5) Draymond Green
Green is having the best season of his career and continues to dominate in every aspect of the game. Throughout the regular season he has averaged 14 points a game with a shooting percentage of 4.90. He has been able to continuously set up his team mates, averaging just over seven assists a game. He has also been able to crash the glass on a nightly bases, averaging 9.5 rebounds a game which is the thirteenth highest in the NBA. However, the stat that really lets him down is his free throw percentage. He has a free throw percentage of just 0.696, making 229 of 329 free throws this season. He had a total of 33 double-doubles (Two stats above ten) for the season and 13 triple-doubles (Three stats above ten). He is one of the league's best players but there are a few players better than him.
4)Lebron James
While Lebron's statistics might not be as high as the others, he has been able to really lift his team to the Eastern Conference finals. I am not saying that he is the only reason that Cleveland made the finals, but he has certainly been a big part. He has averaged 25 points a game over his 76 game season, as well as pulling in close to seven rebounds and giving off seven assists per game. Lebron managed to average a steal game and had a phenomenal shooting percentage from inside the arc of .520%. He finished the season with a total of 28 double-doubles (Two stats above ten) and 3 triple doubles (Three stats above ten).
3) Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant is a former NBA MVP winner but has been struggling to regain his form after a few injuries last season. However, he seemed to be back to his best this this year helping his team return to the playoffs. Kevin averaged 28 points per game across the 72 games he played for the season. He was able to play as an all-round player, pulling down five rebounds a night to go with 8 assists. However, because Kevin controls the plays on many occasions on the court he has had an average of 3.5 tournovers a game, the seventh worst in the NBA. He can also be a pain defensively, averaging a block and a steal each game. He still has a way to go to fully regain his form, but he has definitely had solid season.
2) Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook has had the best season of his career. Despite his doubters, he has managed to work his way to be a contender for the MVP award. Throughout his career he has been criticised for shooting too much when he should be giving the ball to Kevin Durant. However, he has proved them wrong, averaging 23.5 points a game on .454% shooting. He also had remarkable averages of 7.8 rebounds per game and 10.5 assists a game. In 54 of his 80 games played he scored double-doubles, the second most in the NBA. He had the most triple-doubles in the NBA this year, with a total of 18. He also managed to equal the all-time record for the most triple-doubles in a month, 7.
1) Stephen Curry
Today Steph Curry was named the leagues MVP for the second consecutive year after a record breaking season. He averaged 6.7 assists a game as well as 5.4 rebounds a game, but the part of his game that stood out this year was his shooting. He smashed his way past the all-time record for the most three pointers in a season, as he worked his way to 402 regular season threes on .454% shooting from behind the arc. This season Steph Curry became the seventh player in NBA history to join the 50-40-90 club (50% field goal for the season as well as 40% from three point and 90% from free throws). Steph also managed to play strong defence, fighting his way to an average of 2 steals a game.
A couple of other players who were unlucky to make my top five are James Harden, who averaged 29 points, 7.5 assists and 6.1 rebounds a game and Kahwi Leonard who averaged 21 points a game and 6.8 rebounds a game.
