Could the NBA regular season's final week decide the 2022 MVP?
While Denver Nuggets center and reigning MVP Nikola Jokic has the inside track at the award, both he and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid have plenty to play for down the stretch. (The Nuggets can still capture home-court advantage in the Western Conference's first round, while the 76ers are in a four-team battle for the Eastern Conference's No. 1 seed.)
Jokic and Embiid have been spectacular, but plenty of other stars have proven themselves worthy of entering the conversation throughout the 2021-22 season.