Who is the NBA MVP for 2021?

The National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy, which is named in honor of the first commissioner (then president) of the NBA, who served from 1946 until 1963.

Giannis Antetokounmpo

If the Greek Freak continues his stellar play, it will be hard to deny him the MVP award. He is the front-runner for the award, and he has a great chance to win it. Let’s take a look at his stats and see how he stacks up against the other contenders.

Milwaukee Bucks

Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greek: Γιάννης Αντετοκούνμπο, IPA: [ˈʝanis adetoˈkumbo]; born December 6, 1994) is a Greek professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the Bucks’ franchise player and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP).

Antetokounmpo was born in Athens, Greece, to Nigerian parents, Charles and Veronica. He has two brothers, Thanassis and Kostas, who were also professional basketball players. His older brother Francis previously played for the D-League team Delaware 87ers. As a child, Antetokounmpo was not highly recruited by Greek basketball clubs because he was considered to be too tall and skinny.

In 2013, he began his professional career with the Bucks, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He has been selected to six All-Star teams and five All-NBA teams. He is also a two-time Defensive Player of the Year. In 2020–21, he helped lead the Bucks to the best record in the NBA during the regular season as well as their first Eastern Conference championship since 2001.

Stats

This season, Giannis is averaging 29.0 points, 11.1 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. He’s also shooting 58 percent from the field, 51 percent from three-point range and 77 percent from the free-throw line.

Joel Embiid

Joel Embiid is the NBA MVP for 2021. The Philadelphia 76ers center is one of the best players in the league and has been a dominant force this season. He is averaging 28.5 points, 11.2 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game. Embiid is a two-time All-Star and was named to the All-NBA First Team last season. He is also a finalist for the Defensive Player of the Year award.

Philadelphia

Joel “The Process” Embiid is an Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia He is a two-time NBA All-Star and was named to the All-NBA Second Team and the All-Defensive Second Team in 2019. He also won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2018.

Stats

When it comes to this year’s MVP, there’s really only one candidate, and that’s Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid. The numbers back it up, as Embiid is averaging 28.5 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game while shooting a career-best 53.3 percent from the field and 36.9 percent from three-point range. He’s also blocks 2.2 shots per game and has a player efficiency rating of 29.6, which is the highest mark in the league.

Nikola Jokic

Nikola Jokic is the NBA MVP for 2021 because he averaged a triple double and lead the Nuggets to the Western Conference Finals.

Denver Nuggets

Nikola Jokic, the 14th overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, has been one of the best players in the league for the past few years. The center from Serbia is currently averaging 25.4 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 8.7 assists per game while shooting 56.6 percent from the field and 39.6 percent from three-point range. He’s also a decent free throw shooter, making 77.4 percent of his foul shots this season.

Stats

Jokic is averaging a career-high 26.4 points to go with 10.8 rebounds and 8.3 assists, making him just the third player in league history to average at least 25-10-8 before turning 26. The others? Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook. He is also shooting 56.6 percent from the field, 39.6 percent on 3-pointers and 85 percent from the foul line.

LeBron James

The Los Angeles Lakers superstar has been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2020-21 season. He becomes the first player in league history to win the award with three different franchises. James is also the oldest player to win the award at age 36.

Los Angeles Lakers

LeBron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest players in NBA history.

He was voted NBA most valuable player (MVP) four times, finals MVP three times, and has been selected to the NBA All-Star team sixteen times. He won four league championships with the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers. He has also been a member of two Olympic gold medal-winning teams.

In 2020, he led the Lakers to their 17th NBA championship, and was named finals MVP.

Stats

LeBron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players in NBA history.

Born on December 30, 1984, in Akron, Ohio, LeBron James began playing organized basketball when he was just a young child. By the age of nine, he was already considered one of the best second-graders in the state of Ohio. From there, his career took off. After high school, James was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers and immediately became one of the team’s most important players. In his first season, he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year.

Over his career, LeBron James has been named an All-Star a record 16 times and has won four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards (MVP), four NBA Finals MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals. He currently ranks fourth on the NBA’s all-time scoring list with 34,241 points.

Damian Lillard

It is safe to say that Damian Lillard had one of the best seasons of his career in 2020-2021. He led the Trail Blazers to the playoffs despite numerous injuries to key players, and he was absolutely incredible on both ends of the court. Lillard is deserving of the MVP award, and it would be a travesty if he did not win it.

Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division. The franchise was founded in 1970, and played its home games in Memorial Coliseum before moving to Moda Center in 1995 (called the Rose Garden until 2013).

The team has advanced to the NBA Finals three times, winning the NBA championship once in 1977. Their other NBA Finals appearances were in 1990 and 1992. As of June 2019, the Trail Blazers have the ninth-most wins in NBA history, and are tied for third in losses, with only eight fewer than the Celtics. They are also seventh-youngest franchise by average age of current players.

The Blazers have made 19 playoff appearances, winning six division titles and one conference championship. Damian Lillard is their most recent superstar, selected unanimously as 2021’s Most Valuable Player (MVP). Lillard is one of only five players to be named MVP unanimously. At 27 years old, he is also the youngest player ever to be unanimously named MVP.

Stats

In 2020-21, Lillard is averaging 28.8 points (second in the NBA), 7.5 assists (tied for seventh in the NBA), and 4.3 rebounds per game while shooting 47.4% from the field, 37.8% from three-point range, and 92.9% from the free throw line. He is one of just five players averaging at least 28 points, seven assists, and four rebounds per game this season, joining LeBron James, Nikola Jokić, Russell Westbrook, and Kyrie Irving.