MVP

Kevin Durant was named the Most Valuable Player of the NBA All-Star Game for the second time in his career. Durant finished with 31 points in a 178-164 victory for Team LeBron. He also had seven rebounds, two assists, a steal, and a pair of rejections. “It’s all sweet to me,” Durant said when asked [...]

Joel Embiid has some lofty expectations for how he’d like this season to end. He obviously needs the Philadelphia 76ers to make the playoffs, because that’s who he is. He’d obviously like to win a title as well, because duh. Earning another All-Star bid is probably an afterthought for him, too. He’s moved on to [...]

While most hoops heads wonder whether the Portland Trail Blazers will even be able to secure a playoff berth in the brutal Western Conference, Damian Lillard has set his sights on higher ground. He wants to be this year’s MVP. From Blazers.com’s Casey Holdahl: “If I don’t accomplish it, it don’t change,” said Lillard of [...]

After what has been yet another wild and NBA landscape altering off-season (aren’t they all these days?) with LeBron James taking his talents to Hollywood, Kawhi Leonard and DeMar DeRozan swapping area codes, and DeMarcus Cousins giving the Warriors a starting lineup of five former all-stars, the race for the league’s most coveted individual honor [...]

If the Bovada oddsmakers are correct this early into the process, then LeBron James is in line to win his fifth MVP award next season. Here’s how the odds for the NBA’s MVP race in 2018-19 are shaking out at the moment: [tweet https://twitter.com/highkin/status/1029779630817861632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1029779630817861632&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F2791145-2018-19-nba-mvp-odds-lines-for-lebron-james-kevin-durant-lonzo-ball-revealed] There aren’t any real surprises on this list. Joel Embiid feels [...]

As you probably know or may have guessed by now, the NBA waits to reveal their regular season award winners after the NBA Playoffs and NBA Draft with an award show after the season. While in theory this is a good idea and provides some fun drama around the awards, waiting around for over two [...]

Kevin Durant doesn’t get an MVP vote. If he did, though, he’d give it to James Harden. As he recently told The Athletic’s Anthony Slater: “It’s his turn,” Kevin Durant told The Athletic recently. “Just give it to him. It’s his time to win it.” This is not the most eloquent way to lay out Harden’s case. [...]

LeBron James has been a legitimate MVP candidate and worthy of the award on a yearly basis for the past 10-12 years. He is doing his thing once again in the 2017-18 season, averaging 27.4 points, 9.1 assists and 8.6 rebounds on 55% shooting with a PER of 28.6. Because of his performance and all [...]

The 2018 NBA All-Star Game and the new format did not disappoint. Team LeBron beat Team Curry 148-145 in a highly entertaining spectacle of the best basketball players in the world, as team captain LeBron scored what would be the go ahead bucket in the final minute after a dish from his former teammate Kyrie [...]

James Harden has been second on the NBA’s MVP ballot in each of the last two seasons. Right now, he’s playing like someone determined to turn his runner-up status into a first-place finish. And that makes sense. Who wouldn’t want to prioritize winning the Maurice Podoloff Trophy when they’ve come so very close to snagging [...]