NBA All-Star Weekend 2019: 3 Favourites to be named All-Star game MVP
One of the most awaited and exciting events of the season is almost upon us, the NBA All-Star game. Although all the players playing in the all-star game are best of the best among the players in the league, but still, fans wonder who is the best amongst the All-Stars?
The answer to this question is the player named NBA All-Star game MVP as several exciting and brilliant players have won this honor during the course of their careers. Though the All-Star game MVP is not as important as the regular season MVP as the match doesn't have any effects on the playoff race.
Over the course of the NBA All-Star game, many great players such as Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Magic Johnson won this accolade several times in their careers.
Every year there always some players who are favorites to win the MVP and this year is no different. So, let's have a look at the 3 players who might win the 2019 All-Star game MVP:
3. LeBron James
If we are talking about any list which is even slightly related to the word 'best' there is no chance that James will be left out of it.
In this summer LeBron joined the Los Angeles Lakers and was performing extremely well for a player in his 16th season in the league. But due to an unfortunate groin injury, he had to sit almost 20 games.
Despite the injury, James was no.1 in the All-Star voting this season, making his 15th All-Star game appearance and will be captaining the West All-Stars this season.
LeBron has already won this award three times in his career (only player besides Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal and Oscar Robertson) and he might win his 4th MVP title if he brings out his best game.
But James has still not completely recovered from his injury which might have an effect on how he plays. Further, the LA Lakers have still not locked in a playoff spot with less than 30 games left and LeBron might hold back and not give his 100 percent due to that fact.