The NBA is the highest temple of world basketball, and the regular season MVP is the individual highest award of NBA players, each season can compete for the regular season MVP of the players are few, in order to win this award, personal data must not be bad, and then the team's record can not be bad, in recent years, the MVP winner team's worst record must also be the sixth in the West of West, but that is also the playoff team, if you can't enter the playoffs, then Ken can't get the award, but to get the MVP from many superstars, It's easier said than done.
Although the championship is the highest honor of the NBA, but the championship can be mixed, the MVP can not be mixed, otherwise Holly has seven championships, the old fish Fisher has 6 championships Why are the two only defined as role players? Even if you get the Finals MVP, in fact, it is not as high as the MVP, because the Finals MVP only needs 7 games at most to win, the sample is too small, anyone may break out, such as when Iguodala robbed Curry, Leonard robbed Duncan and Parker, all of which are a truth.
In other words, the Finals MVP is likely to be won by the second or third boss, but the regular season MVP is destined to be the boss of the team, and no one can take it. I have a prejudice that if you can't get the regular season MVP, you can't be considered a real superstar, even if you get the finals MVP, you can only be a superstar.
Let's take stock of the current superstars or players who were once superstars but could not be promoted to superstar because they could not get the MVP:
Tenth place Howard
Maybe everyone is familiar with Howard, but the fans who have really seen Howard's dominance must be Howard before 2011, when Warcraft was known as the only player in the league who can single james, Warcraft's offense is not excellent, but defense is absolutely historical, he is the only one in the NBA who has won the best defensive player for three consecutive years, it can be said that the ancients have not been seen before, and those who have not seen each other, even Gobert, who is now known for his inner defense, may only be able to give Warcraft shoes.
Sparks played eight All-Stars in his career, winning five rebounds, two block kings, and five times being selected for the best first team, one second team, two thirds, and four times the best defensive first team, and won the only championship of his career with the Lakers in the 2019-2020 season. Warcraft can be said to be full of honors, the data is also extremely bright, the only fly in the ointment is that he did not win the MVP, which also greatly reduced his historical status.
In fact, Howard is not without a chance to win the MVP, in the 2009-2010 season, Howard led the team to achieve a record of 59 wins and 23 losses, ranking second in the league that season, and the personal data also reached 18.3 points, 13.2 rebounds and 2.8 blocks, but unfortunately, the old Zhan won 61 wins and 21 losses that season, and Howard eventually lost to James. In the 2010-2011 season, Howard took it to the next level, averaging 22.9 points, 14.1 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game, but met Rose, who had just bloomed. Those seasons were Howard's peak moments, if you can win a mvp, Howard will not be like today, let the US media dislike, the history of the seventy-five do not want him, the active seventy-five do not want him, look at the heartache.
Ninth Anthony
Guago still has oil in the tank, this season can also average 13.3 points and 4.2 rebounds in 26 minutes per game, if given enough ball rights, Guago still has the ability to average 20+ per game, but has reached the end of his career, guago, the most wanted should be a championship, so chose to sacrifice himself, hoping to make the team better and better, but his sacrifice did not return to Howard, this season's Lakers have failed him a lot. We've seen the guago who is still an offensive kaleidoscope this season, and we've seen the guago who is willing to defend seriously, but such a guago still hasn't been able to win enough.
Guago's fame has not been small, for a long time was james' first small forward opponent, of course, can only be regarded as the best male number two, but that year with his offensive ability and key ball ability, the same is regarded as a superstar level figure, Guago's closest to MVP is the 2012-2013 season, that season Anthony led the Knicks to achieve a record of 54 wins and 28 losses, this is the first time Guago entered the top three of the MVP list, of course, the last time. Guago averaged 28.2 points per game that season, winning the top scorer, but in that season, it was James and Durant who pressed ahead of him.
Although Guago has been an All-Star in his career 10 times, the best team 6 times, and a scoring champion, he still lacks a award with enough gold content to prove his super giant status, MVP is no chance, see if he can rub a championship next.
Eighth Anthony Davis
Although the thick eyebrow brother is now a bit like the meaning of being ugly, but we can't question his ability, James will not choose to cooperate with a star who does nothing, since the old Zhan is willing to go to the Lakers, it shows that he is very optimistic about Davis, after all, James's vision is not low.
Davis's performance at both ends of the attack and defense is relatively balanced, and that year was a champion-level figure, the upper limit is naturally higher, he is better than Anthony is that he has won the championship, and he is still young, there is still a chance to win the MVP in the future, but his current state is not flattering.
As a perennial 25+10 inside lineman, Davis has been performing very well in statistics, but when he led the team alone, he did not have a particularly bright performance, but he once had a chance very close to MVP, that is, the 2017-2018 season, that season, he led the Pelicans to achieve a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, although not good, but with the previous season's 34 wins, enough to win 14 brothers, He himself scored 28.1 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.6 blocks, and he ranked third in that year's MVP selection, behind Harden and Westbrook.
At this stage, he has no chance to win the MVP, not that the ability is not enough to win, but, with James, it is difficult to turn him, and even if the 29-year-old Davis recovers as before, I am afraid that there will not be a few years to peak. After all, the peak of the inside player is basically not 35 years old, he may still win the championship, lucky or can still get the finals MVP, but the regular season MVP may be completely out of touch with him.
Seventh place Lillard
Lillard is definitely a player with a big heart, the launch of the madness is actually not to lose Curry, when watching the Rockets game, when the Rockets were Harden partner Howard, the Blazers were Lillard with Ader, in fact, the two cores of the Rockets were stronger than the Blazers in terms of fame or strength, but the Rockets were afraid to hit the Blazers, one was Ad to pull the space very open, the other was Lillard, simply could not defend, whether it was three points or a breakthrough, they were the top of the league, And his physical talent is better than Curry's, and even Lillard's key ball may be better than Curry's.
But such a player, never mentioned in the MVP selection, as the Blazer lineup is broken, people seem to forget the existence of Lillard, Lillard is really tough, but he can not be considered supergiant, because he lacks a hardcore honor, as the Blazers are pushed down, Lillard is afraid that it will be difficult to stand up again, whether it is the championship or MVP, I am afraid that he will not be able to get involved.
Sixth place Irving
If Irving were given another chance to choose, I'm sure he wouldn't go to the Nets again, and in his days with the Nets, he would have experienced what it means to be desperate. First of all, he has never been healthy in these two years, and secondly, because of the epidemic, he has become a problem player, and the problem is very serious, so what we see is that Harden is gone, Durant is not happy, and Irving himself is not happy. His personality makes his future a mystery.
In fact, the original Irving was once discussed as a superstar level, flowing offense, silky change of direction, murderous three-pointers, whether it is the key ball ability or scoring means, he does not lose Curry, but his personality is far from Curry, he is not young, but always feel like a child, from a proud son of heaven to a player who makes many teams prohibitive.
But the ability of healthy Irving is still there, in the Cavaliers' 2015-2016 championship season, Irving averaged 25.2 points, 3 rebounds and 4.7 assists in 214 playoff games, and the three-point shooting rate was as high as 44%, such a performance has surpassed the average All-Star, but this does not define Irving's success, he once thought he had the ability to leave James, but he still lacked an MVP to prove himself.
Fifth Place Paul George
I like Paul George as a player, in fact, all the players who can return to the pitch after a serious injury are admirable, but Paul George should be the one who played best after coming back from a serious injury, not even one of them, the injuries he suffered that year, I still feel shocked to this day, it is an injury that can ruin his career, but Paul George is back, and he has played better after coming back, which has to be admired.
In the 2018-2019 season, Paul George led the Thunder to a record of 49 wins and 32 losses, averaging 28 points, 8 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.2 steals per game, but did not unexpectedly lose the double, ranking third in the league in the MVP selection of that year, after Alphabet Brother and Harden, which was his closest to MVP.
Paul George has proven himself to be a superstar-level player, he has the ability that the average All-Star does not have, but he is still some distance away from the Superstar, what is this distance? A championship or an MVP? I think the latter is more important.
Fourth place Embiid
The Emperor is not a sane player, a star who has been complaining about his teammates I don't think his career can reach a high altitude, spray Harden's words at the end of the season make people feel very cheap, Harden is also a former MVP player, he didn't play well on the 76ers, to a large extent, Embiid, he is not a player who can help his teammates become better, but Harden is.
And the emperor has not really proved himself, first of all, he is unhealthy, secondly, he is a little selfish, which has doomed his career height will not be very high, to be able to cooperate with players like Harden is the dream of many players, but the emperor only knows to blame Harden, do not know to reflect, so I am not optimistic about the emperor.
But why didn't you take him in again? Because he is indeed second in the MVP list this season, and the data is also impeccable, this season the 76ers have achieved a record of 51 wins and 31 losses, and he has also averaged 30.6 points, 11.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, but to be honest, his data is actually not small, and it depends on how he performs next season.
Third place Doncic
Seven Seven is still very young, he proved himself to be able to take the team to a higher height in the playoffs this season, but he is really too short of helpers, once exchanged for the wave god can not, now the team of Bertans and the like are even more bad, little Seven Seven can lead such a lineup to beat the Suns to the Western Conference Finals is something I have not yet figured out, maybe a superstar brought bonus is not simply 1 + 1 equal to 2, it is likely that 1 is greater than 2.
Doncic is only 23 years old, in fact, it is still very early to discuss his career, but with the behavior of Mark Cuban, Doncic may not be able to play his greatest strength, although he averaged 28.4 points, 9.1 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game in the regular season, and the team also ranked fourth in the West with 52 wins and 30 losses, but this performance still did not let him enter the MVP discussion ranks, indicating that he still has a long way to go.
As long as Mark Cuban can make some blood, the next Noth king of the Dallas Maverick is not far away!
Second place Leonard
Xiao Ka has already won two finals MVP, but in all fairness, the gold content is not high. In the 2013-2014 season, The little card averaged 17.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game to win the Finals MVP, which is not a very good statistic, and his defense is not limited to James, James averaged 28 points per game, shooting 57.1%, shooting 51.2% from three points, the Spurs won because the other players of the Heat declined significantly, and this FMVP at the time was controversial, in fact, Duncan and Parker did not say so. As for the 2018-2019 season, because Durant is not there, the gold content will definitely be discounted.
Xiao Ka has been in the strong team, but did not get the MVP, not without opportunities, but just met the real god, 2015-2016 season, the Spurs won 67 wins and 15 losses, in the usual, this must be a league first record, but that season Xiao Ka met the Warriors with 73 wins, Xiao Ka averaged 21.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game that season and won the best defensive player, and finally ranked second in the MVP vote, and the first was the first was to cry the full vote.
The second chance was in the 2016-2017 season, the Spurs achieved another 61 wins and 21 losses, and the small card was already a superstar who averaged 25.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, but he met harden and Westbrook, and finally relegated to third place, missing the MVP again, which can be said to be a bad luck thief.
It is still unknown how the 30-year-old Xiao ka will return to his state, whether he will win the championship in the future, and whether he can win the mvp to prove himself? It is worth looking forward to, but I dare not expect.
The first Paul
Compared with Leonard, the so-called "point guard god" Paul's career has not had much opportunity to prove himself, this year he is 37 years old, although he can still score 14.7 points and 10.8 assists, but the clear-eyed people know that his role is decreasing, and he can no longer be the title of point guard god.
He was selected for the All-Star 12 times in his career, 11 times in the Best Team, 9 times in the Best Defensive Team, 5 assists, 6 steals, but there is no championship, no MVP, which is destined to be a major regret in his career, even if he gets one of them, his career can be said to be regretless.
In the 2007-2008 season, Paul led the Hornets, who had scored 39-43 in the previous season, to a record of 56 wins and 26 losses, ranking second in the West, personally averaging 21.1 points, 11.6 assists and 2.7 steals per game, but unfortunately lost to Bryant, ranking second with 894 points.
In the 2011-2012 season, Paul led the third-to-last Clippers in the West to the fifth place in the West, averaging 19.8 points, 9.1 assists and 2.5 steals per game, but met the two gods of James and Durant, and finally relegated to third.
Conservative estimates paul can only play 2-3 seasons, with his age, MVP is no chance, or like Kidd, in his later years to get a championship ring belt, it is not so regrettable.