B/R Staff Chooses Giannis Antetokounmpo as Consensus NBA MVP over James Harden

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The votes are in, hoops heads. You read it here first.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is your consensus 2018-19 NBA MVP!

OK—maybe we won't know the league's official ruling until the June 24 awards show. But in the meantime, Bleacher Report polled eight of its top NBA writers, and two things were consistent:

A) The MVP field does not go beyond two players.

B) James Harden is not getting back-to-back trophies.

Now, each writer is here to explain his pick. Just what was it about The Greek Freak's season that gave him the edge over The Beard?

B/R scribes tell all in Friday's MVP Week feature.

H-TownDown on April 5th, 2019 at 17:07 UTC »

Everybody says's it's close, but they're all leaning Giannis. The actual vote won't be that close. Congrats to Giannis for his first MVP. He's an amazing player, and I can't wait to see his career unfold. That being said, I hope the Rockets and Bucks meet in the Finals so we can get an epic Harden vs Giannis battle.

Duke_Swillbottom on April 5th, 2019 at 16:42 UTC »

I can't imagine why either of them winning should be overly contentious.

The_Cheeki_Breeki on April 5th, 2019 at 16:28 UTC »

Oh boy this thread is sure bound to be civil!