There has been much conjecture on the NBA Most Valuable Player debate this season with five players being more than worthy of winning the NBA’s most prestigious award.
James Harden, Russell Westbrook, LeBron James and Anthony Davis are all very much deserving contenders but it is Stephen Curry that should win the award.
While Curry may not have the gaudy numbers that some of the other players have averaging less points than all four of them and averaging less assists than LeBron and Westbrook.
The reason for this is that Curry is not playing the amount of minutes that the other players are playing as a result of his and the teams play and when Curry is playing it is at an historical clip.
Curry is averaging 23.7 points, 7.8 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.1 steals in just 32.1 minutes his lowest minutes total since 2012 and is looking to become only the 7th player in NBA history to achieve the 50-40-90 season and he is doing this while shooting a ridiculous 8 threes a game. He broke his own record for made three pointers in a season besides playing more than 400 less minutes this season with 276 and counting
It is not just individually where Curry is excelling he has carried his Golden State Warriors to a franchise record 64-15 with a 36-2 home record clinching the number 1 seed in the notoriously tough Western Conference. The Warriors are a staggering 16 points better with Curry on the court compared to breaking even when he sits on the bench.
Curry may be one of the most watchable players in NBA history where as soon as he gets hot Twitter goes into meltdown with everyone raving about his ridiculous play or jumps on to league pass to watch him do his work.
The other four players all have reasons they should win the award, LeBron is doing what he does every year and has help Cleveland clinch the Central Division title with a team that had little to no chemistry at the start of the season. Russell Westbrook has been extraordinary with a league leading 11 triple doubles with 10 coming after the All Star break dragging his debilitated Thunder team towards the playoffs.
Anthony Davis is having on of the best seasons statistically of all time with a Player Efficiency Rating of 30.78 where the average for players is at 15, but with a struggling roster he is unlikely to get the recognition he deserves. James Harden who is seen to be Curry’s biggest danger has also had a huge season leading the league in scoring and dragging his Rockets to the 2nd seed in the West despite Dwight Howard missing a huge chunk of games.
But this is years MVP is Steph Curry and really it’s not even close.
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