Kevin Durant has taken an insurmountable lead in the MVP race, even in a league where LeBron James is still very alive and well. It's not that James' play has dropped off. It's not that the Heat are anything less that dominant.
It's just that Durant has finally proven all he needs to prove. He's no longer a "top-two or top-three" player. He's the best—by a relative long shot.
The latest reminder came Friday night when he tied Michael Jordan's streak with 40 games scoring at least 25 points:
It came in a losing effort—one of the few such efforts for the Thunder this season. But it was nevertheless a testament to Durant's sustained greatness, the extent to which he puts OKC on his back night after night. The extent to which he's become a dominant scorer.
Lost in the shuffle is the fact that he's doing everything else pretty successfully, too. KD has become a versatile, well-rounded talent with worlds of skill—the equivalent of a "five-tool player" in baseball.
Less impartial fans will still insist this is a two- or three-man race. They'll ...
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Kevin Durant Has Nothing Left to Prove as 2014 NBA MVP Favorite
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