The author discusses the wide-open race for the 2024 Golden Basketball award, noting the lack of a clear frontrunner. They highlight key players like Jayson Tatum, Luka Doncic, and Jalen Brunson, while acknowledging the impact of team success and major tournaments on the award.
As we celebrate New Year's Eve, let's look back on the year that was in pro basketball with my annual (and imaginary) Golden Basketball for the top player in 2024. In the decade since I first awarded the Golden Basketball for performance across all competitions in the calendar year -- similar to the previous format of soccer's Ballon d'Or, which moved from an annual to a seasonal award in 2022 -- there has never been such a wide-open field.
The NBA title was won more thanks to depth instead of individual stardom, and only one of the top five finishers in regular-season MVP voting (become the first repeat Golden Basketball winner since James claimed three in a row from 2016 to 2018, or will he be unseated by Doncic,Given the importance of the Finals, the MVP of the series has won the Golden Basketball five of the past nine years. The balanced Celtics gave us an unusual situation where Brown, who also won the Eastern Conference finals MVP, wasn't the team's acknowledged best player. Brown also missed an opportunity to pad his Golden Basketball credentials when he was passed over as a replacement on the USA Olympic team for teammate Brunson. Brunson revitalized New York basketball with his leading role in last year's run to Game 7 of the conference finals, finishing fifth in MVP voting and averaging 32.4 points and 7.5 assists for the short-handed Knicks in the playoffs. He has taken a bit of a step out of the spotlight so far this season, with newcomer. From when I first awarded the Golden Basketball in 2014 until 2020, Curry and James combined to win all but one of them. The two future Hall of Famers provided some of this year's most memorable basketball playing together for the USA in the Olympics, with James winning MVP of the tournament but Curry starring in the final. However, both were not serious Golden Ball contenders after they didn't play at an MVP level during the NBA season and their teams combined for one playoff wi
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