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Tyrese Maxey of the Philadelphia 76ers edged out Coby White and Alperen Sengun to win the Most Improved Player award.

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Tyrese Maxey of the Philadelphia 76ers won the NBA's Most Improved Player award, beating out Coby White of the Chicago Bulls and Alperen Sengun of the Houston Rockets.

Tyrese Maxey

Team:Philadelphia 76ersPosition:PGAge:23Height:188 cmWeight:91 kgBirth place:Dallas, United States of AmericaProfileNewsStatistics

The 23-year-old Maxey is having a phenomenal season with Philly, averaging 25.9 points, 3.7 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and 1.0 steals per game, which are all career-highs.

He also earned his first All-Star selection nod this year.

"I have had to take different steps. In the offseason I didn't know what the situation was going to be with James, so my thing was I have to work on pick-and-roll every day, working on passing, working on reads," Maxey said in an interview on TNT.

"Those little things excite me the most because I don't think I couldn't have made the plays I'm making this year in recent years. I just want to be the best possible version of myself."

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Maxey received 51 first-place votes, 18 more than White.

"It feels great," Maxey said. "Somebody like myself who prides myself on putting in a lot of work and outworking people and finding ways to get one percent better every time I get in the gym, it feels good for that to come to light, honestly."

Maxey and the Sixers are down 0-2 in their best-of-7 series with the New York Knicks.

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