Luka Dončić, Cade Cunningham eligible for NBA awards after successful appeals

AP News — Apr 16, 16:10 PM

The Los Angeles Lakers’ Luka Dončić and Detroit’s Cade Cunningham will be eligible for awards such as MVP and All-NBA this season despite falling short of the 65-game minimum.

The league and the National Basketball Players Association announced the ruling on Thursday.

Dončić played in 64 games and Cunningham played in 63.

But the league and the union both agreed that each should be on the ballot based on the “extraordinary circumstances provision” in the collective bargaining agreement.

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