Michelle Beadle's Picks for MVP and Improved NBA Players of 2025

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00:00Quickly, Michelle, who do you have in your award winners for this year,

00:04if you had the vote?

00:05Okay, if I had the vote.

00:06God, there was a time.

00:07If I had the vote, it's probably not shocking, maybe a couple spots,

00:12because you got your SGA.

00:13I think he's the MVP, although, again, 100% can have the Jokic discussion.

00:18Steph Castle, once rookies went out, I think it became Castles to lose.

00:23Dyson Daniels, for me, has been so interesting.

00:25I understand he doesn't have a podcast, and so he couldn't manifest it,

00:28but I still have him winning.

00:29I mean, Zubat's, for me, most improved.

00:30Just the Clippers alone have been such a story.

00:33J.B. Bickerstaff has taken a team from 14 wins to 44 wins and a spot in the playoff,

00:38so it's a no-brainer.

00:39And Peyton Pritchard, six-man.

00:40Maybe it's not the sexiest award on this list, but, yes, it's his.

00:44Well, my list is kind of similar.

00:47I do have SGA winning the MVP, obviously.

00:50In fact, the 15-game lead, and the stats he put up, fantastic.

00:54Almost close to a 50-40-90 season.

00:56Steph Castle, you're right.

00:57People just fell off the wayside, so he was almost a process of elimination,

01:02but his play down the stretch.

01:03The great barrier reef, Dyson Daniels, does a great job,

01:06especially playing next to Trent, who plays no goddamn defense whatsoever.

01:11Does it have to?

01:13It doesn't have to.

01:13Kate Cunningham, good point with you.

01:15For me, Emei and Doka coached you.

01:17This team had over on the win total of 31-and-a-half.

01:21What a great job by Emei.

01:22And, of course, Pritch better get my money, Peyton Pritchard, to be sixth man.

01:29I think you're working on the win total of 31-and-a-half.

01:31You're like me to get my money on.

01:32You're like me to get your money on.

01:33You're like me to win total of 32-and-a-half.

01:35I don't know.

01:36You're like me to do that.

01:36I'm going to get your money on.