BUENA VISTA LAKE, Florida – In the not too distant future, the NBA will press “send” in an e-mailed press release that says something like this.
“Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks has been voted winner of the NBA MVP award for the second consecutive season.”
At this rate, it could go to the spam folder.
In this NBA bubble of upset specials, where the Lakers fell flat against Houston in their Western semi-final and made it even more official that the underdogs are alive and well here, Antetokounmpo continued to look nothing like the two-way force whose season regular production was on par with the late and great Wilt Chamberlain. Don’t twist things now: Antetokounmpo deserves the honor. I voted for him and would do it again if I had the chance based on the question of who had the best regular season.
But that award comes with certain expectations, a request for the type of …
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