The NBA has a few stipulations in its new 65-game requirement for postseason awards, according to reporting from ESPN's Baxter Holmes.

Players must play 20 minutes per game for it to count as a game except in two of the 65 games a player can play between 15 and 20 minutes and it will still count.

Two of the three primary candidates for MVP this season have yet to play in 65 games with Giannis Antetokounmpo at 62 and Joel Embiid at 64. Nikola Jokic has played in 67 games.

Anthony Davis and Mikal Bridges have been named the NBA's Players of the Week for Week 24.

Davis averaged 38.7 points and 11.7 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers went 3-0.

Bridges averaged 33.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists as the Brooklyn Nets went 3-0.

The NBA is requiring a 65-game minimum for postseason awards as part of their new collective bargaining agreement. 

"To me, this is a ceremonial rule," said Adrian Wojnarowski on his podcast. "This is a 'Look, we're trying to do something. We're trying to show you we're doing something to curb load management. To impact all these lost games we're having with star players.

"I don't know this is going to change much behavior. I'm rolling my eyes a little bit at that one... I don't see this impacting star players playing in any more or less games than they would have before."

The broader issue is that the majority of games missed is due to injury, not load management. Load management is also largely dictated by teams rather than players.

All-NBA teams will be positionless as part of the new collective bargaining agreement.

The All-NBA teams will now essentially represent the top-15 players in the league as opposed to having a positional distinction.

With supermax contracts tied to the All-NBA voting, going positionless is a more fair system even though it ends the historical aspects of the award. 

Although Giannis Antetokounmpo is widely regarded as the best player in the NBA and is having a historic season on the team with the best record in the league, he only placed third in ESPN's final MVP straw poll. It has been suggested that Antetokounmpo may not be as concerned about winning the MVP award this season since he has already won two MVP awards and a championship.

“That’s a lie,” Antetokounmpo told Yahoo Sports recently. “I won’t say I don’t care. I want to compete. If you say I don’t care, it’s a lie. Do I think it’s a priority for me? No. The priority for me is to get better, to help my team win a championship, to get that feeling again.

“If God can bless me with an MVP again, I’ll take it.”

Antetokounmpo knows the conversation revolves more around Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid, to which he says, “That’s OK.” 

While Antetokounmpo is not apathetic about the MVP, winning another championship remains the priority.

“I want a championship,” Antetokounmpo said. “It’s the truth. The truth is the only thing that exists. I want … to win … a championship. More.”

Joel Embiid has a narrow lead over Nikola Jokic in ESPN's final MVP straw poll for the 22-23 season.

Embiid has 790 total points to Jokic's 788, but Jokic has 42 first place votes compared to 40 for Embiid.

Embiid finished in second place on 45 ballots, six more than Jokic.

Giannis Antetokounmpo received 18 first place votes, 15 second place votes and 64 third place votes.

Rounding out the top-5 are Jayson Tatum and Luka Doncic. Tatum appears to have a firm grasp on the fourth spot, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Domantas Sabonis as threatening Jokic for the fifth spot.

Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Gregg Popovich, Pau Gasol, Tony Parker, and Becky Hammond were voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2023, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

A formal announcement will take place this Saturday during the men's Final Four in Houston.

The enshrinement ceremony is scheduled for August 12. 

Brandon Ingram and Jaylen Brown have been named the NBA's Players of the Week for Week 23.

Ingram averaged 31.3 points, 10.0 assists and 6.3 rebounds for the week as the New Orleans Pelicans went 3-0.

Brown averaged 31.7 points on 55.9 percent shooting and 8.3 rebounds as the Boston Celtics went 3-0.

Joel Embiid and Domantas Sabonis have been named the NBA's Players of the Week for the second straight week.

Embiid averaged 35.0 points, 12.7 rebounds and 3.3 blocks as the Philadelphia 76ers went 3-0.

Sabonis averaged 22.8 points, 16.0 rebounds and 10.0 assists as the Sacramento Kings went 3-0.

Domantas Sabonis and Joel Embiid have been named the NBA's Players of the Week for Week 21.

Sabonis averaged 20. points, 10.7 rebounds and 8.3 assists as the Sacramento Kings went 3-0.

Embiid averaged 38.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.8 blocks as the Philadelphia 76ers went 4-0.