With the Milwaukee Bucks failing to make the Eastern Conference Finals this season — losing in five games to the Miami Heat — Giannis Antetokounmpo being named the 2020 MVP didn’t sit well with some.
Especially with the way LeBron James has played for the Los Angeles Lakers throughout their playoff run, which has carried them into the Western Conference Finals were they currently old a 1-0 series lead over the Denver Nuggets (even though everyone knows postseason numbers don’t count toward the regular season honor).
Kevin Durant, who won the 2014 MVP while with the Oklahoma City Thunder, was asked about Antetokounmpo beating out James during the Brooklyn Nets superstar’s appearance on The Joe Budden Podcast.
After asking Budden why he didn’t like the selection, Durant weighed in:
The criteria is the regular season, but I understand. I feel the same way you feel. I think that they should evaluate the whole season, playoffs included. If you include the playoffs, the Bron is easily the MVP. But I see why, with the rules now, why Giannis was the MVP. His numbers [were] crazy.