The NBA regular season has all ended, and this season can be described as a hundred flowers, there is no team that is impeccable, and there is no star with absolute dominance. There are so many stars this season, and while the old-school superstars have yet to fall off the altar, a number of young stars are also rising to show their superstar appearance. Like James, Durant, Curry, these former supergiants, now they also have the power to fight, and they are still at their peak, James's season three-point shooting rate has even created a career high, Durant's three-point shooting rate this season almost entered the 180 club, the overall efficiency is still very high, and Curry is still the league's three-point king, the player with the most three-point production. In addition to these old-school superstars, young stars are also starting to rise.
Like Edwards of the Timberwolves and Alexander of the Thunder, they each led the team to become a super dark horse in the West and ranked in the top three in the West in the regular season. The Kings' Fox, who has strong key ball ability, is quite stable in the middle range, and is not bad defensively, won the steal king this season. Haliburton of the Pacers, the contemporary Magic of the NBA, is a rare pure playmaker point guard in the current roster, and his passing is very imaginative, and Haliburton also won the assist king honor with an average of 10.9 assists per game this season. Of course, if you want to say that the best young player this season, it has to be the Mavericks' Doncic, who played an average of 37.5 minutes per game in the regular season, and could get a big quasi-triple-double of 33.9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 9.8 assists, ranking first in the league in points per game and winning the title of scoring champion.
Compared with last season, Doncic's ability to lead the team has also improved, leading the Mavericks to rank 5th in the West and go straight to the playoffs, and his cooperation with Irving has become more and more tacit. In a few years, Doncic is likely to be the ticket to the future of the league, Lao Zhan's successor, of course, he has to make a breakthrough in the playoffs. Although Doncic's overall performance this season is amazing enough, there are still not many league experts who are optimistic about him winning the MVP. The vast majority of NBA insiders feel that there is only one MVP this season, and that is Jokic of the Nuggets, who has won two MVPs before, and his third MVP is close at hand.
According to statistics, 16 voters have announced their votes for this season's regular season MVP, with Nuggets center Nikola Jokic receiving 13 first-place votes, Thunder guard Alexander getting two, and Mavericks guard Doncic having one. Jokic can be described as a fault lead, basically there is no suspense, this season's regular season, Jokic's Nuggets basically did not exert much force, and the final record can reach 57-25, tied with the Thunder for the first place in the West. Jokic played 79 games and averaged 26.4 points, 12.0 rebounds and 9.0 assists per game. In order to find playoff form ahead of schedule, Jokic also began to increase his offensive aggression at the end of the season.
In the past few games, he has hit a big double-double, scoring 42 points and 16 rebounds against the Spurs and 41 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists against the Timberwolves, and winning the Player of the Week title in the final week of the regular season. In fact, the main reason why Jokic has a high probability of winning the MVP is that his high-level data is too strong, BPM on-court contribution value, WS victory contribution value, PER player efficiency value, all of which rank first in the league. His dominance can also be reflected in the perception of the game, omnipotence on the offensive end, he can use his feet to shake off the opponent with his back to his feet, he can shoot from a distance, he can use a wide field of vision to pass, and some dirty work such as card positions and rebounds can also be undertaken, and Jokic's defensive ability is not as bad as imagined.
After all, his body advantage and physique are here, and the defensive level is among the interior players, and the middle and upper level is still there, but the lateral speed is slower. The Nuggets led by Mr. Jokic, although the overall strength is strong and the depth of the lineup is relatively thick, but in fact, except for Jokic, there are no All-Star level players, and the second leader Murray has never been an All-Star, although Murray played bravely in the playoffs in previous years, but his performance during the regular season was really average, with an average of 20 points per game, and he has been plagued by injuries for a long time, and the absence is serious, and the Nuggets basically rely on Jokic as the main support. Boom 42+16!41+11!The strongest supergiant in the NBA, I'm sorry Doncic, there is no suspense about MVP. Winning this MVP, Jokic's NBA historical status has been greatly improved, and it is estimated that he will have to enter the top 15 in history, I wonder if this season's Nuggets can still show the deterrent power of last year's playoffs?