Who is leading in the NBA MVP race?

The Joker

If Steph Curry stays hot and the Dubs somehow squeak into the playoffs, he deserves serious consideration.

Embiid, Jokic, and Lebron are the obvious favorites. You missed Lillard who is carrying the Trailblazers as much as Curry is carrying the Warriors.

Gobert doesn't have a chance- he doesn't score. Durant and Harden with Kyrie have too much expectation to warrant serious consideration. Unless they have the best record they'll be looked at as underachievers.

Leonard is a quiet and stable force for a serious contender, he'll be up there in voting.

Right now:

1 Embiid

2 Lebron

3 Jokic

4 Lillard

5 Leonard

coach wrote:

Embiid, Jokic, and Lebron are the obvious favorites. You missed Lillard who is carrying the Trailblazers as much as Curry is carrying the Warriors.

Gobert doesn't have a chance- he doesn't score. Durant and Harden with Kyrie have too much expectation to warrant serious consideration. Unless they have the best record they'll be looked at as underachievers.

Leonard is a quiet and stable force for a serious contender, he'll be up there in voting.

Right now:

1 Embiid

2 Lebron

3 Jokic

4 Lillard

5 Leonard

I knew the NBA guy would jump in on this. You are right about Lillard. I just checked the stats, 3rd in scoring and 10th in assists. I am hoping for a new name to win the NBA MVP. Jokic in very strong in many categories but I still think Embiid is way ahead of everyone. Now he needs to stay healthy.

Gotta be LeBron.

Also, just lately Westbrook has been coming on very strong....sympathy vote? Tied with the Joker for triple doubles.

Its Embiid and then the field. He's running away with it, after I'd say LBJ Steph Jokic and Kawhi probably the next guys up in no order. Maybe Dame. Durant won't get the votes cause of the "new superteam" narrative and I can't really blame them but he's playing really well too. No one on the Jazz is actually talented enough to win especially since their playing such team ball but Gobert/Mitchell might get a vote or 2

MVP... wrote:

Also, just lately Westbrook has been coming on very strong....sympathy vote? Tied with the Joker for triple doubles.

Not a single person on the planet sould consider russ for mvp. He's a distant 2nd on his own team imo. And triple doubles are hella overrated

MVP... wrote:

Also, just lately Westbrook has been coming on very strong....sympathy vote? Tied with the Joker for triple doubles.

“Coach” basically nailed it, I think. Maybe Giannis sneaks into the top-5 since his stats are still exceptional.

Lebron's playing almost as well as ever at age 36. It's been 8 years since he last won an MVP (despite being arguably the best player in the game for at least some of that time), and I gotta think his sustained body of work will influence the MVP decision.

If AD ends up being out for the rest of the year (doubtful?), of course they don't win the finals. But in the meantime Lebron will be carrying the Lakers himself and that should add to his case.

Lebron hasn't won an MVP in 8 years and this is his last chance so I think he gets some lifetime achievement votes. Joker is having a grest year but the Nuggets are not that good. No way Giannis is even in the running for the 3rd time in a row.

Right now it's between Embiid and Lebron.

They could give it to lebron as a career appreciation type of thing, but it doesn't really matter because he doesn't need it at all. It would be refreshing to see a big man such as Embiid or Jokic win it. Denver would have to surge into a top 3 seed so I would give the edge to Embiid because of the 6ers high ranking in the East standings.

steve the addict. wrote:

They could give it to lebron as a career appreciation type of thing, but it doesn't really matter because he doesn't need it at all. It would be refreshing to see a big man such as Embiid or Jokic win it. Denver would have to surge into a top 3 seed so I would give the edge to Embiid because of the 6ers high ranking in the East standings.

Not saying you're wrong, but hasn't a big man won it each of the last 2 years.

Embiid is doing things we’ve never seen a dominant in the paint big man do. He shoots threes like a shooting guard, dominates the paint on defense, and dominates the paint on offense. Who else has ever had that combo? Without him the Sixers might not even be a playoff team.

I wouldn't put him out of the convo but the last few years its been a guy averaging ~30ppg with the 1st seed. Embiid has been individually so dominant on both ends and without a real costar that I think most people give him the edge as of today especially after lebron just dropped 2 games in a row and emiid went for 50. Steph with a top 5 seed has a real shot too since he's been just unconscious since the new year but if bron can shake the oldman out of his legs and win like 8 of 12 without davis then hes probably the favorite.

Danny Green. Won a chip a few years ago with the Spurs. Gets traded to Toronto and they promptly win the chip. Gets traded to the Lakers and they promptly win the chip. Gets traded to Philadelphia and now they have the best record in the East and are a favorite for the chip. He must be the best player in the world.

unsung hero wrote:

Danny Green. Won a chip a few years ago with the Spurs. Gets traded to Toronto and they promptly win the chip. Gets traded to the Lakers and they promptly win the chip. Gets traded to Philadelphia and now they have the best record in the East and are a favorite for the chip. He must be the best player in the world.

Certainly better than Stockton, Malone, Ewing, Barkley and others who never won a championship.

It is hard to have a conversation with someone that doesn't acknowledge that Embiid is clearly the front runner right now. A lot could change in the second half of the season but it honestly isn't even close at the moment.

FutureOldHead wrote:

MVP... wrote:

Also, just lately Westbrook has been coming on very strong....sympathy vote? Tied with the Joker for triple doubles.

Not a single person on the planet sould consider russ for mvp. He's a distant 2nd on his own team imo. And triple doubles are hella overrated

Triple doubles are not easy to do and should not be downplayed. people just don't like Rus so they hate and he is actually kind of short he is just very athletic. That makes it even more impressive to me.

I got Lebron winning mvp if he leads the league in minutes while producing some good W's for the rest of the season. lebron has been disqualified from mvp's for so many contradicting reasons. If they have the best record and he still doesn't win throw the whole award away.

over the years I have started not to be come a fan of voted on awards honestly.