few hours ahead when the winner was to be unveiled before the broadcast 1 of the Eastern Conference final.

Perhaps this was a calculated attempt by ESPN to steal the thunder of her competing network (no word game intends) before a program. It is possible that someone in the Ligabüro lost his NBA rights next season, perhaps as part of the continuing bitterness towards the lawsuit submitted by Warner Bros. Discovery last year.

It is another example of the disadvantage of the scoop culture, in which reporter competes for the first announcements of information that will be easily available. The early explanation of the SGA award is, like reporter, which submits seconds before the design is announced. It's not really news; They are spoilers.

But it took the shine from the announcement, one that has been trying to do the NBA over the years. It felt like the league had lost the opportunity by not announcing the Denver Nuggets during the Thunder series as Gilgeous-Alexander against his top MVP rival Nikola Jokic. It is a much better action for the best players in the NBA to find out in the fight and not if Jokic could already be back in Serbia.

The NBA has tried to do it right. From 2017-19 it organized a post-season award line show, but gave up the idea after it had canceled the next two years due to Covid-19. After MVPs were excluded, they were taken over with embarrassing award ceremonies how Giannis Antetokounmpo had to accept his award from Greece after his Milwaukee Bucks had lost in the first round. In 2007 Dirk Nowitzki had to accept his MVP trophy after the Golden State Warriors had annoyed his top seeds mason in Dallas.

The NBA should probably simply announce all awards after the season is over, even though some journalists are careful to spoil the drama. Tim Bontemps from ESPN has a recurring “MVP straw survey” of the voters to predict the award, which also eliminates surprises. Nevertheless, the league could at least make sure that the winners did not immediately escape reporters, even if it was very likely that Gilgeous-Alexander would win.

After the crew from TNT announced the awards in the last seasons, this summer is an opportunity to improve. If “Inside the NBA” is syndicated with ESPN with ESPN next season, your reporters will not try to spoil it. But the NBA has to rethink the entire process.