2019 NBA Awards

The 2019 NBA Awards were the 3rd annual awards show by the National Basketball Association (NBA), held on June 24, 2019, at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California and hosted by Shaquille O’Neal.^[1]

2019 NBA Awards on TNT
Date	June 24, 2019 (2019-06-24)
Location	Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California
Country	United States
Hosted by	Shaquille O’Neal
Website	www.nba.com/nbaawards
Television/radio coverage
Network	TNT
Produced by	Dick Clark Productions
← 2018 · NBA Awards on TNT

This is currently the last edition of the NBA Awards show. In future seasons, award winners were announced throughout TNT's coverage of the playoffs.

Winners and finalists

The full list of finalists were announced on May 17, 2019.^[2]

Winners are in boldface.

NBA Most Valuable Player Award Giannis Antetokounmpo — Milwaukee Bucks Paul George — Oklahoma City Thunder James Harden — Houston Rockets	NBA Rookie of the Year Award Luka Dončić — Dallas Mavericks Deandre Ayton — Phoenix Suns Trae Young — Atlanta Hawks
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Rudy Gobert — Utah Jazz Giannis Antetokounmpo — Milwaukee Bucks Paul George — Oklahoma City Thunder	NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award Louis Williams — Los Angeles Clippers Montrezl Harrell — Los Angeles Clippers Domantas Sabonis — Indiana Pacers
NBA Most Improved Player Award Pascal Siakam — Toronto Raptors De'Aaron Fox — Sacramento Kings D'Angelo Russell — Brooklyn Nets	NBA Coach of the Year Award Mike Budenholzer — Milwaukee Bucks Michael Malone — Denver Nuggets Doc Rivers — Los Angeles Clippers
Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award^[3] Mike Conley — Memphis Grizzlies Steven Adams — Oklahoma City Thunder Jared Dudley — Brooklyn Nets Channing Frye — Cleveland Cavaliers Rudy Gay — San Antonio Spurs Udonis Haslem — Miami Heat Andre Iguodala — Golden State Warriors Kyle Korver — Utah Jazz Khris Middleton — Milwaukee Bucks JJ Redick — Philadelphia 76ers Garrett Temple — Los Angeles Clippers Thaddeus Young — Indiana Pacers	NBA Cares Community Assist Award^[3] Bradley Beal — Washington Wizards Jarrett Allen — Brooklyn Nets Mike Conley — Memphis Grizzlies Tobias Harris — Philadelphia 76ers LeBron James — Los Angeles Lakers Damian Lillard — Portland Trail Blazers Khris Middleton — Milwaukee Bucks Donovan Mitchell — Utah Jazz Dwight Powell — Dallas Mavericks Pascal Siakam — Toronto Raptors
NBA Sportsmanship Award^[3] Mike Conley — Memphis Grizzlies Steven Adams — Oklahoma City Thunder Harrison Barnes — Sacramento Kings Al Horford — Boston Celtics Khris Middleton — Milwaukee Bucks Kemba Walker — Charlotte Hornets	NBA Lifetime Achievement Award Larry Bird — Boston Celtics^[4] Magic Johnson — Los Angeles Lakers^[4]
NBA Hustle Award Marcus Smart — Boston Celtics	NBA Executive of the Year Award Jon Horst — Milwaukee Bucks
Sager Strong Award Robin Roberts

Honors

The NBA All-Rookie Teams were announced on May 21, 2019.^[5] It was followed by the announcements for the NBA All-Defensive Teams on May 22, 2019^[6] and the All-NBA Teams on May 23, 2019.^[7]

NBA All-Rookie Team

First team		Second team
Luka Dončić	Dallas Mavericks	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Los Angeles Clippers
Trae Young	Atlanta Hawks	Collin Sexton	Cleveland Cavaliers
Deandre Ayton	Phoenix Suns	Landry Shamet	Los Angeles Clippers
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Memphis Grizzlies	Mitchell Robinson	New York Knicks
Marvin Bagley III	Sacramento Kings	Kevin Huerter	Atlanta Hawks

NBA All-Defensive Team

First team		Second team
Rudy Gobert	Utah Jazz	Jrue Holiday	New Orleans Pelicans
Paul George	Oklahoma City Thunder	Klay Thompson	Golden State Warriors
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	Joel Embiid	Philadelphia 76ers
Marcus Smart	Boston Celtics	Draymond Green	Golden State Warriors
Eric Bledsoe	Milwaukee Bucks	Kawhi Leonard	Toronto Raptors

All NBA Team

First team		Second team		Third Team
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	Kevin Durant	Golden State Warriors	Blake Griffin	Detroit Pistons
Paul George	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kawhi Leonard	Toronto Raptors	LeBron James	Los Angeles Lakers
Nikola Jokić	Denver Nuggets	Joel Embiid	Philadelphia 76ers	Rudy Gobert	Utah Jazz
James Harden	Houston Rockets	Damian Lillard	Portland Trail Blazers	Russell Westbrook	Oklahoma City Thunder
Stephen Curry	Golden State Warriors	Kyrie Irving	Boston Celtics	Kemba Walker	Charlotte Hornets

See also

• List of National Basketball Association awards

References

1. "Shaquille O'Neal to host 2019 NBA Awards presented by Kia on TNT". NBA.com: NBA Communications. May 9, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
2. "Finalists for 2019 NBA Awards revealed". NBA.com. May 17, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
3. "2019 NBA Awards: Categories & Nominees". NBA.com. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
4. "Magic Johnson and Larry Bird to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2019 NBA Awards". NBA.com. May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
5. "Young, Doncic lead 2018-19 All-Rookie First Team". NBA.com. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
6. "Gobert, George, Antetokounmpo lead 2018-19 All-Defensive First Team". NBA.com. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
7. "Antetokounmpo, Harden lead All-NBA First Team". NBA.com. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

External links

• Official website