The NBA's MVP race always features a slew of interesting candidates, but the field is particularly loaded heading into 2017-18.
For starters, you have LeBron James, looking to end a four-year MVP drought and reassert his status at the NBA's best player. To the east, you have LeBron's former teammate, Kyrie Irving, carrying the Celtics and possibly challenging for the scoring title. In the West, reigning MVP Russell Westbrook looks to incorporate two stars into mix and take OKC to the next level. And James Harden and Chris Paul are teaming up in Houston to form arguably the league's best backcourt with two MVP candidates of their own.