On January 8, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced the latest issue of the MVP list, of which the Lakers star James, who was not on the list in the previous period, was finally shortlisted, from not on the list to the 7th of this time, the Bucks' alphabet brother was ranked 1st, Stephen Curry was affected by the recent downturn in hand, has fallen to the 5th, and at the beginning of the season, Curry once ranked 1st for a long time, and meng Shen ushered in the downturn of the season.
The specific rankings of the list are: 1, Alphabet Brother (last period no. 1) 2, Durant (last period no. 2) 3, Jokic (last period no. 4) 4, Embiid (last issue no. 9) 5, Curry (last issue no. 3) 6, DeRozan (last period no. 8) 7, James (last period did not qualify) 8, Paul (last period no. 6) 9, Gobert (last period no. 5) 10, Morant (last period did not qualify).
James just celebrated his 37th birthday last week, but the elder James didn't want to lose to the years, after James said in an interview about being selected for the MVP list: "If I am included in the MVP discussion, I will be very happy, because it proves that the Lakers are winning, I only care about winning." ”
Winning is one of James' most concerned indicators, and the Lakers have won 3 consecutive games and won 4 of the past 5 games, and are in the winning stage and are very strong. At the same time, James's personal performance is also impeccable, against the Blazers, James is full of firepower, 16 of 26 cuts 43 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.
After this game against the Blazers, James even scored more than 30 points in seven consecutive games. During this period, he created 5 consecutive 30+ games, scored a total of 172 points, equaled Jordan's record of 5 total points for players over 36 years old, and created the fifth time since the age of 35 to cut a 30+ scoring triple-double, while others in history have done it twice. Debut is the peak, a peak of 19 years, this is the story exclusive to James.
In terms of other popular players in this list, Stephen Curry is the most obvious decline, which is related to his personal competitive status, 16 games played, the personal shooting rate is only 36.7%, which is the worst stage of Curry's entire career projection performance, the Warriors also lost several games, resulting in the league's first record position is not guaranteed, surpassed by the Sun. The good news is that Klay Thompson is coming back, believing he can ease the pressure on Curry and make the Warriors stronger and return to the No. 1 throne.
And the alphabet brother is this time to continue to win the first consecutive, after the downturn at the beginning of the season, the bucks are currently opening a counterattack, consecutive wins, the alphabet brother has the hope of impacting the third MVP trophy, many people have forgotten that the bucks are the defending champions of this season, as the leader of this team, the alphabet brother has become stronger, as long as it plays a good record, I believe that the alphabet brother will be a strong contender for MVP for a long time!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)