In a comment/response to the great revken in Steve Hinson’s piece on Blake Griffin, I stated the reasons why Blake Griffin could be the best player in the Eastern Conference next season, and these are also reasons why he should be an MVP candidate:
He’s in his prime
He’s the unquestioned leader of a team for the first time since his Clippers days before Chris Paul arrived
He’s more seasoned than Giannis
He’s more of a force than Horford
He can be less mercurial than Embiid
He is a more polished version of Ben Simmons (and has a jumper)
His team needs him more than Kyrie
The only player that could and should be better in the East is Kawhi but, yeah….