Analysis: Amid a wide-open playoff race, a wide-open NBA MVP race might be brewing as well
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. 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 — and Stephen Curry even got 100% when ...