Rob Mahoney

If he has a great playoff in particular and feels competitive and physical and meets the moment, I think he will be the overwhelming pick for next season.

And rightly so.

He deserves that.

He's in this conversation already, and he's only going to get better, presumably.

He's only going to be more refined.

team around him will also help prop up some of this stuff even better than it has.

They're already a 60-win team, but the Spurs can take steps that make Wemby an even more compelling candidate.

By the way, in terms of the minutes played thing, the fewest minutes per game of any MVP was Giannis in 2020.

He was like right above 30.

And he's kind of a historical outlier because after him, it's really guys who are averaging at least 32, 33 minutes a game.

So...

Some exceptions would have to be made if he doesn't take over that.

And there is something optically about just like under 30 that does feel like it would be grabby enough to maybe hold him down.

I'm saying it's just stupid enough to work.

Well, we should also note that MVP season from Giannis was also the COVID-shortened season.

And so I think there may have just been an openness to all kinds of exceptions, weirdness.

We're just trying to do the best with what we've got in this moment.

We were all getting into some shit.

We were all getting into lots of shit.

But part of that shit, it's a worthy MVP, but it is a historical outlier.