Saturday, December 9, 2023

NBA MVP Rankings - 9 Dec

In the past few weeks, the MVP race has become a lot closer and a lot more crowded, with Jokic's lead becoming much slimmer after Denver fell from the top seed in the West down to the middle of the playoff pack. These are my current rankings for this season's MVP and Rookie of the Year, along with a few updates in my All-Time player rankings. Previous ranking is in parentheses:

Most Valuable Player

1 (1) Nikola Jokic - C - DEN

28.4 Pts (#8), 13.0 Reb (#1), 9.6 Ast (#3), 1.1 Stl, 0.8 Blk, .535 FG%, .304 3P%, .774 FT%


2 (2) Joel Embiid - C - PHI

33.3 Pts (#1), 11.5 Reb (#5), 6.4 Ast (#16), 1.0 Stl, 1.9 Blk (#8), .510 FG%, .322 3P%, .875 FT%


3 (3) Luka Doncic - PG - DAL

31.9 Pts (#2), 8.4 Reb, 8.7 Ast (#4), 1.3 Stl, 0.5 Blk, .488 FG%, .382 3P%, .766 FT%


4 (5) Giannis Antetokounmpo - PF - MIL

30.5 Pts (#4), 10.6 Reb (#7), 5.0 Ast, 1.4 Stl, 1.3 Blk (#19), .614 FG% (#8), .243 3P%, .657 FT%


5 (6) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - PG - OKC

30.5 Pts (#6), 5.6 Reb, 6.2 Ast (#19), 2.8 Stl (#1), 0.9 Blk, .544 FG% (#19), .348 3P%, .914 FT% (#6)


6 (4) Tyrese Haliburton - PG - IND

26.9 Pts (#13), 4.2 Reb, 12.1 Ast (#1), 1.0 Stl, 0.7 Blk, .525 FG%, .441 3P% (#14), .884 FT% (#19)


7 (8) LeBron James - PF - LAL

25.0 Pts (#15), 7.5 Reb, 6.6 Ast (#14), 1.5 Stl (#13), 0.7 Blk, .553 FG% (#17), .407 3P%, .717 FT%


8 (10) Trae Young - PG - ATL

27.2 Pts (#11), 2.8 Reb, 10.6 Ast (#2), 1.5 Stl (#12), 0.1 Blk, .412 FG%, .352 3P%, .868 FT%


9 (NR) Anthony Davis - C - LAL

22.7 Pts, 12.7 Reb (#2), 3.2 Ast, 1.0 Stl, 2.7 Blk (#3), .533 FG%, .231 3P%, .837 FT%


10 (NR) Kevin Durant - PF - PHX

31.0 Pts (#3), 6.5 Reb, 5.7 Ast, 0.7 Stl, 1.2 Blk, .521 FG%, .500 3P% (#3), .892 FT% (#14)


Honorable Mention: Jayson Tatum - PF - BOS, Damian Lillard - PG - MIL, Tyrese Maxey - PG - PHI, Rudy Gobert - C - MIN


Rookie of the Year

1 (1) Victor Wembanyama - PF - SAS

19.0 Pts, 10.2 Reb (#12), 2.6 Ast, 1.3 Stl, 2.7 Blk (#2), .430 FG%, .255 3P%, .818 FT%


2 (3) Chet Holmgren - C - OKC

17.1 Pts, 7.8 Reb, 2.5 Ast, 0.9 Stl, 2.4 Blk (#5), .518 FG%, .371 3P%, .878 FT%


3 (5) Dereck Lively II - C - DAL

8.7 Pts, 7.7 Reb, 1.3 Ast, 0.6 Stl, 1.6 Blk (#14), .735 FG%, .000 3P%, .593 FT%


4 (2) Ausar Thompson - SF - DET

10.1 Pts, 8.5 Reb, 2.5 Ast, 1.0 Stl, 1.3 Blk (#20), .441 FG%, .130 3P%, .689 FT%


5 (4) Keyonte George - PG - UTA

10.5 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 5.1 Ast, .0.5 Stl, 0.1 Blk, .344 FG%, .304 3P%, .765 FT%


All-Time Player Rank Updates

Nikola Jokic has passed Artis Gilmore to move up to #38

Kawhi Leonard has passed Manu Ginobili to move up to #63

Draymond Green has passed Sam Jones to move up to #65

Jimmy Butler has passed John Wall to move up to #87

Joel Embiid has entered the top 100 at #98, knocking out Mel Daniels and passing Andre Miller and LaMarcus Aldridge

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