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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is Baron Davis’ early pick for #nba MVP #basketball #sports

13 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In a brief interview segment, former NBA star Baron Davis answers the question about his current top five players in the league. He ranks Shai Gilgeous‑Alexander (SGA) as his front‑runner for MVP, followed by Nikola "Joker" Jokic, Jayson Tatum, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and James Harden as a sleeper pick. Davis provides concise commentary on each: SGA’s explosive impact, Jokic’s consistent excellence, Tatum’s MVP‑level performances that help Boston’s playoff push, Giannis’s renewed dominance that is revitalizing the Milwaukee Bucks, and Harden’s surprising resurgence with the Los Angeles Clippers.

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Who are your top 5 players in the league right now? SGA, front runner candidate, boom. Number 2, Joker, just because, boom. What else can you say? You know what I'm saying? Number 3, Tatum having MVP year. Boston just kind of like making that run, but the way he closing out games is like really on some like superstar MVP level type shit. Like I'm the big dog type stuff. Yeah, like Giannis is back to Giannis-ing. He decided that he's going to turn the Milwaukee Bucks around and doing what he do. And then number 5 for me is, I would say, a sleeper in this whole thing is James Harden. Look at what the Clippers have done up until this point in the season. The beard is back. Mm-hmm.