What makes an NBA MVP? For some, the award should go to the best player alive regardless of team performance. To others, MVP has a stronger narrative pull for players who elevated their team to new heights (see: Derrick Rose in 2011) or who broke through unthinkable glass ceilings (see: Russell Westbrook in 2017) statistically. Sometimes, NBA media just gets sick of giving award to same guy year-after-year, and dolls it out in something of a lifetime achievement award (see: Karl Malone in 1997).
The only unanimous NBA MVP in league history belongs to Stephen Curry in 2016. That streak will extend another year, because this season’s MVP
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