Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago

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Steph Curry started the season as a frontrunner for MVP, but finished 9th in the latest ESPN straw poll. In this segment from the Thinking Basketball podcast, Ben and Cody compare Curry and Devin Booker, and discuss some of the reasons why players are helped or hurt in MVP and All-NBA voting.

Full episode on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4kwHbi8T58i4iL6JUJfCLC
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/110-the-one-true-mvp-awards-fallacies-existentialism/id1428290303?i=1000556686113

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Twitter: @elgee35

Ben Taylor is the author of Thinking Basketball, a Nylon Calculus contributor, creator of the Backpicks Top 40 series & host of the Thinking Basketball podcast.

Stats courtesy:
pbpstats.com @bballport
basketball-reference.com
stats.nba.com
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