We've got the first BBR Quarter Awards! We're at about 20 or so games into the season and we're awarding players based on who has been the best in their category so far this season.

We've got MVP, DPOY, Most Improved, Coach, Rookie, All-NBA first team, and the stupid motherf*cker of the season. We got some consensus picks and some varying awards throughout this episode.

James Harden seems to be leading the charge for MVP. Who is his top rival for the award? The DPOY is a bit of a confusing question this year, given injuries and the success of team defenses rather than individualized defenses this year.

On the other hand, rookie of the quarter doesn't appear to be much of a question at all, so we spend this time talking about the runner-ups. Coach of the quarter has some good candidates and we spend some time talking about whether Mike D'Antoni is getting his due credit for the Rockets' success.

Most improved is probably the most fun conversation, as all the candidates we discus