Five Reasons Why Kawhi Leonard will win the 2016-17 MVP.

I think Kawhi Leonard could be the obvious choice for MVP this season in the NBA. And here are my five reasons:

1) He finished 2nd in voting last year.

2) I think he is better offensively this year than he was last year.

3) With Tim Duncan retired and Kawhi separating himself from Aldridge as "the man", Kawhi has become the main guy on a Gregg Popovich team.

4) This Spurs team will surely be a top 3 seed in the West and most likely top 2. The MVP is almost always on a top 2 seeded team. You have to be on a good team to win MVP in the NBA

5) No one else is set up as good as him. Other candidates: LeBron is done getting votes from "fatigued" voters and he also is in "chill mode" too often in the regular season. KD/Curry will hurt each other being on same team. Same with Blake and CP3 like always. And Lillard, Westbrook, Davis, and Harden's teams probably won't get top 3 or 4 seeds, which will greatly hurt their chances even if they have great stats.

Tim Duncan won back to back MVPs in 2001-2003 when he was the main man for Greg Popovich. Kawhi has established himself as the man now in San Antonio. As long and the Spurs finish top 2 seed, I believe Kawhi (who got a lot of love last year, again, finishing 2nd in the MVP race) will be the front runner for the award.

Fun Fact - Tim Duncan won his two MVPs with the Spurs when he was in his 5th and 6th season. This is Leonard's 6th season.