Recently, the NBA updated the latest regular season MVP list, the Nuggets Jokic, the 76ers Embiid and the Bucks alphabet brother occupied the top three positions, now the regular season has less than 20 games left, if there is no big surprise, this season's regular season MVP will be born in these three players.
If you compare these three players, the competition between the three has their own disadvantages, let's take stock together.
1. Giannis Antetokounmpo
As the overall champion last season, the Bucks did not perform very well at the beginning of the season, but with the return of the main players, the Bucks still managed to break into the top three positions in the East.
As a two-time regular season MVP, alphabet brother still has a very good performance this season, so far in the season, alphabet brother has played a total of 54 regular season games, averaging 32.8 minutes of playing time per game, contributing 29.2 points, 11.6 rebounds and 6.0 assists, of which 29.2 points ranked third in the league, and the data of alphabet brothers have risen this season.
Now the Bucks are in the third position in the East, which can also help Alphabet Brother win the regular season MVP again, but Alphabet Brother did not have much bright performance in the previous regular season stage, and only scored 50 points in the game against the Pacers on February 16, which may become one of the disadvantages of Alphabet Brother to compete for MVP.
2. Jokic
Jokic, as the regular season MVP last season, has still been very strong this season.
So far this season, Jokic has played 58 regular season games. Averaging 33.2 minutes of playing time per game, he averaged 25.9 points, 13.8 rebounds and 8.1 assists per game, including 9th in the league in points and 2nd in rebounds, especially in the last two games, Jokic has ushered in a big explosion, in the Game against the Pelicans on March 7, Jokic won 46 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, and led the team to win, on March 8, against the Warriors' back-to-back game, Jokic once again won 32 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists, once again leading the team to win, which also allowed Jokic to save enough capital in this season's regular season MVP competition.
However, Mr. Jokic is facing a very embarrassing problem, that is, the team's record, the current Nuggets' record is 39 wins and 26 losses, only ranking sixth in the West, which will have a certain impact on Jokic's competition for MVP, after all, the record will have a certain impact on the selection of MVP.
3. Embiid
Embiid has played in 52 games this season, averaging 29.7 points, 11.2 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, and is currently at the top of the scoring list, and the data has improved compared to last season, in today's game against the Bulls, Embiid broke out strongly, scored 43 points and 14 rebounds, successfully led the team to win, the current 76ers record ranked second in the East, which is conducive to Embiid to compete for the regular season MVP.
Although, now in the MVP rankings, Jokic pressured Embiid, but the 76ers have Harden's addition, the strength of the team has increased greatly, more importantly, Harden's arrival has not affected Embiid's play, but to a certain extent, it has helped Embiid to reduce the pressure on defense, and Harden also said that as long as Embiid needs, he will also help Embiid.