This is a widely
discussed topic in basketball circles on who is MVP every year, and most people
have valid arguments on who is MVP.
But for me, the MVP of
the league is Giannis Antetokounmpo.
This is because he has
taken the Bucks as the lone super star on that team and has made them the best
team in the NBA record wise.
Just last season the
Bucks were 44-38 on the season and
finished in 7th place in a week Eastern Conference that did not have
Kawhi Leonard yet on the Raptors. Not to mention a injured Celtics and young
76ers team.
Now, the 76ers through
trades are a legit threat to the Warriors, the Raptors are a way better team
with Kawhi than with Demar DeRozan with all do respect to him, and if the
Celtics can figure out a good rotation for them they can be a threat as well.
But, above all those
teams is the Milwaukee Bucks lead by Giannis.
Currently on the year Giannis is
averaging a career high 27.4 points per game, a career high 12.5 rebounds
per game, a career high 6.5 assists per game, and a career high 57.7% from the
field.
And those are just his
career highs so far on the season. Giannis has also been averaging 1.3 steals
per game and 1.4 blocks per game.
And this performance has
led the Bucks to a 59-20 record.
15 wins higher already on the season than last season and they still have three
games left on the season.
But, there is only one
person that is right there with Giannis for MVP and that is James Harden of the
Houston Rockets.
Harden is having a
historical season himself as he as averaging 36.3 points per game, 6.5
rebounds, and 7.5 assists.
But one of the only
knocks against Harden is that his team isn’t as successful as Giannis’s, but
his team in general is better and has more pieces around him.
Giannis’s next best teammate
is Eric Bledsoe, where as Harden’s next best teammate is Chris Paul.
Bledsoe is a good Point Guard
but is not even considered a star, and Paul is and has been considered a super
star for many years now.
So with everything said,
even though Harden scores more points, Giannis effects the game and his team
more, and is my MVP.
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