A two-time NBA MVP recently called on the league to make a major decision regarding the Oklahoma City Thunder and their superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Our voters take you inside the easiest and toughest decisions on their ballots, as award announcements begin on Tuesday.

This was brutal — Victor Wembanyama was running away with this award before the deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder ended his season and kept him shy of the 65-game, league-mandated cutoff. (Wembanyama played in 46 games but still finished with 176 total blocked shots, the most in the league, 28 more than the Bucks’ Brook Lopez, who was second.)