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 Whole 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 taking pictures profession highs of 49.3% from the sphere and 34.0% from three-point vary in 33.8 minutes in 76 video games. He grew to become the fifth participant to common at the 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 (3 times – 1985-86, 1986-87 and 1988-89) and Michael Jordan (1987-88).
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. He’s the third participant to have enhancements of at the 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).
