Top 5 NBA MVP favorites at halfway point this season

#4 Luka Doncic

Luka Doncic after drilling another deep 3 pointer against the Brooklyn Nets

Season average: 28.9 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 9 apg

If you search for a list of records that start with "youngest player ever" to do something, there's a good chance more than half of them will be held by Luka Doncic. After winning the Rookie of the Year last year, Luka is breaking records on a nightly basis and having a season which even he wouldn't have dreamt of.

Averaging almost 29, 10 and 9, the Slovenian has single-handedly carried the Mavericks from being a lower playoff seed to being contenders. If he continues this phenomenal run till the end of the season, don't be surprised to see Luka breaking yet another record and becoming the youngest MVP in league history!

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#3 James Harden

James Harden looks determined to take the Rockets past the final hurdle this season

Season average: 37.2 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 7.5 apg

We can't have an MVP debate without talking about the best offensive player of this generation! And if you thought James Harden was at his peak during 2018-19 season where he averaged 36 points, he has taken it up a notch higher this season. Averaging over 37 points a game, he's putting up numbers unheard of since the days of Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain. Though the Rockets are still figuring out their identity as a unit after Russell Westbrook's arrival, The Beard hasn't let anything distract him from doing what he does best - get buckets.