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Could KD have won MVP any year since 2021 if he was healthy enough? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by KnicksNBAchamps2021@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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If KD was healthy enough to play atleast 65 games anytime the last 3 seasons could he have won mvp? His shooting splits each of those years was insane and let’s say his end of the year stats were identical to his stats he averaged playing 35-40 games, those would have been some of the most efficient scoring seasons ever. Last year he averaged 29/7/5 on .56/.404/.919 shooting splits which is insane. I think he had a strong case of winning mvp last year if he didn’t get injured

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[–] HotspurJr@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Maybe last year, but man, Jokic has spent the last three years making an argument that he's the best offensive player in league history.

And, I mean, you want to talk about how insane KD's efficiency was last year? It was INSANE. .677, are you kidding me?*

But Jokic's was .701.

(*when a player has their most half-a-season by far, one has to consider the possibility that it's just a fluke and he wouldn't have kept it up if he had played the whole year. Of course, the first place I would have expected regression was in his 3pt%, which is almost as insane this year ... so maybe he could have kept it going!)

So while it's certain that KD would have been in the discussion last year, I don't think it's at all clear he would have won it. And the prior two season are a bit more of a stretch, although, again, I would have expected top-five finishes if he kept that up, and, honestly, at that point, who can really say? He's certainly in the discussion.