Our voters take you inside the easiest and toughest decisions on their ballots, as award announcements begin on Tuesday.

Despite that, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander doesn't care about their perception across the league. Instead, the Thunder are focused on tangible results like wins and buckets. It's the right mindset to have as OKC enters the playoffs with a target on its back.

This was brutal — Victor Wembanyama was running away with this award before the deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder ended his season and kept him shy of the 65-game, league-mandated cutoff. (Wembanyama played in 46 games but still finished with 176 total blocked shots, the most in the league, 28 more than the Bucks’ Brook Lopez, who was second.)