Sixers’ Tyrese Maxey named NBA’s 2023-24 Most Improved Player

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The 23-year-old guard beat out award finalists Coby White and Alperen Şengün.

guard is the 2023-24 NBA Most Improved Player, the league announced Tuesday. Maxey upped his scoring average by more than five points, from 20.3 to 25.9 points per game, while also averaging a career-high 6.2 assists this season for the 76ers. He’s the second 76er to win the award, joining Dana Barros who earned the honor in 1994-95. Maxey also was named an All-Star for the first time earlier this year.

The complete voting results for the 2023-24 Kia NBA Most Improved Player. — NBA Communications How the top three stacked up Maxey became a favorite for the award after taking over as the Sixers’ lead guard following the trade. Notably, his PER jumped from last year’s 17.0 to this season’s 19.7. The Sixers won 47 games despite a preseason trade demand from Harden and losing MVP for half the season. In his fifth season, runner-up White more than doubled his scoring average from 9.7 to 19.

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