One attention-grabbing facet of what is felt like an injury-riddled NBA season, is the variety of high-profile gamers who may in the end grow to be ineligible to be within the combine for season-long awards this 12 months. The current rule states that gamers should common 20-plus minutes in 65 regular-season video games or play at the very least 62 video games, endure a season-ending harm and play the vast majority of video games previous to the harm.
So this implies names like Ja Morant, Bradley Beal and Tyler Herro are already ineligible for the Most Useful Participant, Defensive Participant of the Yr and Most Improved Participant awards. However past that, additionally they cannot be chosen to All-NBA or All-Defensive groups, as Hoops Hype detailed. However curiously, the checklist of gamers trending towards becoming a member of the trio above options some very high-profile names.