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Mike Vorkunov: Wembanyama called the Spurs' loss to the Knicks in Game 4 of the Finals "the most intense heartbreak moment in my career" after they blew a 29-point lead, and said he didn't think he should win the MVP award last season. "But I should win it this year, though."
NBA Communications: Other nominees... West: Darius Acuff Jr. (SAC), Stephen Curry (GSW), Luka Dončić (LAL) and Cooper Flagg (DAL) East: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIA), Scottie Barnes (TOR), Tyrese Maxey (PHI) and Evan Mobley (CLE)
NBA Communications: San Antonio Spurs forward-center Victor Wembanyama and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 2 of the 2026-27 season (Oct. 26 – Nov. 1).
Golden State Valkyries: Impossible to overlook. Impossible to ignore. Your 2026 @WNBA Finals MVP, Gabby Williams. Gabby is the only player in WNBA Finals history to record 30+ points, 4+ blocks and 2+ steals in a game.
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Brown then delivered his strongest criticism of the awards system. "All the awards that people chase, all the outside validation, it doesn't even matter. It's made up," Brown said. "Somebody made up an award and made up a fake committee to give people these awards based upon what criteria nobody actually really knows." "If you wrap your identity in that, you will never be happy," Brown added. "I won't let anybody or anything control my happiness or my peace."
"Who's the best player in the world, or who's the MVP this year, or all these different types of things – it's subjective," Brown said on The Young Man and the Three. "The media, the people that you need to vote for you to win these awards, sometimes they vote for their favorites, or they vote for people that, you know, the storyline they want to win."
NBA Base: Jaylen Brown says NBA awards are "made up" and don't matter: “All the awards that people chase, all the outside validation, I just—it doesn't even matter. It's made up. You know, somebody made up an award and made up a fake committee to give people these awards based upon what criteria, nobody actually really knows.” (Via @OldManAndThree )
Yaxel Lendeborg's odds of winning the 2026-27 NBA Rookie of the Year have jumped from 7.8% to 23.7% in the past 6 hours on Polymarket, a 15.9-point move.
NBA Communications: Memphis Grizzlies guard Ty Jerome and Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 1 of the 2026-27 season (Oct. 20-25).
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Alexa Philippou: All-WNBA selections have been announced. First team: Olivia Miles, Caitlin Clark, Kelsey Mitchell, Breanna Stewart, A'ja Wilson. Second team: Paige Bueckers, Jackie Young, Rhyne Howard, Angel Reese, Shakira Austin
Yaxel Lendeborg's odds of winning the 2026-27 NBA Rookie of the Year have slipped from 10.3% to 4.7% over the past 24 hours on Polymarket, a 5.6-point move.
Draymond Green: "I saw some Ant-Man will win MVP after he had 45 points, 10 rebounds, and three assists. And here's what I will say: that is an overreaction, except I think he can. I do think he's good enough to do it. And with a point guard like LaMelo where he's not in charge of playmaking for others anymore, and he could just go be a scorer, that's dangerous. I think Ant-Man can go be the MVP. They're going to have to win a lot of games obviously, and he's going to have to play at a crazy level because let's face it, I don't think they want Ant-Man as the MVP. But he's capable."
Draymond Green on Luka Doncic: "Luka will never win an MVP in the NBA. This is the last possible year he can win it. Because if Luka could go average 34 points a game, they're going to be like, oh, yeah, of course Luka average 34 points a game. And it's like JT could go average 30, they're going to be like, oh, yeah, we know he can average 30 points a game. He can average both of them can average 30, 11, and eight. Oh, yeah, we know they're supposed like it won't be viewed as somebody else averaging those numbers. It it's like people get fatigued of it. Same thing happened with LeBron James. You can't tell me he only should have four MVPs. "
