[Hoot Gibson]

I doubt that Jokic will repeat as MVP again, but his play in the Olympics only emphasized the fact that nobody has the positive impact on a team that Jokic has. His Nugget teammate, Jamaal Murray, was awful playing for the Canadian team.

I despise Joel Embid's selfish style of play, but if he can manage to play enough games to qualify for the award, then he is the most likely to dethrone Jokic for the MVP. Ja Morant is another player that the media would love to crown MVP over Jokic. It is a shame that the MVP award does not go to the best player in the league every season. 

Lebron James is still the best American born player in the NBA and the USA would not have beaten Serbia and France for the gold medal without his unselfish play.