Cavaliers' Mitchell part of wide-open NBA MVP race – Morning Journal

By TIM REYNOLDS The new rule that rendered Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid ineligible for a second consecutive NBA MVP award because he’s missing too many games has the potential to create something the league hasn’t seen in almost two decades. That would be a wide-open MVP race. Steve Nash won the MVP award for the 2005-06 season with only 46% of the first-place votes, marking the last time somebody won the NBA’s top individual honor without having his name atop more than half of the ballots. The winner in every season since has gotten at least 50% of the first-place votes […]

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