It was offseason surgery on his left foot that hampered his ability to start the season at full strength. There was plenty of potential by Jaden Akins last season, who averaged 9.8 points, 1.2 assists, and four rebounds. “My goals also extend beyond Michigan State.” “It has always been a dream of mine to compete at the highest level,” said Akins. The 6-foot-4, 190-pound guard from Farmington, MI, has much higher aspirations than MSU. Those words seem to be encouraging for Michigan State fans who hope for Akins to return. Next season could be special for Spartan basketball, and that motivates me to get better each and every day,” said Akins in his post. There is so much more I would love to accomplish. “Wearing the green and white has been a dream come true. The decision comes with Akins having two more years of eligibility left and the opportunity to try and compete for a championship next season at Michigan State. On Friday, the MSU sophomore guard announced via Instagram that he would be entering his name into the NBA Draft process. The All-NBA, All-Rookie and All-Defensive teams also have yet to be revealed.JADEN AKINS DUNK OF THE YEAR /NBd1fQOgZJ The NBA has not said when the MVP trophy will be handed out. Two-time reigning MVP Nikola Jokic of Denver is a finalist again, along with Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid. That only leaves the biggest individual prize of all - MVP.
as defensive player of the year, Sacramento’s De’Aaron Fox as the inaugural winner of the clutch player award, Kings coach Mike Brown as a unanimous pick for coach of the year, Boston’s Malcolm Brogdon as sixth man of the year and Utah’s Lauri Markkanen as the league’s most improved player. And I’m looking forward to that.”īanchero becomes the sixth person to receive one of the NBA’s top individual awards so far in this award season, following the reveals of Memphis’ Jaren Jackson Jr. To get to where I want to be, everything’s just going to have to be kicked up a notch. I think expanding my range in Year 2, then just getting in best shape I possibly can - I think I was in good shape this year, but just want to take it to another level. “There were stretches during this year where I shot the ball well. “I want to be more consistent, more dangerous from 3-point range next season,” he said. In the final chapter of his season-long rookie diary for The Associated Press, Banchero also detailed some of the ways he wants to improve over the coming months. I don’t think that’s going to be any question whatsoever.” The biggest talk with him is just to have a focus on one or two pieces for the summer, where he can improve in certain areas - because he’s going to work.
“I think a lot of times rookies will come in and they’ll try to do everything. “I think there’s so many ways in which he can grow,” Mosley said. “He had an ability to adjust in-game to whatever was asked of him to impact winning,” Mosley said.īanchero freely acknowledges that he’s not a finished product, and Mosley said the team wants him to lock in on certain areas over the offseason. Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said one of his biggest takeaways from Banchero’s first season was an on-court maturity and willingness to play the right way. 1 pick to win the award in the season immediately after getting drafted since Karl-Anthony Towns in 2016 Ben Simmons won the award in 2018, two years after he went No. Kessler got the two first-place votes that Banchero didn’t receive.īanchero is the first No. Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder was second and Walker Kessler of the Utah Jazz was third. Banchero got 98 of the 100 first-place votes from a panel of writers and broadcasters who cover the league.
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