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Our experts make their way-too-early predictions for 2022-23 awards

The early part of the 2022-23 NBA season has been a welcomed fresh start for a number of surprise players looking to add some hardware to their résumés.

While there is still plenty of season left, a handful of players have hopped into the driver's seats for the NBA's biggest accolades so far.

After a down season riddled by injuries in 2021-22, Luka Doncic has jolted to an early lead in this year's MVP race with career-best and league-leading offensive stats, and is doing it all with seemingly less help from the rest of his Dallas Mavericks team than in previous years.