Arguing about the MVP has become an annual tradition. And since there are a lot of great players, no universally accepted rubric for the award, and too much time (and social media) on our hands, we increasingly debate the criteria for the award as much as we debate the rightful winner.
How do you determine the MVP? Is it simply the best player? The best player on the best team? The best individual advanced stats portfolio?
There has never been a single method, and there never will be. Nikola Jokic’s sustained greatness has made the debate even trickier, because his consistency turns every year into a test of whether someone else has done enough to dislodge him from his perch.