Sunday, February 21, 2010

Kevin Durant's MVP Thunder Season

The 2009-2010 NBA MVP should be Kevin Durant, because the man is pulling his Oklahoma City Thunder's team to possibly their first playoff appearance since moving from Seattle as the Supersonics.

Thus far Durant is averaging 29.8 ppg, 7.5 rpg and 2.9 apg, as the Thunder currently sit in the fifth seed of the Western conference with a record of 32-21.

Durant is averaging the same amount of points as LeBron James, who is leading all scorers with 29.9 ppg.

Many had expected the Thunder to make the playoffs this year, but not as good as possibly being the fifth seed or better.

Every year the Western conference is tight heading to the final weeks of the season, and this year is no surprise as it's the same.

From seeds 2-11, the teams are bunched up within 9.5 games apart, making it difficulty for any team to secure a playoff spot anytime soon.

The Los Angeles Lakers have secured the No. 1 spot since they acquired Pau Gasol two seasons ago, so no one is even trying to challenge the Los Angeles, but the Thunder can achieve any seed the wish.

Durant is valuable to be mentioned with James and Kobe Bryant for MVP and he should win since he is on the verge of putting his Thunders into the playoffs since the team moved to Oklahoma City three years ago.

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