NBA Awards AFTER the Playoffs?

By: Joseph Landini
Sportsrageous.com
http://www.sportsrageous.com/nba-awards-after-the-playoffs-05-24-2013

The NBA Season Awards are announced every year after the regular season has past, and during the off season. My question is why not take into consideration what players and coached do during the postseason?
Many awards have shown true, such as Lebron James winning the MVP and Marc Gasol winning Defensive Player of the Year. But if the NBA season awards took into account the postseason, certain awards would have for sure been changed.
Starting with the Coach of the Year, certain candidates would have easily been eliminated from the equation. The Knicks’ Mike Woodson, would not have been even mentioned. Woodson proved in the playoffs to be a normal coach, and proved that as he panicked and changed his rotation late in the Eastern Semi-Finals. The winner of the award George Karl, showed that his ability was good enough to get to the playoffs, yet not good enough to get past a six seed, losing in the first round. I guess losing Danilo Gallinari should have won the award. Greg Popovich and Erik Spoelstra would have been headliners for this award.
The 6th man of the year award winner, JR Smith, proved to be nothing more than a middle of the road role player this off season. After elbowing Jason Terry in Game 3 in the first round, Smith was suspended for Game 4. A suspension which I’m sure would cause some votes to be cast elsewhere. After his return in Game 5, Smith went in a massive shooting slump, which extended until the Knicks’ exit in the Eastern Semi-Finals. Jarrett Jack of Golden State actually played capable of the award, and will most likely get paid in the off season. He could have walked away with a trophy too.

In the end these are individual awards in a quest for the ultimate goal. It would be nice to see all these award winners prove their keep once the postseason hits.