I think we can all agree that LeBron James and Kevin Durant are leading the 2012-13 NBA MVP race, just as they did during the lockout-shortened season in 2011-12. They're regarded by most as the two best basketball players on the planet, and their teams—Durant's Oklahoma City Thunder and LeBron's Miami Heat—are the odds-on favorites to represent their respective conferences in the 2013 NBA Finals.
In some ways, deciding between the two is akin to splitting hairs, though James tends to get the benefit of the doubt. After all, he's the reigning MVP (and has been in three of the last four seasons) and, more importantly, a champion. No longer can the anti-LeBron crowd claim that he's not the most valuable now that he's proven himself a winner.
But there's an argument to be made—and a convincing one, at that—that KD has been the MVP through the first half of the current campaign.
To be sure, both players are enjoying transcendent seasons, particularly on the offensive end. LeBron has thus far scored 26.4 points per game, which would rank as the lowest of his pro career since his Rookie of the Year campaign in 2003-04. James, thoug ...
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