End-of-Season Awards: Portland Trail Blazers Edition

PORTLAND, OR - APRIL 10: The Portland Trail Blazers celebrate a win against the San Antonio Spurs on April 10, 2017 at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Cameron Browne/NBAE via Getty Images)
PORTLAND, OR - APRIL 10: The Portland Trail Blazers celebrate a win against the San Antonio Spurs on April 10, 2017 at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Cameron Browne/NBAE via Getty Images)
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For Rip City Project’s newest Roundtable, three writers discuss who wins various awards within the Blazers roster and why.

Unfortunately, the Blazers won’t have any players representing at this year’s end-of-season NBA awards. Most recently, CJ McCollum won Most Improved Player and Damian Lillard won Rookie of the Year.

Dame certainly made his case for being in the MVP discussion, but a short playoff run crushed any potential of closing the gap on James Harden and LeBron James.

Instead of wallowing in our absence from the award ceremony, three Rip City Project writers decided to select winners for six various “awards.”

Through the next six slides, they’ll explain selections for MVP, MIP, Defensive POY, Sixth Man, Most Disappointing Player and Best Single Game Performance.