I don't understand why there is such a delay between the end of the regular season and the announcement. There is just so much opportunity for a MVP, COTY etc. to be eliminated already. This makes the whole award look foolish and useless.
If you want to have regular season trophees, so be it, but then give them right when the regular season ends (for what they're worth) and then focus on the playoffs.
Also, I don't know when voting takes place but I'm sure people are influenced by the performances in the playoffs, which should not be the case.