Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels is the recipient of the George Mikan Trophy because the 2024-25 NBA Most Improved Participant.
Introduced yearly for the reason that 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 capturing profession highs of 49.3% from the sector and 34.0% from three-point vary in 33.8 minutes in 76 video games. He grew to become the fifth participant to common not less than 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 not less than +8.0 ppg, +2.0 rpg, +1.5 apg and +1.5 spg from one season to the following (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).
