The season is more than halfway through, the debate about MVP has not stopped, and the most discussed in the first half of the season are Curry and Durant. The Warriors began the season in hot form, the record is high in the league, Curry once again played the MVP level performance, and Durant, who was seriously injured, led the team to the first place in the East in a wave of doubts, he and Curry's average score per game ranked in the top two in the league, and the two basically changed positions every other game.
But the weather is unpredictable, after December, Curry's state plummeted, especially after breaking Ray Allen's regular season three-point shooting record and reaching the top of the all-time three-point list, the three-point shooting rate fell sharply, and gradually fell behind in the MVP competition. Durant, like last season, has suffered from injuries again, has missed more than a dozen consecutive games, and the Nets' record has also slipped all the way to 8th in the East, and Adu basically withdrew from the MVP discussion.
Some people quit, naturally some people rise, the West replaced Curry's position is Jokic, the East replaced Durant's position is Embiid, the two basically take turns to top the MVP list. In the latest issue of the MVP list, Jokic surpassed Embiid to the top of the first place, embiid dropped to the second place, ranking 3-5 are Alphabet Brother, Paul, Curry.
Curry's performance for a long time has not been able to reach the level of MVP, and although Paul led the Suns to the first record in the league, he was almost interesting in personal data! As for the alphabet brother, although the personal ability has nothing to say, but the bucks have three giants after all, you can't give all the credit to the alphabet brother.
Compared with the three on the list, Embiid led the team alone and achieved the third place in the East, which is more remarkable, and in the last positive dialogue with the alphabet brother, Embiid laughed to the end. Embiid has averaged 29.6 points, 11.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1 steal and 1.4 blocks this season, very versatile, and has scored at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in 9 times in a single season, second only to Harden and Westbrook in the past 30 years.
As for Jokic, he's got less help from his teammates than Embiid, second-in-command Murray has been absent since last season's torn cruciate ligament, and Porter Jr. has only played 9 games this season, no different from season reimbursement! However, Jokic, with a strong game influence, led the team to the 6th place record in the West, averaging 26 points, 13.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game, shooting 57% from the field.
When Jokic was on the floor this season, the Nuggets beat their opponents by 15.3 points per 100 possessions, and when Jokic went off, the team lost 5.4 points per 100 rounds, and the net difference reached 20.7 points, ranking first in the league! Curry's figure is 15.0, the alphabet brother is 12.5, Embiid is 10.7, and Paul is 6.3. Jokic's value is almost twice that of Embiid, a paul's difference from the second place.
The data does not lie, the larger the net difference of this set of data, the stronger the ability to lead the team, and to some extent, it also reflects how many dishes the teammates' abilities are. This is the best definition of MVP, not only to consider personal data, but also to reflect the indispensability of stars to the team, Jokic has undoubtedly done the ultimate in this regard. If he can eventually lead the Nuggets to the top four in the West, then winning the MVP is basically a foregone conclusion.