After a straw poll was released recently which had Jayson Tatum far removed from the NBA MVP favorites this season, his exclusion has become the talking heads topic of the week. I more or less gave my thoughts yesterday on x.com, so instead of repeating them again here, here's the tweet:
Ton is being made about the MVP race but personally I think Tatum should concentrate on winning the championship & then I'd expect him to get his MVP next yr
All the "Tatum should have won MVP last yr" stuff will get him the award then
Westbrook & Harden won MVP's btw, so it's…— CelticsLife.