We all know the MVP award has no set criteria. In some ways, its nothing more than a popularity vote among the panelists, specifically designed to reward the most dominant scorer. Yet, each year, the goalposts get moved based on which players are in the running.
This year, Jayson Tatum is expected to miss out on the award due to the talent around him on the Boston Celtics roster. Giannis Antetokounmpo, on the other hand, is viewed as a potential candidate despite the Milwaukee Bucks’ horrific start to the season.
During a recent episode of ‘The Roommates Show,’ New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson questioned the lack of genuine criteria in MVP voting.
“Jokic is playing absolutely absurd. His numbers are crazy,” Brunson said. “[The Nuggets are] not seeded where they were last year…and people are still talking about him like being MVP. Individually, he deserves it. But when Luka was averaging damn near triple-double, but [the Mavs] seed wasn’t where people wanted it to be, they were like, ‘Oh, he shouldn’t get MVP because of seeding’…Why do certain narratives work for some of the people?”
