It’s August.
The older NBA season is and also the NBA season feels so far away. All of the free agents are signed, Summer League is at the books, and all we’ve got is the NBA program release and dreams of matches to come.
But that doesn’t mean we can not talk about next season’s MVP race. This season was a runaway win for James Harden, but 2017’s race between Harden and Russell Westbrook was an all-timer, and next year’s race looks wide open.
So what exactly does it take to acquire NBA MVP? Three criteria stand out:
He’s got to score a lot. Basketball is much more than just scoring, but MVPs are in the thick of their scoring race.
He must win a good deal. NBA MVPs since 1990 average 63 wins, and they play to get a seed. As soon as we pick MVPs we get it wrong. MVPs must be winners.
He has to have a winning story.
That last point is most important of all. The NBA MVP tells the story of the season, and Republicans need to buy into that story. Was something significant conquer by a candidate? Did everyone surprise? Can he prove he is really”precious,” whatever that means?
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