Dyson Daniels is the recipient of the George Mikan Trophy because the 24-25 NBA Most Improved Participant. Daniels acquired 44 First Place Votes and 332 Complete Factors to complete forward of Ivica Zubac and Cade Cunningham.
Offered yearly because the 1985-86 season, the Kia NBA Most Improved Participant Award is designed to honor an up-and-coming participant who has made a dramatic enchancment from the earlier season or seasons. Daniels is the second participant to earn the respect with the Hawks, becoming a member of Alan Henderson (1997-98).
In his third NBA season and first with Atlanta, Daniels averaged profession highs of 14.1 factors, 5.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists and three.01 steals whereas capturing profession highs of 49.3% from the sector and 34.0% from three-point vary in 33.8 minutes in 76 video games. Ā He grew to become the fifth participant to common at the very least 14.0 factors, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and three.0 steals in a season, becoming a member of Michael Ray Richardson (1979-80), Magic Johnson (1980-81), Alvin Robertson (thrice ā 1985-86, 1986-87 and 1988-89) and Michael Jordan (1987-88).Ā
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Daniels improved his scoring by +8.3 ppg, rebounds by +2.0 rpg, assists by +1.7 apg and steals by +1.62 spg from final season. Ā He’s the third participant to have enhancements of at the very least +8.0 ppg, +2.0 rpg, +1.5 apg and +1.5 spg from one season to the subsequent (minimal 50 video games performed every season), becoming a member of Richardson (1978-79 to 1979-80) and Eric Murdock (1991-92 to 1992-93).
