NBA MVP Race: 3 Candidates And Winner's Prediction

And the winner is…

Last year’s voting was unique compared to previous awards. Having a player average a triple-double, a feat not achieved since 1962, led to the voting fall heavily on statistics even though this is not normally the case. The result was the award going to a player whose team ended up in the sixth position of their conference. It is the lowest seed a player has ended up on for at least 20 years. This year, however, it seems back to normal with wins being important alongside statistics.

With that being said, LeBron’s Cavaliers and Davis’ Pelicans taking up the fourth and sixth seed, respectively in their respective conference, may not cut it. Therefore, Harden, leading his team to a league-best 65 wins puts him in a dominant position. Couple that with his stat line of 30.4 points, 8.8 assists and 5.4 rebounds per 29.8 minutes played this season, and you have your 2017/18 NBA MVP.