Top 7 contenders for the NBA MVP 2018-19 award

#4 Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)

Steph curry looks determined to win his third MVP trophy

Two times MVP is not letting go the opportunity to make the hat-trick. Although he missed few games due to injury but has been in red hot form averaging 29.8 ppg, 5.2rpg and 5.4 apg in 34 games he has played.

He does all this while shooting at 49.1 %, nearly 46 % beyond the arc and 92.3 %from the free throw line. If he continues this form he might well reach (50-40-90) club once again.

He now stands third in most three-pointers made in NBA history while playing only half the number of games in comparison to the rest of the top five.

At the start of the season, he became the only player to hit 5+ threes in seven straight games and recently has hit eight three-pointers in three straight games.

Curry currently averages 33.4 ppg in January while shooting 47.7 % beyond the arc and with his contribution Warriors now stand at the top of the western conference.

Warriors definitely look like an unbeatable team with curry on the floor but they aren’t that good when he is not in the team which happened during the month of November when he missed eleven games.

During that time they were 12th in offensive efficiency and 23rd in defensive efficiency. This shows how valuable Curry is to that team despite having Durant, Klay or Draymond.

Also, the ball movement, team mentality everything changes and eventually the record which is (26-8) with curry and (5-6) without curry.

Curry has been named the player of the week twice and he is the reason why Warriors lead the NBA in ppg with (118.6) and apg (28.8), which is something very vital for team performance.