A two-person race where everyone picks their side and digs in, slinging spirited pleas, peppering propaganda and shouting down from an ivory tower at anyone who

We've crafted a +629 four-leg NBA parlay for Wednesday night featuring the New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Jalen Brunson, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

In mid-December, Denver’s Nikola Jokic had a healthy lead on Gilgeous-Alexander in ESPN’s MVP straw poll, conducted several times over the course of each season by Tim Bontemps.

Gilgeous-Alexander took a break to start the final quarter, and the Thunder led 102-99 when he checked back in. He hit a 3-pointer that gave OKC a 115-106 lead and secured his career night. He then scored his 50th point on a pull-up jumper over Lauri Markkanen with 1:28 to go that gave the Thunder a 119-110 lead.

This stretch of January around Martin Luther King Jr. Day is usually peak evaluation time in the NBA front-office world. It’s one of the milestone points where teams will have full-staff pow-wows and talk things out,

The NBA released their updated MVP Ladder on Friday and to nobody’s surprise, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma ... by Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets and Giannis Antetokounmpo of ...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokić continue to set the Kia MVP pace for each other and the rest of the field.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has sat at the very top of the NBA MVP rankings over the last several weeks. This battle between him, Nikola Jokic, and Giannis Antetokounmpo has been close, but now there is a wide gap between Gilgeous-Alexander and the rest of the field.

Going into Wednesday night, the anticipation between the Denver Nuggets game against the Houston Rockets was huge. Both teams are on a four-game winning streak

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ... the 2016-17 MVP award. Gilgeous-Alexander is also competing for an MVP, and conveniently enough, he's doing it against a member of the Nuggets. Nikola Jokic has won ...

The Knicks and Nuggets are surging, while the Warriors watch their window close. Meanwhile, the Cavs and Thunder have their business on lock.

The NBA released their recent MVP Ladder. Where does Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder rank?