Wizards color analyst Kara Lawson
He's definitely somewhere up there, but I think Butler has taken a lot of the attention away from his play since being on the team. IMO, Giannis, PG and Jokic have been the best players on their respective teams over a more generous period, plus both Giannis' and Jokic's teams have lost fewer games (plural).You don't see Embiid in the mix?
Kawhi like Embiid is somewhere in the conversation (just not a leading candidate), but what weighs heavily against him is that his team is 7-1 without him, and with him, they're only 16-8, which is not to say they're a better team without his efforts, just that they've still been able to win at a high rate without him, which should be taken into account.Embiid and Kawhi deserves to be in mvp talk
Embiid and Kawhi deserves to be in mvp talk