1. Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets
2. Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks
3. Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
4. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
5. Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
The Next Five: Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Haliburton, Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James.
I think Luka should be like 3 or 4 rn, he didn’t play to his standards this past week & lost 2 winnable games, & even Jokic should be dropped one spot. Also KD should be 6th at least, but maybe due to him losing without Booker he’s ranked that low
Actually no need fir Luka to ball right now tho - he has Kyrie with him who is averaging 28 ppg and clutch 3s. I hope he plays silently and heats up for the playoffs if they do make it.
But man js the league hyped up for Luka every year. People see statlines here and there but Luka’s enjoyment for the game and Luka Magic nickname just lives rentfree inside people’s mind. He wont ever be less than top 5 in MVP I think.
Plus I am a massive Luka fan :)
Jokic has been losing without Jamal.
Not saying Jokic should be moved down because of it because that would be ridiculous either way
KD should be top 3 without question. It’s fucking ridiculous that he’s not. He’s put up 31 ppg on 59/52/89 shooting splits (unheard of numbers). The Suns lost a few games early in the season as this is a completely new team and multiple starters were injured. Suns have since figured it out and are on a roll. I bet most of this sub doesn’t even know that the Suns have won 5 games in a row now.
& thats exactly the reason why KD isn’t top5, bcz they won these games when Booker came back. Its not KD fault his teammates are injured but the losing record he got without Booker hurts him
Jokic is without his 2nd best player, Lukas performances still werent that bad and who is gonna be above Jokic and Luka. I doubt anyone will wanna give Embid the mvp because of what happened last year. SGA isnt performing better than Jokic or Luka and might actually have the better team than the both of them (well better than the Nuggets without Jamal) and everyone else is a step behind.
Also same goes for Giannis. He should be way higher, but because of a bad start to the season, he is close to the bottom. Doubt it will stay that way though.