Jokic vs. Embiid vs. Giannis: What each NBA MVP front-runner needs to do down the stretch to lock in my vote
With less than two weeks to go in the NBA's regular season, the race for the game's Most Valuable Player award is wide open. And so is my vote. There are several reasons for that, and perhaps a few things that can happen over each of the candidate's handful of remaining regular-season games to sway me, the other voters and the direction of the award itself. For starters, at least for me, this year's MVP award is a three-way race between Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic. All three have strong cases for their candidacy. And if you must -- and we must -- there are cases to be made against each of them. This is the trickiest MVP voting ballot in memory, and certainly my most difficult one. It's a conversation for fans, players and the league -- and a similarly stressful assessment for voters -- that's been super-charged with issues and...