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NBA awards: HoopsHype compiled the media ballots to determine the expected 2023 winners

HoopsHype gathered official 2023 NBA awards ballots from media members privately, along with others made publicly via social media and stories to project the winners.

Amid the NBA play-in tournament, we’ve obtained the official NBA awards ballots from media members who disclosed their votes privately with HoopsHype, and others made public via social media and stories. We’ve tabulated 16 ballots.

We have an MVP frontrunner and other awards seemingly determined, while one individual award is separated by the thinnest of margins. The results of the poll are listed below.

Note: Numbers in parentheses show the percentage of points relative to the maximum amount possible for each award.

HoopsHype’s Alberto de Roa contributed research to this report.

POLL: What is the Chiefs’ biggest need in 2023 NFL draft?

Our @goldmctNFL asks #Chiefs fans to vote on the team’s top need as the 2023 NFL draft approaches.

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The countdown to the 2023 NFL draft in Kansas City is on.

With the biggest moves to be made in free agency now behind us, Chiefs GM Brett Veach and his staff will turn their attention to improving the team during the 2023 NFL draft. The roster is far from complete with over 25 spaces on the 90-man offseason roster up for grabs. The biggest roster need among those 25-plus additions is up for debate.

After losing Mecole Hardman and JuJu Smith-Schuster in free agency, many believe that making an addition at the wide receiver position is paramount. Those two players combined for over 100 receptions for 1,230 receiving yards and seven receiving touchdowns during the course of the 2022 NFL season. They’ll need to make some sort of addition in order to help offset that loss in production.

On the other hand, with the Chiefs also lost a ton of pass-rushing production in free agency. They released Frank Clark, lost Khalen Saunders to the Saints and have yet to re-sign Carlos Dunlap. Those three players combined accounted for 115 pressures last season. Sure, the team added Charles Omenihu in free agency, who had 54 pressures on the year per PFF, but Kansas City clearly still has some work to do there.

Offensive tackle is another option to consider. The Chiefs seem comfortable moving Jawaan Taylor from right tackle to left tackle, but their situation on the opposite side of the line is hardly a good one. While it seems that Lucas Niang will get his chance to earn the job, he’s not been able to stay healthy during his college or NFL career. He missed five games as a senior at TCU due to a hip injury. He missed the latter portion of the 2021 NFL season and postseason after suffering a patellar tendon injury, which also cost him a portion of the 2022 NFL season that he spent on the Reserve/PUP list. In total, he’s appeared just 19 games in the NFL.

What do you think, Chiefs Kingdom? Is wide receiver, edge rusher or offensive tackle the biggest need for the team? Is there another position group that is being overlooked? Be sure to vote in the poll at the top of the page and let us know your thoughts on Facebook and Twitter.

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Poll results: What Titans fans think about possibly pursuing DeAndre Hopkins

With Titans’ need at WR, we asked fans what they thought about pursuing DeAndre Hopkins. Here are the results.

The Tennessee Titans are in dire need of help at the wide receiver position yet have done nothing thus far in free agency to address it.

While down at the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix, general manager Ran Carthon stressed that the team needs to “exercise patience” in its search for help, while also noting not every need will be addressed in free agency.

“We are going to look to address [wide receiver],” Carthon said, per Jim Wyatt of Titans Online. “We are not trying to fill everything via free agency, but if that’s where the best option comes from, we’ll address it that way. We just have to be patient, and exercise patience and allow that to come to fruition.”

As the Titans exercise patience, all of the best options at the position have come off the board. Granted, none of those options were franchise-changing players by any means, but most — if not all — were upgrades.

If the Titans don’t sign someone, they could look to make a trade at some point, which led us to our poll asking fans what they thought about the team pursuing a trade for Arizona Cardinals wideout, DeAndre Hopkins.

Well, the results are in and the majority (68.28%) of fans who voted say they are fine with trading for Hopkins, but only at the cost the Dallas Cowboys paid to acquire Brandin Cooks from the Houston Texans.

That cost was a 2023 fifth-rounder and a 2024 sixth-rounder, which is a far cry from the second-rounder-plus the Cardinals are reportedly looking for.

A total of 19.38 percent of fans are against trading for D-Hop altogether, while another 12.33 percent are on board with bringing him in at any cost.

Trading for Hopkins would no doubt be exciting, but we’ve already been down this road with elite but aging wide receivers in Nashville. Adding to that, trading for Hopkins is a “go-for-it” move and the Titans are not in that kind of position at the moment.

As much as fans may want to see it, Hopkins will not be donning the two-tone blue in 2023.

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Poll: Should Titans pursue trade for DeAndre Hopkins?

Should the Titans try and trade for DeAndre Hopkins? Let us know in the poll within the article.

The Tennessee Titans have been way too quiet this offseason when it comes to adding much-needed wide receiver help in free agency, but the team could address the need in a major way via trade as options on the open market dwindle.

One option is Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who is on the trade block as former Titans director of player personnel and current Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort looks to make changes.

There is no denying that Hopkins has been one of the best receivers of his generation and a game-changing talent at the position. In fact, he’s a borderline Hall of Famer at worst.

Despite missing eight games last season (six for suspension, two for a “knee injury”) and not having Kyler Murray for another four, Hopkins showed he’s still playing at a high level with 717 yards and three scores.

But that doesn’t mean there aren’t concerns. Hopkins is set to turn 31 next season and we all know this franchise’s history with elite but aging wide receivers.

A lot is made about Hopkins’ injury history, but that’s a bit overblown.

Sure, he has dealt with some nagging injuries over the years and concerns about injury only grow with age, but the Clemson product missed just two games over his first eight years in the league.

He did miss seven games in 2021 with a knee injury and the aforementioned eight in 2022, but six of the missed games last season were the result of a PED suspension, and the other two were likely Hopkins shutting it down early during a lost Cardinals season.

As far as what it would take to land him, MMQB’s Albert Breer reports the Cards are looking for a “second-rounder plus something else of value,” and Hopkins is due a good chunk in 2023 at $19.45 million.

However, we know the Titans can work cap magic if they need to in order to fit him in, although pushing money to future years is a risky proposition for an aging wide receiver.

There are some out there who believe the Cardinals will end up fetching a package more along the lines of what the Dallas Cowboys gave up for Brandin Cooks, which was a 2023 fifth-rounder and 2024 sixth-rounder.

After getting burned by the Julio Jones trade (and the acquisitions of other veteran wideouts over the years), I just don’t see the Titans making a move for Hopkins unless it comes incredibly cheap.

Giving up a second-rounder and then some doesn’t qualify as that. Hell, even just a second-rounder feels like too much. Now, if we’re talking about a package similar to the Cooks one, that’s much more doable.

Let us know what you think about the Titans possibly pursuing a trade for Hopkins in the poll below.

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Polls: Give your grades for Titans’ free-agent signings so far

Vote in our polls within the article to give your grade for the Titans’ free-agent signings thus far.

The Tennessee Titans have inked a total of eight free agents so far this offseason, with five of those players being from outside the organization.

The free agents Tennessee has re-signed were long snapper Morgan Cox, wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and defensive lineman Naquan Jones, with the NWI deal causing quite the stir.

As far as outside free agents go, the Titans have inked two offensive linemen in Andre Dillard and Daniel Brunskill, a pair of linebackers in Azeez Al-Shaair and Luke Gifford, and an edge rusher in Arden Key.

As each signing was reported, our Shaun Calderon slapped a grade on them, but now we want to hear what you think. Scroll down to vote in our polls and share the grade you think the Titans should get for each of their signings.

To keep it simple, grades go from A-F only, with no “+” or “-“. Also, we’ve included any articles we’ve written about the signings if you need more information on the players.

POLL: Who will step up for Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII?

Andy Reid believes an unheralded player will step up for the #Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII. We ask #ChiefsKingdom to cast their vote on who that might be:

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The Kansas City Chiefs are getting prepared to play against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII.

The lights will certainly shine on the brightest stars for both teams, but there’s always an unsung hero to step up and make a play when a team needs it most. Chiefs HC Andy Reid was asked about those players who tend to step up and make plays on the biggest stage.

“Yeah, that’s the human element and what makes it so interesting,” Reid said. “People are so curious to watch. You don’t know, you don’t know who that person will be. But somebody will (step up). In this game, somebody that we haven’t mentioned, and just about everybody has been mentioned, but somebody that hasn’t been mentioned that’s going to step up and you’re going to go, ‘Wow, that was a great job by that kid.'”

While we don’t know who it’s going to be, we can certainly start making guesses about the Chiefs player who will step up against the Eagles.

Could it be a player like Justin Watson, who missed the AFC Championship Game with an illness? Could it be Mike Danna, who has quietly been a big contributor on the defensive side of the ball? Could it be one of the unheralded members of the “Fab Five” like Bryan Cook or Nazeeh Johnson? Could Clyde Edwards-Helaire come storming back from injured reserve and be a massive contributor? Maybe it’ll be an offensive lineman like RT Andrew Wylie, locking down a player like Eagles EDGE Haason Reddick?

There are seemingly endless options available.

What do you think, Chiefs Kingdom? Who will be the unsung hero to step up for the team in Super Bowl LVII? Be sure to vote in the poll at the top of the page. Let us know your thoughts in the comment section down below and on Facebook and Twitter.

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POLL: Should the Chiefs activate RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire for Super Bowl LVII?

The #Chiefs will soon have to make a decision on activating RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire ahead of Super Bowl LVII.

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The Kansas City Chiefs will soon have to decide whether they’ll activate RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire from injured reserve ahead of Super Bowl LVII.

Edwards-Helaire began his 21-day practice window on Tuesday, Jan. 17, which means the Chiefs’ coaches, trainers and front office must make a decision on his return by Tuesday, Feb. 7. Ultimately, it will come down to Edwards-Helaire’s health, but there are also a few reasons good reasons why bringing him back would make sense.

Firstly, both Jerick McKinnon and Isiah Pacheco are banged up right now. They’re not banged up in the sense that they’re missing practice, but they do have injuries they’re currently working through. Those injuries could easily be aggravated in the Super Bowl and open up an opportunity for Edwards-Helaire, who is fresh after not having played since Week 11.

While fans haven’t been too thrilled with Edwards-Helaire’s production over the course of his career, one of his best games during the 2021 NFL season came against the Philadelphia Eagles back in Week 4. He had 14 carries for 102 yards and two receptions for 12 yards in the 42-30 win. This is a much different team, but their weaknesses almost work to his strengths. The Eagles allowed 86 receptions for 542 yards and three touchdowns to running backs this season. Playing in just 10 games this season, Edwards-Helaire has 17 receptions for 151 yards and three touchdowns. Two of those receiving touchdowns even came on the same field they will be playing on in Super Bowl LVII.

On the flip side, the Chiefs typically only keep three running backs active on game day. If you activate Edwards-Helaire and make him active for the Super Bowl, it almost guarantees that Ronald Jones would be a healthy scratch. He hasn’t contributed a whole lot, but Kansas City has used him at times in short-yardage situations to some success. You’d essentially be sacrificing that should you activate Edwards-Helaire.

So what say you, Chiefs Kingdom? Should the Chiefs bring Edwards-Helaire back for the Super Bowl? Be sure to vote in the poll at the top of the page. Let us know your thoughts in the comment section down below and on Facebook and Twitter.

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Poll: Which team will win Super Bowl LVII?

Share your thoughts on which team will win Super Bowl LVII.

We want to hear from you! Sound-off and tell us which team you think will hoist the Lombardi Trophy following Super Bowl LVII.

The winner from our first poll — Buffalo — no longer is in the hunt for a championship, so let’s revisit the topic.

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POLL: Which team do you want the Chiefs to play in the divisional round?

Which team do you want to see the #Chiefs face in the divisional round of the playoffs? Be sure to vote in our poll:

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The Kansas City Chiefs got wild-card weekend off after securing the No. 1 seed in the AFC conference, but every other AFC team is playing a game this weekend. The Jacksonville Jaguars and Los Angeles Chargers have already squared off, with Jaguars pulling off an improbable comeback despite a bevy of turnovers by QB Trevor Lawrence.

In our latest poll, we’re asking fans an important question. Which opposing team do you want to see as Kansas City’s opponent in the divisional round next weekend?

There are three possible opponents that they could end up with. They’ll face the lowest-remaining seed in the AFC playoff picture, which means there is no way for them to play Buffalo (2) or Cincinnati (3) in the divisional round. There are benefits and drawbacks to facing each team, but there is little denying the history of success that the Chiefs have against each of their possible opponents.

  • Kansas City has a 3-1 record against Baltimore during the Patrick Mahomes era.
  • Kansas City has a 3-0 record against Jacksonville during the Patrick Mahomes era.
  • Kansas City has a 1-0 record against Miami during the Patrick Mahomes era.

Keep in mind, those are regular season records. The Chiefs haven’t faced any of these teams in the playoffs during Patrick Mahomes’ tenure with the team.

Be sure to vote in the poll and choose your ideal opponent at the top of the page. Let us know your thoughts in the comment section down below and on Facebook and Twitter.

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Poll: Which team will win Super Bowl LVII?

Share your thoughts on which team will win Super Bowl LVII.

We want to hear from you! Sound-off and tell us which team you think will hoist the Lombardi Trophy following Super Bowl LVII.

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