two weeks in and I was sure the mvp sweepstakes was a four man race between kawhi, ad, giannis and jokic, but now we’re three weeks in and the raptors have shown that they don’t need their best player to be the second best team in the league, ad as hasn’t looked superhuman(consistently) and has been in and out of the lineup, it’s pretty clear that Denver isn’t gonna use jokic in enough volume (and he’s also way too passive; had literally one fga last night), so that pretty much leaves giannis as the one guy who puts up numbers and whose team is good and whose team needs him. But the mvp is equally a media cycle award, and idk if he generates that much jazz. Other guys that look like they got an outside shot are dame, Embiid, and kemba.
Westbrook and harden already had their turns, and both their teams blow right now. Curry and Durant can’t win it just on principle (I also don’t think their numbers are gonna stay this inflated, esp. curry). Lebrons punting this year. So someone new’s gonna get it.
