The NBA introduced on Tuesday it has created a brand new trophy for this season, to be awarded to the staff that has the very best regular-season document.
The Maurice Podoloff Trophy – named after the NBA’s first commissioner – might be handed out for the primary time this season.
According to the announcement, the trophy “features a crystal ball cut into 82 panels, sitting on a pedestal that combines the structures of the Eastern Conference posts and Western conference rings.”
Podoloff’s identify was tied to the league’s MVP award, although it had been dropped when Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic retained it final season.
Had the brand new award been given out after the 82 video games final 12 months, it will have gone to the Phoenix Suns after their spectacular 64-18 marketing campaign, and would maybe have offered some comfort after they had been overwhelmed within the Western Conference semi-finals by the Dallas Mavericks.
The Boston Celtics at the moment paved the way within the NBA this season, with a document of 20-5 after ending runners-up to the Golden State Warriors in final 12 months’s Finals.
The NBA additionally unveiled redesigned trophies for the Joe Dumars Trophy for sportsmanship, the Red Auerbach Trophy for coach of the 12 months, the Twyman-Stokes Trophy for the league’s greatest teammate and the NBA Executive of the Year Trophy, working with artist Victor Solomon.
