Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard has been busy in the media this week, campaigning for his squad to be included in the NBA’s restarted season/expanded playoff format, as well as appearing on ESPN to chop it up with several of their shows about the NBA and his own situation. But what made Lillard’s appearance more notable is that he joins Boston’s Jayson Tatum as the highest-profile players who believe that LeBron James, not Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetkounmpo, should be the MVP for the 2019-20 season.
Lillard, obviously, sees LeBron more times per year playing against him in the Western Conference, but he believes his play at such a high-level, especially after being written off last year, is worthy of the MVP.
Players often have opinions that divert from the consensus, especially with the MVP award. Last year, James Harden won the “Player’s Choice” MVP award, over Giannis, which is an award Harden has won before. It appears that at least according to a couple of the league’s biggest stars, LeBron is the player’s choice for 2019-20.
