No player in the league can score at every level as he can (46.9% shooting, 36.6% on 3-pointers) while also being the best lockdown defender against other elite players.

2020 MVP Votes Last Update - 8/9 3:00 p.m. (EDT) Greg Logan, Newsday (Brooklyn Nets media market), full ballot HELP REQUEST -- Can someone send evidence of Ernie Johnson, TNT, saying he has a ballot this year. These three veteran stars showed why they belong in the mix. The search for the next torch-bearer of the game after (and perhaps alongside) Antetokounmpo has already revealed himself.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks.

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Ultimate Highlight: LeBron James in 2019-20. 69th NBA All-Star Game Once again, he could end up in the top three of the 2019-20 voting. But it’s only been reflected once in the Kia MVP balloting. -- would provide a decided edge in this race in a normal setting. Given how Russell Westbrook has performed in his first season in Houston, there's a strong argument that Harden hasn’t even been the best player on his own team since mid-January. A virtually unstoppable two-way force with a still-evolving offensive arsenal, he improved his 3-point shooting (30.6%) to become just enough of a threat from deep to force teams to pick their poison in guarding him.

This list does not represent the opinion of this site. In 2014-15, 262 points separated Harden from Stephen Curry, 135 points separated he and Westbrook in 2016-17 and Antetokounmpo edged him out by 165 points in 2019-20. The NBA wisely changed its awards policy in 2017 69th NBA All-Star Game Giannis Antetokounmpo once again has the Bucks in the championship mix.

But the raw, fearless and kinetic brilliance Giannis brought every night is hard to top.As spectacular as LeBron’s season was, Giannis was even more impressive; he could join Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon on the short list of players to win MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. The Celtics open their postseason slate against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.“It does feel wide open,” Celtics guard Kemba Walker said on Saturday. The only real knock on Harden, aside from his situational indifference on defense, is that he’s struggled to carry his regular-season brilliance into the playoffs. …

The Beard leads the NBA … He was ready to cast a vote for James during training camp, long before he went on to lead the league in assists in his 17th season.“Nobody impacts winning more than LeBron James, I do believe that he should be the MVP this year,” “And then obviously what he’s able to do on the basketball court, orchestrating the offense, leading the league in assists and really setting the tone on the defensive end. “You just don’t know. Last season, Paul George  After his wicked Rookie of the Year campaign, we knew Doncic was destined for NBA stardom. The Clippers' depth kept his absences from being felt the way they might have been had he played elsewhere.

The first team was highlighted by Lillard, Booker and Warren. 1997-98 NBA Awards Voting Summary. 2019 NBA Playoffs, 2018 NBA Playoffs, 2017 NBA Playoffs, 2016 NBA Playoffs, Playoffs Series History... All-Star Games 2020 All-Star Game , 2019 All-Star Game , 2018 All-Star Game , … Tatum averaged 22.4 points per game in the bubble (25.3 if you remove his disastrous opening night, which wouldn’t make much sense to do from a voting perspective).

In his Kia MVP season, Harden finished 227 points ahead of James. 69th NBA All-Star Game