The accolades for Fred VanVleet have poured in all season from every corner of the NBA world. A continent-wide panel of media representatives will be asked to vote for the award and there are other players who are definitely in the mix. On a team with two all-star guards in DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry, it’s VanVleet who is running things down the end of close games. VanVleet averages nine minutes of fourth-quarter play this season, often alongside his higher-profile backcourt mates who defer to him as the team’s primary ballhandler. “He’s a tough-minded young man, nothing bothers him, which I love,” Casey said of the undrafted VanVleet.

Source: thestar March 23, 2018 22:41 UTC