With this week's serious injury to Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic will have to take on even more of the load on a team that was already heavily dependent on him. If he is able to keep the Nuggets in the top 4 in the West, I don't see a way that he doesn't win the MVP, because right now the race for best player isn't even close, so if he is able to translate that into enough wins, it would be wrong to give the award to anyone else. Here are my current MVP rankings, with previous ranking in parentheses:
1 (1) Nikola Jokic - C - DEN
26.1 Pts (#10), 11.0 Reb (#8), 8.8 Ast (#4), 1.5 Stl (#15), 0.6 Blk
.567 FG% (#13), .422 3P% (#19), .855 FT%
2 (2) Giannis Antetokounmpo - PF - MIL
28.5 Pts (#4), 11.2 Reb (#7), 6.1 Ast (#20), 1.2 Stl, 1.3 Blk (#11)
.565 FG% (#15), .304 3P%, .684 FT%
3 (3) Joel Embiid - C - PHI*
30.0 Pts, 11.1 Reb, 3.0 Ast, 1.0 Stl, 1.4 Blk
.516 FG%, .379 3P%, .855 FT%
*Not qualified for leaderboards due to too many missed games currently
4 (6) Luka Doncic - PG - DAL
28.4 Pts (#5), 7.9 Reb, 8.8 Ast (#5), 1.0 Stl, 0.6 Blk
.485 FG%, .361 3P%, .733 FT%
5 (4) James Harden - PG - BKN
25.2 Pts (#15), 8.0 Reb, 10.9 Ast (#1), 1.2 Stl, 0.7 Blk
.463 FG%, .358 3P%, .870 FT%
6 (7) Stephen Curry - PG - GSW
30.7 Pts (#2), 5.5 Reb, 5.9 Ast, 1.3 Stl, 0.1 Blk
.489 FG%, .422 3P% (#20), .927 FT% (#5)
7 (9) Nikola Vucevic - C - CHI
24.1 Pts, 11.4 Reb (#6), 3.7 Ast, 1.0 Stl, 0.7 Blk
.484 FG%, .415 3P%, .833 FT%
8 (8) Damian Lillard - PG - POR
28.7 Pts (#3), 4.2 Reb, 7.7 Ast (#9), 0.9 Stl, 0.3 Blk
.440 FG%, .379 3P%, .925 FT% (#6)
9 (10) Kawhi Leonard - SF - LAC
26.0 Pts (#11), 6.6 Reb, 5.0 Ast, 1.7 Stl (#4), 0.4 Blk
.515 FG%, .395 3P%, .878 FT% (#19)
10 (5) LeBron James - PG - LAL
25.4 Pts (#14), 7.9 Reb, 7.9 Ast (#8), 1.0 Stl, 0.6 Blk
.513 FG%, .368 3P%, .703 FT%
Honorable Mention
Trae Young - PG - ATL
Rudy Gobert - C - UTA
Donovan Mitchell - PG - UTA
Kyrie Irving - PG - BKN
Russell Westbrook - PG - WAS
Zion Williamson - PF - NOP
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