NBA Most Improved Player Race: Norman Powell or Cade Cunningham?

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00:00Now, I think that when it comes to the most improved player,

00:02this is another one that we've seen a significant shift.

00:05Gilbert, Norman Powell of the Clippers has been playing

00:08fantastic and all of a sudden now, he is plus 110 to win the

00:12award. Cade Cunningham is the favorite at minus 115. Tyler

00:15Heroes had a fantastic season, but I mean, Tyler Heroes been

00:18good now for a while. Maybe he's just better now than what

00:21he was the last couple of years. So, is it a two-player

00:24race here? You think for this? It does feel like that and

00:27honestly, I'm not a fan of the fact that it's a two-player

00:29race. I think back to when I was a kid and I got good grades

00:32and I wanted my parents to reward me for and they tell me

00:34that's what you're supposed to do. Cade Cunningham is a former

00:37number one overall pick and I think that it kind of takes

00:39away from the spirit of the award to give him most improved

00:42player and that's not to take away from the season that he's

00:44had. He got an all-star nod because of it and he's becoming

00:47the player that we all envisioned him being. The Pistons

00:50have turned things around because of him, but I don't

00:52necessarily think that that warrants winning most improved

00:55player. I wonder if the voters will agree with me. I think

00:57if they do, then they'll give the award to Norman Powell and

01:00there's plenty of time for Powell to become the favorite

01:03again, but I do think there's good value in getting him right

01:05now at plus money. He's a guy who in his 10th NBA season at

01:0831 years old is really redefining himself as a starter

01:11for the Clippers averaging over 24 points per game. I think

01:15that that is what the spirit of most improved player should

01:18be about and I think that we lost the plot a little bit

01:20giving it to John Moran a few years ago. Again, a great award

01:24for him and he earned it becoming a star to superstar,

01:27but still he was a former number two overall pick. So if

01:29we can get back to giving it to a guy in their 10th season

01:32redefining their career and really taking on a new role

01:35in stride. I think that Norman Powell should win the award.

01:37So it'll be interesting to see how it happens between him

01:39and Kate Cunningham.