The NBA regular season has played 1/3 of the schedule, and the NBA teams can be said to be happy and some sad. However, compared to the results of the teams, I believe the fans are also very interested in another thing, that is, who has a better chance of winning the MVP this season? As we all know, the NBA official updates the MVP list every week, and this time the ranking has changed again. NBA Official Announcement! The latest issue of the MVP list is out, Durant surpasses Curry, and James ranks in the top 10!
In the latest MVP list officially released by the NBA, the stars ranked 1-5 are Durant (2nd in the previous period), Curry (1st in the previous period), Jokic (4th in the previous period), Alphabet Brother (3rd in the previous period) and Paul (5th in the previous period).
The players who ranked in the top 5 of the MVP list in the previous issue are still in the top 5 in the current MVP list, but except for Paul, who is still temporarily ranked 5th, the ranking of the remaining 4 stars has changed. Durant rose to the top of the MVP list against Curry this time, while Jokic and Alphabet Brother swapped positions, and Jokic rose to the 3rd place in the MVP list.
After looking at the top 5 stars, let's look at the 5 stars in the 6th-10th place, they are Mitchell (last period did not enter the top 10), Gobert (last period 6th), LaVine (last period 8th), Trae Young (last period 7th) and James (last period did not enter the top 10).
In addition to Gobert, Lavin and Trae Young, the three stars, Mitchell and James did not rank in the top 10 in the last MVP list, and these 2 stars are in the top 10 in this issue. It is worth mentioning that Gobert and Mitchell are both Jazz players, which makes the Jazz the only team with 2 stars to enter the top 10 of the MVP list.
After looking at the top 10 stars in the MVP list, let's take a look at why Durant can surpass Curry to rise to the top of the MVP list this time. For comparison, let's take a look at Durant and Curry's averages this season:
Durant: 29.7 points, 7.9 rebounds and 5.9 assists
Curry: 26.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.1 assists
Curry recently broke Ray Allen's three-point record and became the NBA's all-time three-point king. However, judging from the performance since the beginning of the game, Durant's play is more balanced. Durant surpassed Curry in both scoring and rebounding per game, and durant averaged only 0.2 assists per game less than Curry in terms of assists per game.
Since the NBA's MVP list is updated weekly, this also means that the next list curry is still expected to return to the first place in the MVP. After all, Durant and Curry's situation is very similar, in addition to maintaining a high level of competitive status, Durant's Nets and Curry's Warriors are ranked first in the East and first in the West, which also makes fans more looking forward to the subsequent list changes.
Compared with the situation between Durant and Curry, Lakers star James has also brought fans a lot of surprises. James, who did not enter the top 10 of the previous list, successfully ranked among the top 10 of the MVP list this time. Since the start of the season, James has averaged 26.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 1.8 steals per game, and his average playing time has reached 37.1 minutes per game, setting a new Career High for the Lakers.
Now that James is about to turn 37 years old, the original Lakers recruited Wei Shao to reduce the pressure for James, but he did not expect that James's playing time was getting higher and higher. However, James's data has also improved, and this time he has also entered the top 10 of the MVP list, which is also a loss and a gain. As for whether James can still appear in the next issue of the list, let's wait and see!