As the NBA post-season ended with the Warriors winning their 2nd title in three years, media focus now shifts to the NBA draft and NBA awards show later this month. The main topic that will be talked about this month would be the league MVP and the first overall draft.
Is Westbrooks triple-double season enough to make him MVP?
This year is probably one of the most tightly contested MVP race in a long time in the NBA, Westbrook seems to be the players choice after averaging a remarkable triple-double this past season.
But the likes of James Harden and Kawhi Leonard also warrant a case to be named MVP. Jams harden average 29.1 points per game (second in the NBA) and led the league with 11.2 Assists Per Game, and 8.5 Rebounds Per Game and led the Houston Rockets to a 3rd place finish in the Western Conference. Leonard also had a terrific season after being trained by Kobe Bryant in the offseason, Leonard averaged 25.5 points per game in 48.5% shooting percentage, 5.8 rebounds per game, 3.5 assists per game, 1.8 steals per game and .7 blocks per game, the reigning two-time Defensive Player of the year has greatly improved his offensive prowess after leading the Spurs to the second-best record in the NBA.
With the top 3 locked in it is only a matter of time until we get to see who the league MVP is this June 26 in the
Leonard also had a terrific season after being trained by Kobe Bryant in the offseason, Leonard averaged 25.5 points per game in 48.5% shooting percentage, 5.8 rebounds per game, 3.5 assists per game, 1.8 steals per game and .7 blocks per game, the reigning two-time Defensive Player of the year has greatly improved his offensive prowess after leading the Spurs to the second-best record in the NBA. With the top 3 locked in it is only a matter of time until we get to see who the league MVP is this June 26 in the NBA awards show, but before that, we still have the NBA draft to look forward too.
Will Lonzo Ball go to the Lakers?
It has been well announced how much Lavar Ball wants Lonzo Ball to go to the Los Angeles Lakers (not only Lonzo but all of the Ball kids) and there is a very high possibility that the Lakers will go thru with Lonzo, despite rumors of Lonzo being out of shape in his first workout with the Lakers (which Lavar later explained that Lonzo was taking medication that time which caused him to slow down), Magic has publicly said that he likes Lonzo very much.
And with that sources have said that (Brad Turner of the Los Angeles Times) Lonzo Ball will get another chance with working out with the team, Markelle Fultz also worked out worked out with the Lakers but no news yet of a second workout has been announced for Fultz.
The NBA draft will be held later this month just right before the NBA awards show, and it seems extremely likely that the duo Fultz and Ball will be going number 1 and number 2 in the upcoming NBA draft.
The upcoming off-season will be pretty exciting for sure, with the Knicks trying to let go of Anthony, deep draft pool, Curry, Durant, and LeBron being free agents and new guidelines to be announced by the NBA commissioner regarding resting players. I for one can not wait for the off-season to begin and the 2017-2018 regular season to unfold.