Mavericks Luke Doncic is MVP NBA most valuable player now… See More…
You can argue that there are better players than Luka. Maybe. But there are no more valuable players.
*Most Valuable Player. This time of year every NBA arena has its preferred candidate to endorse, the guy who gets serenaded with a bouquet of “M-V-P!” chants when he steps to the free-throw line.
LeBron James. Kawhi Leonard. Nikola Jokic. Russell Westbrook. Joel Embiid. Giannis Antetokounmpo. Even the Knicks’ Julius Randle got the royal treatment from the Madison Square Garden crazies.
But if the award is truly given to the most valuable player, it should go to the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic. Why? Because he is simply more valuable to his team than any other player to any other team.
Without him, the Mavs are in the NBA Lottery.
With him, the Mavs lead the Los Angeles Clippers, 3-2, heading into Friday night’s Game 6 at American Airlines Center. The case for Luka’s MVP candidacy can be made merely with Game 5.
With Doncic on the floor for 43 minutes, the Mavs made 35 shots. He scored or assisted 31 of them. Without him in the game, they scored four points in five minutes.
