Tyrese Maxey wins 2023-24 NBA Most Improved Player award

Tyrese Maxey wins 2023-24 NBA Most Improved Player award

Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey will be taking home some hardware, winning the 2023-24 Kia Most Improved Player award, the league announced Tuesday.

The 2023-24 Kia NBA Most Improved Player is… Tyrese Maxey!#NBAAwards | #KiaMIP | @Kia pic.twitter.com/to9oMhhYgI

— NBA (@NBA) April 23, 2024

He edged out Chicago’s Coby White and Houston’s Alperen Sengun–the two finalists–for the award. According to the voting results, Maxey earned 51 first-place finishes while White and Sengun had 32 and eight first-place votes, respectively.

Though White had more total votes (91) than Maxey (79), despite finishing behind him in the vote. Thus, if White would have recorded more second- and third-place finishes, he would be walking home with the award, not the 76ers’ fourth-year guard. White finished with 43 second-place votes and 16 third-place votes.

The other players–outside of the three finalists–who earned first-place votes were Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams (5), New York’s Jalen Brunson (3), Washington’s Deni Avdija (1) and Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton (1). A total of 13 players received votes.

The complete voting results for the 2023-24 Kia NBA Most Improved Player. pic.twitter.com/JzZ4GBsrnL

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) April 23, 2024

Maxey, 23, is the second 76ers player in franchise history to win the Most Improved Player award–the other being Dana Barros (1994-95). He averaged 25.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game this season, shooting 45.0 percent from the floor, 37.3 percent from 3-point range and 86.8 percent from the charity stripe.

The former No. 21 pick has received a usage uptick in all but one of his four seasons, elevating to 28.0 percent in 2023-24 as the lead ballhandler without James Harden manning the ship.

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On a per-100-possession basis, Maxey raised his scoring from 29.9 points to 34.9 points, while his assists bumped by nearly three (5.2 to 8.1). He had 22 30-point performances, including eight 35-point, four 40-point games and three 50-point performances. Those were the only other 50-point games of his career.

Do you think Maxey deserved the award? Let us know in the comments!

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