Rachel Nichols
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And 27 points.
And leading his team the way he did.
So people will vote for Jokic and I won't have any problem with them.
Luka, I think, is slotted into fourth.
I have Jalen Brown as fifth.
I don't think most people will do that.
I think a lot of people have Cade Cunningham there.
But here's the thing.
This is for most valuable player.
And we can flip over to my first all-team NBA.
For first team All-NBA, I have Cade Cunningham in that slot because I think Cade is, frankly, the better player.
And that's what All-NBA is to me.
It is a record of who is the best players of that year.
And Cade Cunningham belongs there.
But for most valuable player,
You take other things into account.
And the way Jalen Brown took a team that had a fire sale this summer that was supposed to be in the lottery to number two, not just in the playoffs, not just in the top four, to number two in the Eastern Conference and close to catching the Pistons.
It's more impressive leadership wise to me than Cade, who we know is the number one overall pick.
He's been on this track to develop and push his team.
And this is the whole point of drafting number one.