Kendrick Perkins Explains Why Kawhi Leonard Is The Best Player To Have Never Won MVP

Kendrick Perkins Explains Why Kawhi Leonard Is The Best Player To Have Never Won MVP

Kendrick Perkins makes the case for why Kawhi Leonard is the best player to have never won the MVP award.

Kawhi Leonard has accomplished a fair bit in his NBA career, but there is one thing missing from his impressive resume, an MVP award. Leonard has been in contention for the award a few times in his career but has never won it and Kendrick Perkins stated on NBA Today, that he is the best player to have never won MVP.

“I’m going Kawhi Leonard,” Perkins said. “Kawhi Leonard-Jordan. Some of the greatest playoff runs in the history of the game. Then broke up happy homes.

He then made one of the greatest players of all time tap out and I’m talking about LeBron James, especially when Kawhi was in San Antonio.

“What he did (in) that Finals run when he was in Toronto, helping them deliver their first championship in franchise history.

Kawhi Leonard is the guy that I’m rolling with,” Perkins concluded.

I think Leonard, who has career averages of 20.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.7 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game, certainly has a case. The 33-year-old’s title run in 2019 with the Toronto Raptors, which Perkins was referring to, was incredible and was the crowning moment of what has been a great career.

In all, Leonard has won two titles, two Finals MVPs, and two DPOY awards. The six-time All-Star has also made six All-NBA teams and seven All-Defensive teams.

As for why Leonard failed to win MVP, some of his best seasons came at a time when others had some all-time great campaigns. He finished second in MVP voting in 2016, the year Stephen Curry won the award unanim