Who Will Win the NBA MVP in 2022?
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We’re taking a look at the top contenders for the NBA MVP award in 2022. Who do you think will take home the trophy?
Introduction
In 2022, the NBA will have a new Most Valuable Player. Who will it be?
The current frontrunners are Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers. Giannis is the reigning MVP, and he’s only getting better. LeBron is still one of the best players in the world, and he has a chance to win a fifth MVP award.
Other players who could win the 2022 NBA MVP include Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets, Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers, Anthony Davis of the Lakers, and Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers.
It’s impossible to say who will win the 2022 NBA MVP right now. But it should be a close race between Giannis and LeBron.
Candidates
When it comes to who will win the NBA MVP in 2022, there are a few candidates that come to mind. LeBron James is one of the greatest players of all time and he is still going strong. Other players like Kevin Durant and Giannis Antetokounmpo are also in the running. It is hard to say who will come out on top, but it will be an exciting race to watch.
LeBron James
LeBron James has been one of the best basketball players in the world for over a decade now. He’s won MVP four times, Finals MVP three times, and is a three-time champion. He’s also been to 10 straight NBA Finals. At 35 years old, he’s showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, he’s playing some of the best basketball of his career. He averaged 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 10 assists per game this past season. He’s also been incredibly durable, playing in all 82 games in each of the last three seasons. There’s no doubt that LeBron is still the best player in the world and he will be in contention for the MVP award again next season.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo is a Greek professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) and was named to the All-NBA First Team and the NBA All-Defensive First Team. He stands at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) tall and plays power forward and point guard.
Zion Williamson
Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans – The reigning Rookie of the Year and future generational talent is the betting favorite (+550) to win the MVP in just his second season. Williamson was otherworldly in his first season, averaging 23.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 58.9% from the field and 71.7% from the free-throw line. The only thing that held Zion back as a rookie was his lack of volume – he only played 24 minutes per game due to injury concerns. If Zion can stay healthy and play close to 35 minutes per game, there’s no reason he can’t average 30+ points and 7+ rebounds per game while leading the Pelicans to a top-4 seed in the Western Conference.
Odds
Right now, the two favorite choices to win the NBA MVP in 2022 are Zion Williamson from the New Orleans Pelicans and Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks. Zion Williamson is currently the favorite with odds of +700, while Giannis Antetokounmpo has odds of +800.
LeBron James
LeBron James is the early favorite to win the 2022 NBA MVP award, according to odds released by Caesars Entertainment on Monday.
The Los Angeles Lakers star is listed at +350 to take home the honors next season, meaning a $100 bet would net you $350 if he were to win. Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks is second on the list at +400, followed by Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets (+550), Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets (+650) and Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers (+700).
James has won four MVP awards in his career, but none since 2013. He finished sixth in voting this past season after averaging 25.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 10.2 assists per game.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo is a Greek professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) and was named to the All-NBA First Team and the All-Defensive First Team. He is also a five-time All-Star and was named the MVP of the 2019 NBA All-Star Game after scoring a game-high 35 points.
Antetokounmpo played college basketball for the University of Dayton, where he was named Ohio’s Mr. Basketball in 2012. He was selected by the Bucks with the 15th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft, becoming the first Greek player ever to be drafted in the first round of an NBA draft. In 2018, he led the Bucks to their best regular season record in over 30 years and helped them make their first playoff appearance since 2001. In 2019, he became just the third player in NBA history to win MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season.
The 2020–21 season will be Antetokounmpo’s eighth in the NBA. He has averaged 19.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.4 blocks, and 1.2 steals per game during his career.
Zion Williamson
Zion Williamson is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils before being drafted first overall in the 2019 NBA draft. Williamson was born in Salisbury, North Carolina, and grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He attended Spartanburg Day School, where he was a consensus five-star recruit and was ranked among the top players in his class. As a freshman at Duke, Williamson earned numerous national accolades and broke several freshman records.
In July 2020, Williamson signed his rookiet scale contract with the Pelicans, officially making him a member of the team. The following month he made his first official appearance for the team at the 2020 NBA bubble, averaged 23.6 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, and was named MVP of the 2020 NBA Summer League.
Conclusion
After careful consideration, we have decided that James Harden is the most likely candidate to win the NBA MVP in 2022.
Harden has demonstrated time and again that he is one of the best players in the league, and we believe that he will continue to improve in the coming years. His combination of skill, athleticism, and drive is unmatched, and we think that he has a great chance to take home the MVP award in 2022.
