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Will Steph Curry win the MVP Award Next Season?

By Andrew Ites

CLEVELAND, OH - JUNE 8: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors handles the ball against the Cleveland Cavaliers during Game Four of the 2018 NBA Finals on June 8, 2018 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - JUNE 8: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors handles the ball against the Cleveland Cavaliers during Game Four of the 2018 NBA Finals on June 8, 2018 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Does Steph Curry have a strong chance of winning his third regular season MVP award next season?

Steph Curry is only a couple of years removed from winning two consecutive MVP awards and becoming the first unanimous winner in NBA history.

However, he’s finished outside of the top three in MVP voting in each of the past two seasons despite playing at a similar level.

Curry was able to make third team All-NBA last season after battling through injuries all year long, but only playing 51 games took him out of the MVP consideration.

Steph had a pretty strong case for the award in 2016-17 when he scored 25.3 points per game with 6.6 assists and 4.5 rebounds and a true shooting percentage of 62.4%, but he again finished outside of the top three.

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The addition of fellow former MVP Kevin Durant has caused media members to split the credit for the Warriors’ success between the two superstars.

Also, Curry set the bar so high for himself during his unanimous MVP season in 2015-16 where he scored 30.1 points per game with 6.7 assists and 5.4 rebounds and a ridiculous true shooting percentage of 66.9%.

He will likely never have a season like that again, and it’s possible that we never see that type of efficiency from a high-volume scorer for a long time.

The fact that he hasn’t reached that same flamethrower level over the past two years may have caused voters to think his game has slipped a bit.

With KD in town, it’s hard to believe that Steph will be given enough opportunity to add a third regular season MVP award to his trophy case. The only way I see that happening is a season-ending injury to Durant that puts the offensive burden back on Curry’s shoulders.

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I think Steph is more focused on winning his first Finals MVP after being snubbed once or twice over the Warriors’ run of three championships in four years rather than bringing home another regular season MVP.

Here are our other predictions on whether Warriors can win some awards next year:

Kevin Durant

Draymond Green

Andre Iguodala

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