Kevin Durant: Making that MVP Move

        In the 2014 NBA Season there are many worthy candidates for MVP. Let's start with Paul George who was the 2013 most improved player. He led the Indiana Pacers in scoring with 22.2 per game ranked 10th in the NBA. Along with that he led Indiana with the best record in the East with 41-23. Then you have LaMarcus Aldridge of the Portland Trail Blazers. Yes that same Aldridge that wanted out in Portland in the offseason. Yet he stayed in Portland. He has both career highs in Points with 23.8 per game which ranked 8th and his 11.4 rebounds per game is 6th. Of course you have the reigning MVP Lebron James. Yes I know he is the 4x MVP and still put in his usual year of 26.8 points per year which ranks him 5th in scoring. Still averages his 7 rebounds and his 6 assists. We all know he is the best player in the game and led Miami to only two games behind the Pacers. James have chance to make it into 4 straight NBA Finals appearances. That is something that Jordan has never done.    

            However my pick for MVP is the man that resides in Oklahoma City. He is telling the league and James that I'm coming for you. His name is Kevin Durant. Now you may wonder why he is your pick for MVP. I know what you're going to say all he does is scores he is the 3 time scoring champ (2010, 2011, 2012) he averages no more than 8.0 rebounds and 5 assists per game, yes I hear you that he failed to get past the Memphis Grizzles in the 2nd round of the Western Conference Playoffs and Yes he was without Russell Westbrook one of the most dynamic point guards in the NBA and with Serge Ibaka one of the NBA up and coming Power Forward and my pick for the defensive player of the year award. Well Kevin has made great leaps and bounds on his quest to take the title of best player in the NBA away from James. His 31.5 points per game leads the NBA. He is the NBA most dangerous scorer. This man is 6'9 how has a great handle of a guard. His touch and shooting is something to see. If you are not careful he can put you in a poster. His 51% from the field is tops in the NBA and he still 41.0% from downtown. That is Stephen Curry like. We see a new KD who wants to win a chip now. He leads OKC with the best record in not only the West and also in the league with 43-12. From Jan 07-Jan 29 KD scored at least 30 pts per game and in that stretch he has no less than 4 assists. He is making his teammates Ibaka better and he is becoming a better scorer, Reggie Jackson no Yankee fan not Mr. October. Reggie Jackson is not the dynamic point guard as Westbrook. But he can hold his own. His had career highs in points, assists and rebounds. (13.4 pts, 4.2 assists and 3.4 rebounds). He is doing this without his running mate Russell Westbrook who missed 27 games with his knee. When healthy he is a walking 21.3 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds per game. It will very interesting to see if when Westbrook comes back will be derail Durant's path to his first MVP for a scoring champ since Kobe Bryant did it in 2007. Yet I still hear people say that is an elite player but can't be that dude in the NBA. Well the way KD is playing he might not only win the MVP and be the 1st scoring champ to win it all since his royal Airness Michael Jordan did it in 1998.