Hassan Whiteside Eligible For Most Improved Player Of The Year
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IRA WINDERMAN/SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL
Hassan Whiteside will be eligible for Most Improved Player of the Year
consideration.
Whiteside was previously uncertain if he qualified for it.
儘管先前的資格被不少人甚至自己本身質疑，不過聯盟已經正式宣布：今年在熱火打出
身價的中鋒Hassan Whiteside，可以被列入「最佳進步獎」的票選範圍中。
The NBA clarified to the Sun Sentinel, "The only players who are not eligible
are rookies and first-year players."
NBA官方特地發函給邁阿密當地媒體：「唯一無法被票選最佳進步獎的條件，只有球員為
當年的新秀，或是第一年在NBA打球。」
The ballot reads: "This award is designed to honor an up-and-coming player
who has made a dramatic improvement from the previous season or seasons. It
is not intended to be given to a player who has made a 'comeback.'
Whiteside在最佳進步獎的資格先前引起爭議，多少跟官方對此獎的說明有關：
「最佳進步獎的目的是為了表揚在當年NBA表現跟過去球季相比，有巨幅進步的潛力
球員，並不會特地給予在經歷受傷或加入其他籃球聯盟等事件後，再『回到NBA球賽』
的球員。」
Please vote for three players. Five points will be awarded for a first place
vote, three for second and one for third."
擁有「最佳進步獎」投票權的媒體工作者可以投給三位球員並依喜好程度做排名，第一
名的球員可獲得5分，第二名3分、第三名1分。