Today’s last chapter of our big predictions 2021-22 for the race for the various individual trophies. We obviously end with the end bosses, the MVP candidates, and if Jordan Poole does not yet find favor in our eyes one of his little friends remains more than ever in the race, just like a few guys whose arms measure between three and four meters. Do we take stock and get wet?
But also :
Giovanni
Paul George : my big odds for these 2021-22 trophies and I believe in them hard as iron. In the absence of Kawhi Leonard, probably until the Playoffs, Paul George wants and must return to MVP mode and, unlike a lot of his competitors at the Podoloff trophy… he will be asked this season to play, play, play. No rest planned for PG and the need for the Clippers to rely on a bulimic leader in order to arrive launched in the postseason, and preferably not in seventh place. We saw two years ago with the Thunder that the winger at all (very well) to do was able to be dominant over an entire season, we saw during the last Playoffs that in the absence of Kawhi he could switch to all-time mode and make his team win, so why not see a Paulo this year on a mission in almost 82 games. Spoiler? In 30/8/6 of average and with Clippers who pass the 50 wins, good luck to go and get it. Don’t you believe it? Well, I believe in it. #PGForMVP
Nicolas
Giannis Antetokounmpo: dOble MVP in 2019 and 2020, Giannis did not succeed last season to enter the very closed circle of legends who made the treble. We expected a little, because we know that voters like change, especially when the two-time defending champion still does not have an NBA ring. But a lot has changed since the last Playoffs. The Freak took the Bucks to the top by releasing legendary perfs (hello Suns), in short he changed status. And something tells us it’s going to set him free even more. This year’s Giannis could be even scarier, and the Bucks should logically end up in the Eastern Heights with Brookyn. The stats? He will have them. The balance sheet? Normally too. Dominance on both sides of the pitch? Check, we’re talking about Giannis, eh. So yes, maybe he still has a little sore knee after his injury in the Playoffs, but for me he represents the candidate who should tick the most boxes, ahead of Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Luka Doncic and a few others. .
Benedict
Stephen Curry : There is absolutely every indication that Stephen Curry and the Warriors are going to have a better season this year. However, when we see the level of the mouthguard chewer – yet very lonely – at the end of last season and his constant ability to perforate the defenses while he is constantly the subject of catches at 2 and a half as soon as he crosses the middle line, there is something to expect very, very dirty from the former unanimous MVP. If we add a Klay Thompson at his side to stretch the defenses, we are entitled to expect a statistical season of the level of that of 2016 for the number 30. Certainly, Golden State will not beat its own record of victories on one season this year, but a place in the Top 4 of the West is totally possible and could largely allow voters to take into account his record in the race for the MVP. A wind of nostalgia is about to strike the NBA!
Alexander T.
Stephen Curry : jhesitated with KD and finally sided with my first choice: Baby Face. After a magnificent season crowned with a top scorer title, the Dubs star has proven that he is back to his best. He may start from further than a Giannis, a Durant or a Joel Embiid but several reasons lead me to believe that he can style everyone at the pole. First, Golden State has the weapons (hello Klay) to go for a much better place in the standings this season. Second, Curry should still bring out the big numbers since his Splash Bro will, logically, be in recovery. Finally, I believe that Steph can also benefit from the story telling around his season with the ultimate record of Ray Allen in the viewfinder. 30 points average, a Top 4 in the West, an all-time record at 3pts and a new statuette for the best shooter in NBA history.
Clement
Kevin Durant: Kevin Durant’s only fault this season? Wear 51 and not 50 on this famous shoot against Milwaukee. For the rest, he made us forget that he came out of a white season the bugger. But this season, KD arrives more rested and hungry than ever, and count on him to score in every way imaginable and carry the Nets on his back. Knowing how to take advantage of James Harden’s caviars and the spaces created by Kyrie Irving, it is this great patient of Durantula who will have a large part of the Nets’ ammunition throughout the season. From the top of its 2 meters 10, it will know how to rise above its defenders to swing pralines of 10 meters or to climb the opposing interiors to mark in the painting in an X or Y way. It does not matter, but at the end, it’s KD who scores. A rear in an indoor body, what kind of cheat code is that? This new page would allow Kevin Durant to advance even further in his redemption after his stormy departure from the Warriors and his serious Achilles tendon injury.
Paul
Kevin Durant : how to say, the guy is too strong. End. More seriously, KD must still ruminate that the 3-point line is placed at 7m23 and not at 7m20 all stacked (which would be more logical besides). So beware, take a pissed off and revengeful Kevin Durant, in an ultra-armed Brooklyn team to play the leading roles and after a summer where he showed the world of sport that he was arguably the best basketball player today. Well, all of that stuff together makes for a regular season MVP. The guy’s profile, no need to redo it for you, you know it by heart, or so I don’t know how you came across this article. For his 15th season in the Big League, the man with 27 points on average… in career, will perhaps not make extraordinary statistics. Among the other stars to feed, the limitations of the minutes or the garbage time from half-time in the Nets games, Easy Money Sniper will undoubtedly not be the best scorer of the season, nor even in the top 3 see top 5 However, there should be a few cards and above all, individual and collective domination will be such that voters will have to resolve to vote KD.
Corentin
Kevin Durant: To Apart from toes sticking the tips of their fingernails on the 3-point line, who can really stop Kevin Durant? The only real answer is… himself and his body. Except that the body Our favorite 33-year-old tarantula’s ultra weird is now in great shape and even her Achilles heel seems to be doing wonderfully well. With simply monstrous Playoffs and at the height of the legend that he is building himself again and again, KD reminded us of the offensive machine that terrorizes the defenses from any spot on the floor and for thirteen seasons in the NBA already. Flemme to give you the profile of the player as his qualities as an ultimate scorer are unique and have no equivalent or defensive response, but our Slim Reaper could well definitely assert himself as MVP (and best player in the League?) In himself. defensively involving and thus covering a few holes of the probable Nets strainer. Harden and Kyrie will eventually bow to the superiority of the giant human pencil and put themselves at its service by handing it out caviar after caviar and letting it shine during important moments, so that we notice it even more than we already do.
