Pacers shut out of 2023-24 NBA season awards

The NBA announced the three finalists for each award and no Pacers were named. Bennedict Mathurin not being in the final discussion for Rookie of the Year is surprising.

Likely the look on Mathurin’s face when he was not among the three finalists for Rookie of the Year.

The Pacers filled All-Star Weekend with representatives on all three nights, but they do not have any finalists for the primary end-of-season awards.

Bennedict Mathurin was among the top two rookies for most of the season, probably until the final month when the Pacers sank and prioritized the future, but he’s not one of three finalists for Rookie of the Year. That’s the surprising one.