Is This Year Anthony Davis' Year To Be MVP?

Anthony Davis 

Last year Kevin Durant won The Most Valuable Player award, but you could make the case that Anthony Davis was pretty high up in the MVP race. The only problem is that he has not yet played past 70 games. Last year Davis only played 67 games due to an injury.  In those 67 games, Davis shot 52% from the field, shot 79% from the free throw line, 3 offensive rebounds per game, 7 defensive rebounds and averaged 10 in the year, 3 blocks per year and averaged 21 points for the Pelicans last year. This year with Kevin Durant being injured for the first few weeks of the season and Lebron James having to get used to his new team and teammates, this might be might be Davis' year to show that he has the capability to play at an MVP level. I think that Davis definitely has the game to win an MVP. In the first game of the 2014 season, Davis took the Magic to school scoring 26 points, 17 rebounds, 9 blocks and 3 steals. Davis is on the right path, but it won't be an easy road even though Durant is injured and Lebron has to adjust to his new team.  Durant will be back and will no doubt get back to his old form and James will learn to play with his new teammates.

There are also other players who also deserve to be in the conversation, like Clippers forward Blake Griffin who put up great numbers last year and was in the conversation last year as well. Other players who deserve mention are Derrick Rose, although was injured for basically the last two years, I feel that he can get back to his all-star and MVP form if he can stay healthy. Another player I feel that can be in the race is Damian Lillard.  Although it's Lillard's third year in the league, I feel Lillard did a great job last year leading The TrailBlazers, even coming up clutch during the playoffs. I feel Lillard has a very bright future ahead of him. Which could also result in some MVP's. Last but certainly not least is Houston Rocket shooting guard James Harden. Last year Harden was 6th in the MVP race. Harden who was one of the leading scorers in the NBA and led The Rockets to a 4th place finish in the Western Conference. I think Harden will be in the MVP conversation again this year.

Even though all these players are in the race for MVP in my opinion, I still feel that Davis will be competitive in the race for MVP just as long as he stays healthy and is able to improve on his production from last year and help his team improve. #fearthebrow