By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The NBA released the full voting tallies and lists of which players every voter selected for the 2022-23 NBA awards of the regular season.
It was already known that Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid got 73 votes to be named the 2023 NBA MVP. Nikola Jokic got 15 and Giannis received 12. What came as a kind of surprise was that there was one voter who didn’t include Jokic at all in any of his five choices for MVP, as TNT analyst and Hall of Famer Charles Barkley had revealed.
That was former All-Star, and now ESPN analyst Mark Jackson who picked, in order, Embiid, Antetokounmpo, Boston Celtics‘ Jayson Tatum, Oklahoma City Thunder‘s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Cleveland Cavaliers‘ Donovan Mitchell.
Barkley had actually mentioned that: “There’s one person — I don’t even know this fool’s name — didn’t even have [Jokic] in the top five. People like that shouldn’t get a vote.”
Charles Barkley a few days ago on the MVP voter who left Jokic off their ballot:
“People like that shouldn’t get a vote…He’s a damn idiot.”
It was just announced that the voter in question is Mark Jackson 😂
pic.twitter.com/CXUT8pJ4rs— Guru (@DrGuru_) May 11, 2023
The full list and details, per NBA:
Kia NBA Clutch Player of the Year
Winner: De’Aaron Fox, Sacramento Kings
Second: Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat
Third: DeMar DeRozan, Chicago Bulls
Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year
Winner: Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis Grizzlies
Second: Brook Lopez, Milwaukee Bucks
Third: Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers
Kia NBA Most Improved Player
Winner: Lauri Markkanen, Utah Jazz
Second: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
Third: Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks
Kia NBA Most Valuable Player
Winner: Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
Second: Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
Third: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Kia NBA Rookie of the Year
Winner: Paolo Banchero, Orlando Magic
Second: Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City Thunder
Third: Walker Kessler, Utah Jazz
Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year
Winner: Malcolm Brogdon, Boston Celtics
Second: Immanuel Quickley, New York Knicks
Third: Bobby Portis Jr., Milwaukee Bucks
NBA Coach of the Year
Winner: Mike Brown, Sacramento Kings
Second: Mark Daigneault, Oklahoma City Thunder
Third: Joe Mazzulla, Boston Celtics
Kia All-NBA Team
First Team
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Luka Dončić, Dallas Mavericks
Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Second Team
Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat
Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers
Third Team
De’Aaron Fox, Sacramento Kings
LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers
Julius Randle, New York Knicks
Domantas Sabonis, Sacramento Kings
Kia NBA All-Defensive Team
First Team
Alex Caruso, Chicago Bulls
Jrue Holiday, Milwaukee Bucks
Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis Grizzlies
Brook Lopez, Milwaukee Bucks
Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers
Second Team
Bam Adebayo, Miami Heat
O.G. Anunoby, Toronto Raptors
Dillon Brooks, Memphis Grizzlies
Draymond Green, Golden State Warriors
Derrick White, Boston Celtics
Kia NBA All-Rookie Team
First Team
Paolo Banchero, Orlando Magic
Walker Kessler, Utah Jazz
Bennedict Mathurin, Indiana Pacers
Keegan Murray, Sacramento Kings
Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City Thunder
Second Team
Jalen Duren, Detroit Pistons
Tari Eason, Houston Rockets
Jaden Ivey, Detroit Pistons
Jabari Smith Jr., Houston Rockets
Jeremy Sochan, San Antonio Spurs
A global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters voted for the 2022-23 NBA regular-season awards. Voter selections for each annual award are now available.