The most difficult ballot ever, Part II.
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander during an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. There were players who could’ve been on a second team but didn’t make a ballot, or realizing how many really good and impactful defensive players there are in a league that no longer embraces it.
If Durant played 10 more games at the rate he was playing, not only is he on the first team, he’s in the MVP conversation. His play on both ends was extraordinary, his splits are an astonishing 56-40-90 and his team’s record in games he played was 34-13; that’s at a Bucks-like pace. If — big if — healthy, the conversation about the game’s best player is a lot clearer than we all think.
Sabonis is mostly a center, but it feels tough to bump him all the way to third team with him being on the MVP ballot, and he could’ve been. Butler, even at his age, is not only productive and impactful, but efficient even if he isn’t playing 82 gamesCenter: Bam Adebayo, Miami HeatPlease forgive this voter, Jrue Holiday. You too, Jaren Jackson Jr.
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