Top 5 things we want to see All-Star Weekend

Kevin Durant All-Star Game MVP

Like I said earlier, this game doesn’t mean much. It has no implications on the regular or postseason. The stats don’t count towards a player’s totals.

And, yet, we still ascribe value to it. Many want to make the exhibition game into something more than it is. They want to pretend that this is truly a competitive contest between the league’s top talent.

It isn’t. That won’t stop people from believing it. Even worse, they actually use it to make statements on players and their careers, particularly when reflecting when it’s all said and done.

Kevin Durant should try to win the All-Star Game MVP. In addition to it being another bullet point on his already illustrious career, it’s a perfect message to the rest of the league. It says that he’s focused and locked in.

Durant was attacked after he announced his decision to join Golden State. Fans and experts attacked his character and his pride. They suggested that he wasn’t strong enough to lead a team on his own so he ran to Curry and co.

KD is fully capable of being the best player on a championship team. He has been Golden State’s most productive star thus far, putting up the best numbers of his career. He’s been absolutely dominant.

To rise above all of the hate and the Westbrook mess to win All-Star Game MVP would show how committed Durant is to excellence. It would also be interesting if he won the award that his former point guard won last year while Westbrook gets to watch from the bench. It would give Durant another advantage in this rivalry.

Durant is in the running for the regular season MVP. And, while his sights are set on the Finals MVP, adding this one to his mantle can’t hurt either.