Who is the MP3?

43-12-8. Those were LeBron's numbers today against a very good Magic team. And those are becoming typical numbers for LeBron every day. On top of that, he hit a game-clinching 3 at the end to seal the deal. Recently he had a 50+ point game and before that had 3 straight games with triple doubles. The Cavs are 54-13 and are leading the East and as of today, the entire league. This to me is a MVP resume if there ever was one.

One of the hottest topic in all of sports right now is who's the MVP of the NBA? LeBron, Kobe and Wade are all playing at an extremely high level and all 3 are legitimate candidates. I don't think there has ever been such a strong MVP field in recent years. In fact, some people may argue that even the dudes who won the award in some of the recent years don't deserve it (Nash and Nowitzki). I don't agree with those doubters, but this year, all 3 are deserving candidates and you can't complain if any one of those guys get it.

But LeBron is still the king. LeBron is carrying his team more than Kobe, who has a tonne of talent around him. May be Wade is working with less, but he has not carried his team all that far. Thanks to Wade, Miami is 36-30, but they are still a solid 17.5 games behind LeBron and the Cavs, Cavs excellence needs to be rewarded and what better way to do it than to give LeBron the MVP. It's a 3-way race right now that might go all the way to the last game of the season, but as of today, it's LeBron's award to lose. Wade is second and Kobe is third.