Anthony Davis may have won the 2017 All-Star MVP award, but he is still short of being this season’s league MVP.
According to NBA.com’s Kia Race to the MVP Ladder, which delivers weekly rankings of MVP candidates, Anthony Davis has yet been mentioned within the top 10 as a 2016-2017 MVP candidate. Davis is not even a mention in the next five after the top 10.
As of week 18, the top 10 MVP candidates according to the site has the following rankings:
T1) James Harden; T1) Russell Westbrook; 3) LeBron James; 4) Kawhi Leonard; 5) Isaiah Thomas; 6) John Wall; 7) Steph Curry; 8) Gordon Hayward; 9) Paul George; and 10) Mike Conley.