[From ESPN]

On Monday, the NBA unveiled the finalists for its seven major individual awards, including Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.

And after several races came down to the end of the regular season -- and after both the ROY and DPOY races were heavily affected by injuries -- we're asking our NBA experts to make their picks among the league's top three finalists.

Will Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander break through for his first MVP, or could a late surge from the Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic be enough to give the superstar center his fourth award in five seasons?

And after San Antonio Spurs center and DPOY lock Victor Wembanyama was forced to sit out the rest of the season because of a blood clot in his shoulder, which player -- Draymond Green, Evan Mobley, or Dyson Daniels -- has the inside track at this season's award?

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