While he may have already won the NBA’s Kia Most Valuable Player Award for the 2022-23 NBA season in NBA 2K’s official simulation of the season, superstar Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum could put himself in the running to win the real thing this season with the way he has been playing of late.
That play has caught the attention of national NBA analysts such as Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix, who decided to go with the St. Louis native as his pick for MVP this season in a recent article prognosticating hardware distribution for the season to come.
“Here’s the thing: Toss out the first two months of last season, when Boston wasn’t battling COVID-related issues or, well, each other, and Tatum played like the MVP,” writes Mannix.
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— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) October 22, 2022