Trey Kirby

So why couldn't Khan, who had the better year, be the guy that they voted for?

Sounds like you're thumbs down on Cooper getting this.

That's who I would have voted for.

I think Khan had a better year.

He was on a better team.

He was on a better team.

LaMelo was out for a good chunk to start this season, and he was awesome.

I think that's why they turned around so quickly.

It's because LaMelo was either out or he just wasn't himself.

He wasn't playing to that capability when they stunk.

I think he was a big reason why they did that.

And they were able to turn it around, unlike what happened in Dallas where they weren't able to turn it around at all.

So, yeah, I'm anointing him as a reason why Charlotte was able to come out and be a different team.

And maybe that's just me being naive, but I think his consistency, 81 games out of 82.

And the way he played from opening, the opening game, but a better role because in the opening game, in the opening weeks, Cooper was playing point guard when he shouldn't have been playing point guard, while Khan was in that perfection of a role playing off the ball.

So very different.

Yeah, voters don't want to get the hate.

They don't want to be a Brockton over Embiid or a Tyreek Evans over Curry.

They don't want that anymore.

That's changed, I think.