2018 NBA Awards

2018 NBA Awards on TNT
2018 NBA Awards on TNT
Date	June 25, 2018
Location	Barker Hangar,; Santa Monica, California
Country	United States
Hosted by	Main host; Anthony Anderson; Inside the NBA crew; Ernie Johnson Jr.; Shaquille O'Neal; Kenny Smith; Charles Barkley
Website	www.nba.com/nbaawards
Television/radio coverage
Network	TNT
Viewership	1.21 million
Produced by	Dick Clark Productions
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The 2018 NBA Awards were the 2nd annual awards show by the National Basketball Association (NBA), held on June 25, 2018, at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California and hosted by Anthony Anderson. James Harden of the Houston Rockets was awarded the NBA Most Valuable Player Award.

During the ceremony, it was revealed during EJ's Neat-O Stat of the Night that the cover athlete of NBA Live 19 will be Joel Embiid.

Winners and finalists

The full list of finalists was announced on May 16, 2018 during the TNT NBA Tip-Off pre-game show and posted to Twitter.

Winners are in boldface.

NBA Most Valuable Player Award James Harden — Houston Rockets Anthony Davis — New Orleans Pelicans LeBron James — Cleveland Cavaliers	NBA Rookie of the Year Award Ben Simmons — Philadelphia 76ers Donovan Mitchell — Utah Jazz Jayson Tatum — Boston Celtics
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Rudy Gobert — Utah Jazz Joel Embiid — Philadelphia 76ers Anthony Davis — New Orleans Pelicans	NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award Lou Williams — Los Angeles Clippers Fred VanVleet — Toronto Raptors Eric Gordon — Houston Rockets
NBA Most Improved Player Award Victor Oladipo — Indiana Pacers Clint Capela — Houston Rockets Spencer Dinwiddie — Brooklyn Nets	NBA Coach of the Year Award Dwane Casey — Toronto Raptors Brad Stevens — Boston Celtics Quin Snyder — Utah Jazz
Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award Jamal Crawford — Minnesota Timberwolves	NBA Hustle Award Amir Johnson — Philadelphia 76ers
NBA Sportsmanship Award Kemba Walker — Charlotte Hornets	NBA Lifetime Achievement Award Oscar Robertson — Milwaukee Bucks
NBA Cares Community Assist Award Kevin Durant — Golden State Warriors	NBA Executive of the Year Award Daryl Morey — Houston Rockets
Sager Strong Award Dikembe Mutombo

Honors

NBA All-Defensive Team

First team		Second team
Rudy Gobert	Utah Jazz	Joel Embiid	Philadelphia 76ers
Anthony Davis	New Orleans Pelicans	Draymond Green	Golden State Warriors
Victor Oladipo	Indiana Pacers	Al Horford	Boston Celtics
Jrue Holiday	New Orleans Pelicans	Dejounte Murray	San Antonio Spurs
Robert Covington	Philadelphia 76ers	Jimmy Butler	Minnesota Timberwolves

NBA All-Rookie Team

First team		Second team
Donovan Mitchell	Utah Jazz	Dennis Smith Jr.	Dallas Mavericks
Ben Simmons	Philadelphia 76ers	Lonzo Ball	Los Angeles Lakers
Jayson Tatum	Boston Celtics	John Collins	Atlanta Hawks
Kyle Kuzma	Los Angeles Lakers	Bogdan Bogdanović	Sacramento Kings
Lauri Markkanen	Chicago Bulls	Josh Jackson	Phoenix Suns

Fan Awards

Fan Awards nominees and categories were announced on the league's official website on April 18, 2018.