Victor Wembanyama makes strong case for why he should win NBA MVP award
Victor Wembanyama makes strong case for why he should win NBA MVP award originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . When it comes to winning the NBA MVP Award for the 2025-26 season, San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama wants to leave no doubt that he’s deserving of the hardware.
"I have thought about it," Wembanyama said following San Antonio’s 136-111 victory over the Miami Heat on Monday night, via ESPN . "I think right now, there is a debate. There should be, even though I think I should lead the race.
I'm trying to make sure that at the end of the season, there's no debate. "Right now, it is still reasonable that there is a debate. But as I said, my goal is to make sure there's no debate anymore at the end of the season.
" Wembanyama is certainly in the conversation for the league’s most prestigious individual award after leading the Spurs to a 54-18 record in just his third season in the league. But, he has no shortage of tough competition including reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic, among others. When it comes to his candidacy for the award, Wembanyama laid out three distinct reasons why he thinks he’s deserving, beginning with his two-way impact.
"My first one would be that defense is 50% of the game and that it is undervalued so far in the MVP race. I believe I'm the most impactful player defensively in the league," Wembanyama said. "Second argument would be that we almost swept OKC in the season, and we dominated them three times with their real team.