Hawks Dison Daniels won the edge of the prize tooth for the most popular player

Atlanta Hawks watchman Disin Daniels was appointed by the George Mikan Trophy Trophy as 2024-25 Kia NBA The most prominent playerThe league announced on Wednesday night.

As a result of receiving more votes than Center Clippers Los Angeles Edge tooth and protective shields in Detroit Cade CunninghamDaniels are just another player in Hawks’s history to appoint the oldest league player. He joined Alan Henderson (1998-98) as the only second reward winner in the history of the team.

Daniels, 22, had a breakthrough with falcons, average career in points (14.1), volleyball (5.9), helps (4.4) and theft (3.0). The Hawks’s guard also led the league in theft on the game and the overall theft (229) this season. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the next nearest player with 131 total theft.

Only 30 players in the history of the NBA has ever recorded 220 or more theft in one season, and Daniels is now one of them. He is that The youngest player in the history of the league (22) For recording 200 or more theft in the season.

After trading new orlen pelicanes on Hawks in an external contract, which Dejounte Murrai sent Pels, Daniels did the days in Atlanta and the name in Atlanta with his defensive instincts with his defensive instincts.

Although he always had the potential to be a two-way threat at any guards, Daniels never gave the opportunity to prove his worth in New Orleans. With hawks who have a clear need for the second, next to Trae Young, the former eight-overall choice immediately became the favorite fan in Atlanta due to its length and ability to push the ball in transition.

As a result, it was transitioned A large barrier thief. Daniels was also in the candidacy for the defensive player in the year of the year, which defeated Cleveland Cavaliers Big Man Evan Moblei. The Hawks’s guard finished the other in the vote behind Mobley, received 25 of the 100 votes of the first place for the defensive player of the year.

Although the case could be made for several players around the league to win 2024-25 award reward for the player, Daniels stuck in this race Because he left players at the end of the bench of the new Orleans to start driving Falcons and becomes one of the best defensive players in the league.

“I think if you simply study not only defense, but in the way it drives the ball, on Daniel said that this season said that Hawks was the main coach of Quin Snies. “Sometimes you look at him, and he plays with a level of confidence that developed during the season. Usually, with these things, it’s a lot of players deserving and I certainly feel like it’s one of them.”

Daniels received 44 of the 100 votes of the first place for the most popular player. The tooth ended the second with 23 first place votes, and then Cunningham in third place with 15 votes of the first place.