NBA 2018-19: Top 5 early regular season MVP contenders

Jamy
New Orleans Pelicans v Golden State Warriors - Game Five
Stephen Curry and Anthony Davis

#2 Kawhi Leonard

Denver Nuggets v San Antonio Spurs
Kawhi Leonard in the East

There is no Loyalty in this game was the response from DeMar DeRozan after getting traded to the Spurs. Raptors broke up their core and probably their future by trading their All-Star for someone who doesn't want to play in Toronto and could just be a one-year rental.

But things can turn out to be perfect for both parties involved. Toronto may just be the place for Kawhi to win his first MVP award to go along with his Finals MVP and Defensive Player of the Year honors. Leonard is the best two-way player in the league when healthy.

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Last season the Toronto Raptors finished as the number one seed in the East. Add "No LeBron" this year and the Raptors will have the biggest star in the East playing for them. They may well just pip the loaded Celtics for the number one seed and in that case, Kawhi will be a huge favorite to bag the MVP award.

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