NBA: Antetokounmpo / LeBron / Harden duel for the MVP

Who wins the 2019-20 regular season MVP trophy? It will be defending champion Giannis Antetokounmpo, his award-winning predecessor James Harden or four-time winner LeBron James. The NBA indeed unveiled this Saturday the list of three finalists for all individual distinctions, including the famous title of “Most Valuable Player”, a trophy for the best player of the regular season. And this while the matches have resumed on the side of Disney World. In fact, the votes have been stopped for several weeks, and voters were instructed to take into consideration only the matches played between the start of the 2019-20 fiscal year and March 11, the date of the suspension of the season for cause. pandemic of Covid-19. Clearly, the classification matches, which will take place from July 30 to August 14 in the Orlando bubble, are not taken into account.

We know the three finalists for the individual distinctions of the regular season in #NBA ... pic.twitter.com/SegYY70Kay

Leader of a Milwaukee team that has just secured first place in the East, Giannis Antetokounmpo runs at 29.7 points, 13.7 rebounds and 5.8 assists in 2019-20. The Association's top scorer, James Harden, meanwhile, scores 34.3 points per game with Houston. Finally, the eternal LeBron James, 35, leads the passer, with 10.3 offerings per game. He also scores 25.3 points and captures 8 rebounds on average for the Lakers, first in the West.

The pass of three for Gobert?

For the rest, we note that the French pivot of Jazz Rudy Gobert is in contention for a third consecutive league best defender title. Only three players have won this award three or more times, Dikembe Mutumbo, Ben Wallace (4) and Dwight Howard. The latter is also the only one to have done it three years in a row. Will the ex-Choletais join those in the legend? Antetokounmpo and Laker Anthony Davis are also in contention. Serious customers ...

The three finalists for #KiaDPOY ... @ Giannis_An34, @ AntDavis23 and @ rudygobert27! pic.twitter.com/ygSrzjyi9Z

For the Rookie of the Year trophy, Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies) is the longest favorite ahead of Kendrick Nunn (Miami Heat) and the phenomenon Zion Williamson (New Orleans Pelicans). Long injured, the latter has undoubtedly not played enough matches to seriously claim the trophy for best first-year player… His presence in this trio already says a lot about the hype around him and the expectations placed on him. Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Slovenian magician Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks) and Brandon Ingram (New Orleans Pelicans) contend for best progression (MIP), Montrezl Harrell, Lou Williams (LA Clippers) and Dennis Schröder (Oklahoma City Thunder) for Best Sixth Man and Mike Budenholzer (Milwaukee Bucks), Billy Donovan (Oklahoma City Thunder) and Nick Nurse (Toronto Raptors), for Best Coach. It will connect to  DTT  in the coming weeks to know the winners in 2020.

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