The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season.
 The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served from 1946 until 1963.
 Until the , the MVP was selected by a vote of NBA players.
 Since the , the award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, each of whom casts a vote for first to fifth place selections.
 Each first-place vote is worth 10 points; each second-place vote is worth seven; each third-place vote is worth five, fourth-place is worth three and fifth-place is worth one.
 Starting from 2010, one ballot was cast by fans through online voting.
 The player with the highest point total wins the award.
 s of June 2017 , the current holder of the award is Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California.
 The franchise had been known as the Philadelphia Warriors and the San Francisco Warriors, due to it previously being based in or near those cities.
 The team is a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The Warriors initially joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as the Philadelphia Warriors in 1946, and won the first BAA championship title in the same year under coach Edward Gottlieb.
 The Warriors later joined the NBA at its foundation in 1949.
 The Warriors' record was 26–42 in their first NBA season and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Syracuse Nationals.
 Franklin Mieuli and the Diners Club put together a group of 40 local investors to move the Warriors to San Francisco before the 1962–63 NBA season, with Mieuli eventually buying all the shares of the franchise to keep the team from collapsing and to keep it in the area.
 The team became the Golden State Warriors and moved to Oakland before the 1971–72 NBA season.
The WNBA All-Rookie Team is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) honor given since the 2005 WNBA season to the top rookies during the regular season.
 Voting is conducted by the WNBA head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for players on their own team.
 Each coach selects five players.
 A player is given a point for every vote they receive.
 The top vote getters comprise the team, regardless of the positions they play.
 The All-Rookie Team is generally composed of a five-woman lineup, but in the case of a tie at the fifth position the roster is expanded.
The NBA All-Defensive Team is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) honor given since the 1968–69 NBA season to the best defensive players during the regular season.
 The All-Defensive Team is generally composed of two five-man lineups, a first and a second team, comprising a total of 10 roster spots.
 Voting is conducted by a panel of 123 writers and broadcasters.
 Prior to the 2013–14 NBA season, voting was performed by the NBA head coaches, who were restricted from voting for players on their own team.
 The players each receive two points for each first team vote and one point for each second team vote.
 The top five players with the highest point total make the first team, with the next five making the second team.
 In the case of a tie at the fifth position of either team, the roster is expanded.
 If the first team consists of six players due to a tie, the second team will still consist of five players with the potential for more expansion in the event of additional ties.
 Ties have occurred several times, most recently in 2013 when Tyson Chandler and Joakim Noah tied in votes received.
The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1962–63 NBA season.
 The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy, which is named in honor of the head coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA Championships from 1956 to 1966.
 The winner is selected at the end of regular season by a panel of sportswriters from the United States and Canada, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place selections.
 Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point.
 The person with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.
Richard Albert Van Arsdale (born February 22, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, and a current National Basketball Association (NBA) executive.
 A graduate of Indianapolis Emmerich Manual High School, the 6'5" guard played collegiately at Indiana University, Van Arsdale was selected by the New York Knickerbockers in the second round of the 1965 NBA draft.
 He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1966, together with his identical twin brother Tom Van Arsdale.
 Van Arsdale played in the NBA for 12 seasons; three with the Knickerbockers and the remainder with the Phoenix Suns (after he was selected in the 1968 expansion draft).
 Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star, was consistently over his career one of the best free throw shooters in the NBA.
 He retired from play in 1977.
 Van Arsdale is remembered in Phoenix basketball lore as the "original Sun".
The 1986–87 Phoenix Suns season was the 18th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.
 The Suns started their 14th season under head coach John MacLeod, going 22–34.
 Suns management decided to replace the longstanding MacLeod with Dick Van Arsdale, a former Suns player from the Finals team coached then by MacLeod.
 With Van Arsdale, the Suns would finish the season going 14–12 in their last 26 games of the regular season.
 All Suns home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California.
 The franchise has also been based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, San Francisco and San Jose, California (during a renovation of their home arena) during its existence.
 The team is a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The Warriors initially joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as the Philadelphia Warriors in 1946, and won the first BAA championship title in the same year under coach Edward Gottlieb.
 The Warriors later joined the NBA at its foundation in 1949.
 The Warriors' record was 26–42 in their first NBA season, and they lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Syracuse Nationals.
 Franklin Mieuli and the Diners Club put together a group of 40 local investors to move the Warriors to San Francisco before the 1962–63 NBA season, with Mieuli eventually buying all the shares of the franchise to keep the team from collapsing and to keep it in the area.
 After playing several home games in Oakland from 1967 onward, the team moved to Oakland full-time for the 1971–72 NBA season and changed their name to the Golden State Warriors.
The NBA All-Rookie Team is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) honor given since the 1962–63 NBA season to the top rookies during the regular season.
 Voting is conducted by the NBA head coaches; who are not allowed to vote for players on their own team.
 The All-Rookie Team is generally composed of two five-man lineups, a first team and a second team.
 The players each receive two points for each first team vote and one point for each second team vote.
 The top five players with the highest point total make the first team, with the next five making the second team.
 In the case of a tie at the fifth position of either team, the roster is expanded.
 If the first team consists of six players due to a tie, the second team will still consist of five players with the potential for more expansion in the event of additional ties.
 Ties have occurred several times, most recently in 2012, when Kawhi Leonard, Iman Shumpert, and Brandon Knight tied in votes received.
 No respect is given to positions.
 For example, the first team had four forwards, and one guard in 2008, while the first team had four centers (two of which were forward-centers) and one guard in 2016.
Thomas Arthur Van Arsdale (born February 22, 1943) is a former professional basketball player.
 A graduate of Indianapolis Emmerich Manual High School, the 6'5" guard played collegiately at Indiana University, Van Arsdale was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round of the 1965 NBA draft.
 He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1966, together with his identical twin brother Dick Van Arsdale.
 Van Arsdale played in the NBA for 12 seasons; with the Pistons, the Cincinnati Royals, the Kansas City–Omaha Kings, the Philadelphia 76ers, the Atlanta Hawks, and the Phoenix Suns.
 Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star, was consistently over his career one of the best free throw shooters in the NBA.
 He retired from play in 1977.

Question: Richard Albert Van Arsdale (born February 22, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, and a current National Basketball Association (NBA) executive, he was named to which titled honor given since the 1962–63 NBA season to the top rookies during the regular season?
Answer: NBA All-Rookie Team