MVP Deep Dive + Steph Curry’s Return
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Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for April 2nd, 2026. I'm Dave DuFour. Here with Zena Kata and Sam Amick. Coming up, we go deep with Sam on the MVP race, why Luka has had such a ridiculous month, and we talk about Steph Curry's impending comeback. Good morning, everybody. What is up, Zena? Sam, welcome.
What are the current dynamics of the MVP race?
Been a minute. How you doing, buddy? What's up, friends? Good to see you. It has been a minute. Glad to be with you here. Yeah, we're almost to the playoffs, man. What's your travel schedule like? What's your travel schedule like the next couple of weeks? I know that you like to get out and check in with as many teams as possible right now.
It's funny, though, Dave, you would think that'd be the case. And it is true. But you end up downshifting a little bit. At least I do when I have the luxury of doing that ahead of the playoffs, knowing that it's a long haul first round. It's funny, as we speak, I am in a hotel room in San Francisco. I will occasionally, even though I live a couple hours away near Sacramento, I'll occasionally camp out down here if there's back to backs. The Warriors have a back-to-back right now. So coming down to do a Warriors game, get to see the Spurs, get to see the Cavs tomorrow. But trying to recharge a little bit before the playoffs. And the Warriors part is funny because selfishly, for the longest time throughout their dynasty, they made my logistical life a little easier because, you know, the most relevant team in the NBA was...
right down the road. So this whole prospect of them bowing out early and, and me having to get on an airplane in the first round is, is a new one. And so probably the Kings aren't helping you out there. I forgot about them.
Don't even worry about it, Sam. This, this at our morning shoot around, we were thinking about team names for Las Vegas. And I was like, you know, like they could, they can't take the aces. Maybe they could be the Kings and Eskos. There's already, I was like, Oh, Oh, snap.
Yes, indeed, indeed. Yeah, but I think a lot of Lakers in my future in the first round, most likely. But, you know, it's that time of year.
Well, we're recording this beforehand, but you're going to see Victor Weminyama against the Warriors tonight. The Spurs are in town. You mentioned last week in one of your pieces, you wrote about the Shea versus Wemby MVP debate. And what I think is actually fascinating about it is that you actually, you put it out there. If the Spurs get to the one seed, it's the only way that you can really make the case for Wemby over Shea. You still feel that way a week later? Because, I mean, a lot has happened in the last week. And I think Wemby has done quite a bit to try to at least make his case for MVP.
Yeah, it's funny. I forget where I saw this. I saw some, and it wasn't pushback on me individually, but pushback on the idea. that, you know, them needing to be first would be a qualifier. And I thought that was fair. It's not that I'm saying that that's what would make me vote for him. I just think in terms of the way that voters' minds work, when a team passes a team like a reigning champion, you know, OKC Thunder, and does it after a season, you know, where the Spurs didn't even make the playoffs, that is the sort of kind of, you know, event, if you will, that is going to compel and force people to reevaluate Victor. And I think even with all the recent noise, you're going to need a lot of people.
You got to really pull them away from SGA and make them reevaluate Wemby's case, because I think Shea has been out in front by a pretty significant margin for a while now. Now, it's funny you highlight accurately, Dave, that Wemby has been doing some serious work and cutting into... I mean, I don't know if he's cutting into the lead or just making his case, but the thing I love across the board, not even just with Shea, with Luka, Joker's just doing his thing, but with all these guys... is the idea that it feels like Wemby is pushing the whole group. That, you know, when he came out publicly, said he wanted it, said he was coming for it, that, you know, man, if you're SGA and you were giving any thought to coasting down the stretch and just getting ready for the playoffs, then you look up and you're like, all right, I'm about to lose another Michael Jordan trophy if I do that.
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