PLUS THREE
Other notes on NBA awards:
• The NBA's first MVP was selected in 1956 (St. Louis' Bob Pettit). The Minneapolis Lakers never had an official MVP, with their dynastic run ending in 1954.
• Elgin Baylor, the Lakers superstar who played his first two seasons in Minneapolis, never won an MVP award. I demand a recount.
• Two of the three finalists for the 2017 Sixth Man Award, Lou Williams and Eric Gordon, played for Houston. As NBA.com's Steve Aschburner observed, that math doesn't work.
