The NBA has officially announced the 2024 MVP, and the winner is Jokic.
Since there is no uniform standard for MVP, it is all voted by the media, so in some years, because of the existence of subjective factors, there is often controversy, the following is a list of the 5 most controversial regular season MVPs of the NBA in the 21st century (in chronological order).
MVP of 2002
Actual winner: Tim Duncan (Spurs), should winner: Jason Kidd (Nets).
That year, Duncan and Kidd were both 82 games full-time, Duncan averaged 25.5 points, 12.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.5 blocks per game, the Spurs won 58 and ranked second in the West, Kidd averaged 14.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 9.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game, and the Nets won 52 wins and first in the East.
Just looking at the data and performance, it is understandable that Duncan is in front, but Kidd's addition directly improved the Nets' record from 26 wins to 52 wins, such a big increase, Kidd does deserve an MVP, and in 2005 Nash won the MVP because of this.
MVP of 2006
Actual winner: Steve Nash (Suns), should winner: Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks).
That year, Nash averaged 18.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 10.5 assists per game, Nowitzki averaged 26.6 points, 9 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, the Mavericks won 60 wins and ranked 4th in the West, and the Suns won 54 and ranked 2nd in the West.
On the whole, Nowitzki is more worthy of MVP, but the reason why it was given to Nash was because the Suns had an incomplete lineup that year, and it was already super standard to be able to achieve 54 wins, which was a subjective reason.
MVP of 2012
Actual winner: LeBron James (Heat), should winner: Kevin Durant (Thunder).
That year, James averaged 27.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, and Durant averaged 28 points, 8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.2 blocks per game. Statistically, it's comparable, or James is slightly ahead.
However, the Thunder are ranked second in the West with 47 wins, and the Heat are ranked second in the East with 46 wins, and the Thunder are ahead in terms of record.
Taken together, the two are evenly matched! But the Heat has the peak three, and the Thunder are only the young three young, and the Big Three are only ranked second in the East, and the MVP of that year should not be James.
MVP of 2017
Actual winner: Russell Westbrook (Thunder), actual winner: James Harden (Rockets).
That year, Wei Shao averaged 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game, a historic triple-double per game, and exploded high-end data.
Harden averaged 29.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 11.2 assists per game, which is actually very comprehensive, and if it weren't for Wei Shao's triple-double, this would definitely be very sensational.
The controversy over the MVP win is the Thunder's record, which is only 47 wins. During that time, there was an unwritten rule in the NBA that the MVP winner had a team record of at least 50 wins (except for shortened seasons), so the NBA broke that restriction for the sake of Weishao.
2022-2023 MVP
In 2021, Jokic won the MVP for the first time is not controversial, but in 2022, Jokic won the MVP for the second consecutive year.
In 2022, Jokic averaged 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds, 7.9 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.9 blocks per game, and Embiid averaged 30.6 points, 11.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.5 blocks per game. In terms of statistics, there is not much difference between the two, but in terms of team record, the Nuggets have only 48 wins, while the 76ers have 51 wins.
It's still that problem, the record is less than 50 wins to win the MVP, and it is the MVP of Lianzhuang, which really lowers the standard of Lianzhuang.
And in 2023, in order not to let Jokic win 3 in a row, the MVP will be given to Embiid.
In terms of final statistics, Embiid's election is understandable, but Jokic and the Nuggets obviously closed up at the end of the season, which can be regarded as cooperating with the league's arrangement.
It might be more appropriate if the 2022 and 2023 MVPs swapped spots.