The NBA's 2021-22 regular season has entered the penultimate rounds of competition, and as the regular season is coming to an end, the final ranking of each team and the competition for candidates for various awards are basically a foregone conclusion. The NBA official also released the latest MVP ranking in the closing stage, and Nikola Jokic, who has been in the limelight recently, has also occupied the top spot.
Considering that the regular season has been decided, this list has a strong reference value, and this MVP ranking will have a profound impact on the final vote of journalists and analysts in North America. Even if it is only the selection of the most valuable players in the regular season, the final inclusion in this list is itself the best recognition of the player's efforts this season. Which stars made it to this list? Let's take a look.
5th Luka Doncic (7th in the previous period)
As the fourth team in the West to win 50, Doncic's ability to lead the team is obvious to all. Whether it's Jaylen Brunson or Dinwiddie, playing more or more of a role in the icing on the cake, the Lone Ranger is essentially Doncic's team, and his performance is the barometer of the team. The season average of 28.3 points, 9.1 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game is not outstanding, and the competition is more violent.
Thanks to Morant's long absence, and some recent pullbacks by Tatum and the Greens, Doncic was able to return from seventh to top five. Of course, before the start of the season, he was regarded as the strongest contender for the MVP of the season, and in the end he could only rank in this position because of the ups and downs of the state due to the problem of weight and physical loss of control at the beginning of the season, if only the performance of the second half of the season is referenced, then Doncic is really capable of competing for the MVP.
4th German-Booker (5th in the previous period)
We've seen Booker step by step on this list from 11th to 9th, then to 7th, then to 5th in the previous issue, and to fix his final ranking at 4th. Happy for Booker, which he deserves and the respect that the phoenix suns should have as the holder of the league's best record, coach Monty's complaints are still very effective, so that more people will notice the perfect performance of the beloved.
From the average per game, Devin Booker's 26.7 points, 5 rebounds and 4.9 assists do not seem to be particularly remarkable, and there is a certain distance from the top three big monsters on the front line - but after narrowing the range to All-Star Weekend, we will find that Mr. 70 points has led the team to win 12 wins in 16 games, and the average score per game has risen to 30.6 points, shooting 52.5% from the field and shooting 42.7% from three-point range, which is amazingly efficient.
In Paul's absence, he carried everything about the team and led the team to lock in the first place in the league with a leader posture. In every crucial round of victory or defeat, you can see the active figure of Booker with eighteen martial arts on the offensive end. The 13th overall point guard not only wins in the present, but also looks forward to the future.
3rd Place Joel Embiid (3rd in the previous period)
The Emperor is well known for his MVP obsession, his performance on the court can not be described as hard work, after scoring 44 and 45 points against the Cavaliers and Pacers, the Cameroon Lions have publicly stated: If he does not finally lift the MVP trophy, then I can only feel that they (media people) hate me, and the selection criteria are different for me and Philadelphia.
The problem is that the state of the 76ers has indeed gone wrong, successively losing to the top power of the league, the Sun and bucks, losing such a strong dialogue was originally a point reduction, and recently lost to the Raptors, and even lost to the pistons that are bent on rotting, which makes the Dengdi combination questionable for a while.
Embiid, who is averaging 30.4 points per game this season, may be able to earn his first scoring title, but if he wants to eventually metamorphose into an MVP-level player, I am afraid he will have to wait a little longer and work hard, even though he has been so close to this goal.
2nd Giannis Antetokounmpo (second in the previous issue)
First of all, there are many conspiracy theories about the Bucks deliberately losing to send the Celtics to the second place in the East and avoid the Hard Nets in the first round, but the Greek monsters have crushed these doubts with practical actions, just like last season's script of choosing the hard heat and completing the revenge. If the first round of the playoffs is finally locked in the First Round of the Playoffs for the Bucks to play the Nets, the enmity and resentment that has lasted since last season can also be broken.
From the data point of view, the report card of 29.9 points, 11.6 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game is bright enough, and the letter brother's desire for victory and contribution to the team are still maintained at his own high standards. In the regular season, it seems that no team can restrain his three steps straight to the basket, which can be described as a trick that eats the world, and does not mention the steady and rising free throw shooting rate, and the mid-range shooting that appears from time to time.
But people seemed tired of his election as MVP and aesthetically fatigued by that, and his incredible performances were seen as commonplace, putting him at a disadvantage in the final selection.
1st place Nikolai Jokic (first place in the previous period)
In the game against the Grizzlies, seeing that the entire fourth quarter was reduced to garbage time, Coach Mike Malone still uncharacteristically put Mr. Joe on the court, and also allowed us to witness the birth of the first player in NBA history to complete 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 500 assists in a single season.
As the first person in history, and referring to the team record of the single-core team to lock up the playoffs (don't look at only the sixth place in the West, the Nuggets and the 76ers are only 1 game away from winning), it can be said that at present, Jokic's competitiveness and other competitors still have obvious advantages, "about one with them". Not to mention that no one in terms of efficiency statistics can be right: including the efficiency value PER, the team contribution value box plus/minus and the victory contribution value win shares, many of the high-level statistics of the Joo teacher is one of the best, in the crowd of ball rights shouts, his 58.3% shooting rate is simply outstanding.
Although the "Human Pork Essence" has repeatedly emphasized that he has no intention of competing for MVP, but only hopes to try to lead the team to win, his performance is seen by everyone, and in the hearts of many people, this season's teacher is MVP. The only uncertainty is the aesthetic fatigue challenge faced by the MVP of Lianzhuang, as a historic player who redefined the fifth position, Mr. Yo deserves such an honor.