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Plus, Justin Verrier spotlights some of the league’s “real MVPs,” or important players to their teams who likely won’t get MVP recognition
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Chris is joined by Ringer NBA University cohost J. Kyle Mann to discuss the current obsession with the early MVP race and what factors go into who wins the award (03:00). Later, Chris is joined by Group Chat cohost Justin Verrier to spotlight “the real MVPs,” or important players to their teams who likely won’t get MVP recognition (25:30).
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Logan and Rob also talk about Malcolm Brogdon going to the Celtics
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