With this season’s MVP race hitting a fever pitch, it’s weird to think that the actual announcement is still 10 long weeks away.
In case you’d forgotten, the NBA’s end-of-season awards will be announced all on the same day for the first time, via a completely-necessary, televised red-carpet event at the end of June. And regardless of whether guys like Pop (doubtful) and Kawhi (eh, maybe?) make the event, it’s possible the Spurs would play little part in the festivities anyway.
San Antonio is a 60-plus-win team that, despite bidding farewell to its franchise bedrock, stands as the most realistic obstacle to a Warriors conga line to the 2017 championship.