Giannis has the possibility of winning DPOY and the scoring title, but he probably won’t win the MVP this year.

Currently, Giannis and Embiid are tied at #2 in the NBA in scoring, at 29.9 ppg. LeBron leads at 30.1 ppg, but he could miss the rest of the season, thus disqualifying him from the scoring title. Giannis is currently averaging 29.9/11.6/5.8/1.0/1.5 on 63.2 TS%, while being arguably, the best defender in the game.

Giannis is the current favorite to win DPOY in Kia’s DPOY ladder.

As we saw last night against the 76ers, how valuable Giannis’ 2 way impact is. There is a good chance that Giannis wins both, the scoring title and DPOY, but misses out on MVP. How can someone lead in the 2 most important things in the game (defense and scoring), but not be the MVP of that season?

Giannis has only received NINE first place votes from the last straw poll of the year. It is safe to say, Giannis won’t be winning MVP this year. The voters have exhiled him from MVP voting, much like they did last year. Last year, the voters punished Giannis with him finishing 4th in MVP voting.

Last year, Steph finished above Giannis in MVP voting, but Steph finished below Embiid in MVP voting. Why did Steph finish above a guy who posted 28.1/11.1/6 on a 46-26 team who played 61 games, but Steph was voted below a guy who posted 28.5/10.8/2.8 on a 49-23 team who played 51 games? It makes zero sense, especially considering Steph missed the playoffs in the play in games, despite posting absurd stats. The voters punished Giannis with egregious voter fatigue last year, and they are disrespecting him this year pretty hard.

The fact that the voters this year, have done this to Giannis 2 years in a row, is kind of BS. I am not saying Giannis should have won last year. Jokić deserved it. But he should have finished 2nd last year, and he should be right there with Embiid and Jokić in this years race. The fact the voters think Jokić is the runaway MVP, with Embiid being a clear runner up over Giannis, is robbery. Jokić and Embiid are having great years this year, but the voters are acting like Giannis isn’t even in their stratosphere this year, which is just silly.