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Is Nikola Jokic leading the way-too-early MVP race?
Nearly one month into the strangely-developing (and perhaps soon halting?) 2020-21 NBA season, and the Denver Nuggets’ center Nikola Jokic might be the frontrunner in the MVP race. Almost four weeks into this COVID-19 influenced season, the Denver Nuggets, like quite a lot of preseason would-be juggernauts, are struggling at 6-6 (outside the top 8 […]
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The NBA MVP Question: James Harden or LeBron James?
Forget about the recent Anthony Davis hype. The 2017-2018 NBA regular season MVP award is coming down to one of the following: James Harden or LeBron James. If he wins, it would be a first for Harden. James has already won 4, and you wouldn’t be wrong if you voted for him to win it […]
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NBA MVPs Don’t Get Knocked Out in the First Round (Unless You’re Dirk Nowitzki and Probably Russell Westbrook)
In the era of 7-game first round series in the NBA, only one eventual regular season winner has been knocked out along with his team without winning a single playoff series that season. Pretty soon, we’re probably going to have two of them.
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2016-17 NBA MVP Candidates: LeBron, Durant, Curry, Kawhi, Harden & Westbrook
Three or four games into the NBA season, it’s easy to identify the MVP candidates already, whether by looking at impressive statistics, or just by knowing who’s good and who isn’t.
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Players With Regular Season & NBA Finals MVP at the Same Time
By winning the NBA title, regular season MVP and NBA Finals MVP for a second consecutive time, LeBron James became one of the few players to win the awards in the same season more than once, joining Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, while Willis Reed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal and Tim Duncan did it once as well.
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Four-Time NBA MVP Winners
It’s not official yet, but the NBA aren’t going to give the 2013 regular season MVP award to anyone else, so LeBron James can now set himself apart from Moses Malone, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson (who have won three), joining an elite club including only himself, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.