It can’t be real, right? Toronto’s favourite adopted son receiving legitimate consideration for the NBA’s most coveted individual prize?
Over the last handful of seasons the chatter has bubbled up, revealing itself during the odd scoring barrage DeMar DeRozan might treat the ACC to, as he stepped to the foul line to invariably sink a couple nail-in-the-coffin baskets.
“M-V-P! M-V-P! M-V-P!”
The jubilant voices of 20,000 deliriously happy Raptors faithful, thanking the franchises arguably best player for demonstrating just how important they think he is to the success of the team.
While they’re not wrong — and his individual numbers and impact on wins and losses have been tremendous — in the past, his personal contributions have been eclipsed by the league’s bigger, brighter, and often-times more publicized stars.