Picking the NBA’s Impossible MVP Race

In spite of the NBA’s irritating 65-game benchmark that has agents hysterical, fans annoyed, voters confused, and stars playing hurt just to qualify, this is one of the closest MVP races in recent memory. Everyone on this ballot has been inevitable; when they’re locked in, it feels like every frame of action is under their control. Every shot will go in. Every decision will be correct. Every opponent will, in victory or defeat, be relieved when the final buzzer rings.