Give the NBA credit for its multiple attempts at transparency, including Last Two Minute Reports for officiating and making all awards voting public.
For the first time, the league will announce the winners during the NBA Awards Show aired June 26 from New York on TNT. In previous years, award winners were announced sporadically as the playoffs progressed.
The league office also streamlined the process, eliminating all team-employee voting such as broadcasters. That meant if you got a ballot, you voted for every award as opposed to voting for two or three because of the previously larger pool of voters.
The Tribune got a ballot. And, yes, Most Valuable Player was hard. Actually, All-NBA, even with three teams, proved harder to this voter. Here's my ballot:
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