He's just playing outstanding on both ends. He's doing literally everything his team needs especially with Westbrook out. There is no other real player that can create a shot on that team with WB injured. He's leading the league again in scoring by a large margin, leading the league in PER, in EWA.
No doubt. He's playing out of his mind, carrying his squad to victory after victory against tough opponents. He's doing it efficiently, effectively, and without his all-star teammate. Add in a smidge of voter fatigue and I think he's got it this year.
He may, but you guys need to consider how LeBron will respond when the media starts doubting him again. Dude wants the three-peat, but there is no way in hell he goes down without a fight.
Should be KD this season. Carrying the whole team on his back while averaging more points, rebounds, steals and blocks than Bron. Also stepped up his playmaking, 5apg is great for him. The 5ppg difference between them is pretty significant imo, KD really deserves the award. Also, Heat have been disappointing in 2014 and Bron didn't take over games when he should have(when you're closer to 60fg% than 50:TAKE MORE SHOTS, YOU'RE THE MOST EFFICIENT SCORER). At times it seems he's too determined on proving he's a team guy and able to find a better option than scoring himself. Feel like the Heat would be better if Bron took 5 more shots per game.
He's playing out of his mind, but if the voters give it to him they shouldn't be allowed to vote. LBJ is still the MVP. I really hate it when voters don't give it to the guy who really deserves it, you have so many guys getting MVPs like Drose and Dirk who got MVPs when they clearly didn't deserve it, LBJ, Nash and Tim Duncan should have collected all the MVPs the past 10 years.
^Why exactly does LBJ deserve the MVP? LBJ is playing worse than Durant statistically and by the eye test, often remaining passive deep in losing games. The Heat have looked lackadaisical, and have a losing record when his #2 Wade has missed games, whereas the Thunder are 7-5 without Westbrook despite having a far worse supporting cast from #3-15. LBJ's defense has been incredibly lazy this year; shades of 11-13 Kobe, and KD has had the better defensive season as well. Why exactly should LBJ win? Because of some prior assumption that if he wanted to, he could play a lot better? Why not just give the award out in the preseason then?
And what is your definition of MVP? Tradional view is stats+team wins. You can argue for Duncan in 2000-01, but Shaq was probably better that year. Dirk didn't get any undeserving MVP, he should probably get it in 2005-06 too instead of Nash, other snubs this decade are Paul in 2007-08 and Howard in 2010-11.
Don't people like to classify MVP as best player on best team? I love Lebron, but so far this season why should he be MVP?
He'll probably get it but Lebron is clearly the better player. If the thunder, or any team on the planet, could trade their best player for Lebron they'd do it immediately. Lebron can effectively guard any position on the court and has an nice post game to boot. Scoring is really the only thing you could argue over and still Lebron's TS% would make Durant blush.
I think it's more circumstance / the situation, for the Heat. It's obvious that they will be either the 1 or 2 seed. OKC has to play out of their mind to grab homecourt advantage. As I'm typing, they're the 3 seed while the Rockets are the 5. If they go on a losing streak of just 3-4 games, they could find themselves out of HCA. The last three losses for the Heat came against NY, BKN and WAS. Can't really argue for the WAS game, but NY and BKN came into those games pretty hot. It's still too early to tell, for me. But right now, KD has the advantage. Other factors, such as staying afloat in the West vs the crap East, voter fatigue (as another poster said), etc. will probably all work against LeBron, though. I'll also argue that the gap between Ibaka and Bosh isn't that wide. I think Ibaka does more for OKC than Bosh does for Miami though.
Durant has got a good chance to get it this year. However, i don't think there is any actual debate over who the better player is.
except* anyway Hakeem didn't deserve MVP either, he was mediocre regular season performer for all-time great and Robinson had better season in 1994.
No way OKC would trade Durant for Lebron. Durant is several years younger than Lebron, he's improved dramatically each and every season.
He'll get it, without a doubt. He's kept OKC at the top despite RW being out. And i doubt he's even done yet. He's probably just heating up.
No logical reason why he shouldn't get it the way he's playing. I'm not even sure it's all that close, right now.
