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11.09.2018 11:02

The Latest on the NBA Awards Shaquill Griffin Jersey , where the league�s individual honors are being presented (all times local):

8 p.m.

James Harden of the Houston Rockets is the NBA�s Most Valuable Player.

He joined Michael Jordan as the only players to average at least 20 points, eight assists, five rebounds and 1.7 steals in a season.

Harden led the league in scoring, 3-pointers and 50-point games with four. He helped the Rockets to an NBA-leading 65 wins.

Harden beat out Cleveland�s LeBron James and Anthony Davis of the Pelicans.

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7:25 p.m.

Oscar Robertson commends the activism of today�s NBA players, although he wonders why more white athletes aren�t speaking out.

�Where are the white athletes when this is happening?� he said backstage at the NBA Awards. �It�s not just black athletes when you see injustice in the world.�

Robertson went on to say he hopes �the whites and the blacks can get together, even with the football,� a reference to NFL players who have taken a knee or sat in silence during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality.

The Hall of Fame guard was presented with the NBA�s Lifetime Achievement Award.

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7:15 p.m.

The NBA gave Oscar Robertson a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Bill Russell gave Charles Barkley something else.

Barkley and fellow Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were the presenters when Robertson received his honor. After Barkley mentioned Russell, Boston�s Hall of Fame center flipped his middle finger in Barkley�s direction.

Robertson is the career leader in triple-doubles and was the first player to average one for a season. His antitrust case against the NBA also ushered in free agency for players. Robertson says that was his most important assist.

Russell received the inaugural award last year.

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6:55 p.m.

The name on everyone�s lips around the NBA isn�t at the league�s awards show.

LeBron James isn�t attending the show, where he�s vying for a fifth career Most Valuable Player award.

James has until Friday to tell the Cavaliers if he will pick up his $35.6 million option for next season or opt for free agency. Rumors about his future have spawned a cottage industry in the sports world.

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6:45 p.m.

Dwane Casey has won the NBA�s Coach of the Year award for his work with his former team Spencer Ware Jersey , the Toronto Raptors. He was fired last month and has since become coach of the Detroit Pistons.

Casey led the Raptors to the No. 1 seed in the East for the first time in franchise history. Toronto won a team-record 59 games. Casey coached the East in the All-Star Game for the first time.

Casey won over Quin Snyder of Utah and Brad Stevens of Boston.

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6:35 p.m.

Lou Williams of the Los Angeles Clippers is the NBA�s Sixth Man of the Year.

The guard became the first player to average at least 20 points for the first time in his 13th season or later. He led the league in fourth-quarter points and scoring average.

He beat out Houston�s Eric Gordon, last year�s winner, and Fred VanVleet of Toronto.

Williams kissed his two young daughters on his way to the stage after becoming the Clippers� third winner in the last five years.

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6:30 p.m.

Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz is the NBA�s Defensive Player of the Year.

The center was the leading vote-getter for the league�s All-Defensive first team.

Gobert anchored a Jazz defense that ranked second in the NBA in defensive rating.

He beat out Anthony Davis of New Orleans and Joel Embiid of Philadelphia.

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6:20 p.m.

Victor Oladipo of the Indiana Pacers has won the Most Improved Player at the NBA Awards.

The guard averaged 23.1 points in his first season with the Pacers. He earned his first All-Star berth, too.

Oladipo also led the league in steals for the first time.

He beat out Clint Capela of Houston and Spencer Dinwiddie of the Brooklyn Nets.

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6:15 p.m.

Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers has won Rookie of the Year honors at the NBA Awards.

The guard averaged 15 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, joining Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson as the only rookies to post those numbers in a season.

Simmons helped Philadelphia to a 52-30 record, including ending the season with a 16-game winning streak.

He beat out finalists Donovan Mitchell of Utah and Jayson Tatum of Boston.

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6 p.m.

The NBA Awards aren�t just about the hardware. Everyone gets fed, too.

Players and their guests are sitting down to dinner at the second annual show. On the menu is salad with avocados, grapefruit and green goddess dressing Joe Staley Jersey , and a main course of wild seabass with rice and steak.

Dessert is a vanilla cream puff, chocolate peanut butter cupcakes and pavlova with lemon curd and blueberry.

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5:55 p.m.

Jeanie Buss says she has complete faith in the Los Angeles Lakers� front office no matter how Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka want to build the team, whether it�s through trades, free agency or the draft.

Buss says she asked them a year ago to identify a style of play for the team and make decisions that reflect that style. She describes the Lakers� style as fast and says it�s about passing and sharing the ball while committing to each other as a team.

Buss is the team�s controlling owner and president. Johnson is the team�s president of basketbal Panthers quarterback Cam Newton posted a photo of himself earlier this week on Instagram sitting at a card table with a stack of poker chips in front of him that read: �I�m BETTING EVERYTHING on ME!�

It�s just one of several recent posts by Newton, most of which include him working out or showing off his chiseled six-pack abs.

The league�s 2015 MVP enters his eighth NFL season anxious to push the Panthers deeper into the playoffs after an 11-5 regular season ended with a first-round playoff loss to New Orleans last season.

Newton was in a jovial mood Thursday night as the team held its first training camp practice at Wofford College as new owner David Tepper looked on from the sideline. The quarterback led �the wave� with the crowd and laughed it up with teammates during breaks in practice.

�It�s just nice to see him be Cam and have a lot of life and have a lot of energy and enthusiasm,� Panthers tight end Greg Olsen said on check-in day on Wednesday. �When he�s like that, he�s at his best.�

It helps that Newton doesn�t have to worry about rehabbing an injured shoulder as he did last summer.

Newton missed all of minicamp and OTAs in 2017 after rotator cuff surgery on his throwing shoulder following the 2016 season. He was back to throwing at training camp last year, but developed soreness after five practices.

Not wanting to chance any setbacks, the Panthers only allowed Newton to throw two passes in the preseason games.

Newton made it back for the start of the regular season and played in all 16 games. He struggled statistically Patrick DiMarco Jersey , completing just 59.1 percent of his passes with 22 touchdowns and 16 interceptions, but it�s difficult to pin that on Newton or his shoulder.

Injuries to the offensive line and wide receiver position often left the former Heisman Trophy winner running from defenders after being flushed out of the pocket, desperately trying to find an open option.

Panthers general manager Marty Hurney addressed the need for playmakers at the wide receiver position this offseason by trading for Torrey Smith, signing free agent Jarius Wright and drafting rookie D.J. Moore in the first round.

�I thought you saw a lot of energy out of our offense in minicamp,� Hurney said. �You just don�t know, but you want to see it come together.�

Newton is also adapting to a new offensive scheme after the Panthers fired Mike Shula and replaced him with Norv Turner. Running back Christian McCaffrey said Turner and Newton �have really bonded� so far this offseason.

�Cam�s been throwing it really well. He has been making great reads and I think he�s just as excited as anybody for the season,� McCaffrey said.

Coach Ron Rivera said what excites him the most about Newton is the simple fact that he�s healthy and, as Panthers wide receiver Devin Funchess said, �is ready to rock.�

That has allowed him to work through some of the intricacies of Turner�s offense during OTAs and minicamp.

�Going into this camp Eric Berry Jersey , I think we�re already ahead with him,� Rivera said.

Newton didn�t talk to reporters following the completion of the team�s first practice at Gibbs Stadium, instead spending time signing autographs before heading in for team meetings. But he did post �you know I�m ready� in a recent Instagram video.

�I think that�s the understatement of the year to say that him being out there makes a big difference, right?� said Olsen, who missed more than half of the 2017 season with a foot injury.

�Just his presence on the field. Having a full OTAs and minicamp with him and then getting some work done with him this summer and just seeing how good he�s feeling and moving around and training and throwing a lot, and now being able to do a full training camp � those are all stark contrasts with where we were at this point last year. One would hope that that�s a good sign for us.�

Newton is betting on it.

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